NS Health System
These are the two health authorities in Nova Scotia.
What is NSHA (Nova Scotia Health Authority) and IWK
The two food groups that have been combined in Canada's new food guide.
What are meat and dairy?
This flagship, 2 year graduate health management program includes a mid-program work residency, as well as options to complete a thesis or advanced certificates.
What is the Master of Health Administration (MHA)?
These skills facilitate interacting with others, making strong oral presentations, and preparing effective written reports.
What are communication skills?
This number of Canadian MHA programs are accredited by CA+HME.
What is 3?
We are one of them!
In order to maintain current levels of access to medical services, Nova Scotia must recruit this many physicians per year over the next ten years.
What is 100?
This number is called for Health Information in Nova Scotia.
What is 8-1-1?
This 4-year joint program is a longstanding collaboration between the SHA and the Schulich School of Law.
What is the Juris Doctor/Master of Health Administration (JD/MHA)?
Working cooperatively and inter-professionally, negotiating, soliciting input, encouraging others, and building team commitment.
What is collaboration?
MHA class sizes are capped at this number.
What is 25?
Contrary to "acute" health problems, these persistent and long-lasting types of disease such as obesity have prompted reforms in primary, continuing, and community care.
What is a chronic disease?
The number of graduates from the DAL MHA program since 1983.
What is over 500?
Admission to the MHA program requires completion of a standardized test called a GMAT - what does GMAT stand for?
What is Graduate Management Assessment Test?
This branch of quality and risk management evaluates individuals, organizations, and systems on their effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability by measuring indicators against benchmarks over time.
What is performance management?
Where in Canada can you complete your MHA residency?
These two professional groups are in short supply to operate emergency rooms in Nova Scotia.
What are doctors and nurses?
This 4-month program gives MHA students paid practical experience in health administration.
What is the Residency Program?
These 1-year, online undergraduate programs in health management and emergency health management can be taken as electives during undergraduate studies, or while working as a health professional.
What are the Diploma in Health Services Administration (DHSA) and Diploma in Emergency Health Services Management (DEHSM)?
This is the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time.
Hint: triple constraint: "time, cost, and scope determine quality"
What is project management?
This MHA student to professor ratio provides students with excellent access to faculty expertise.
What is 4 to 1?
The IWK executive leadership team has 10 members. How many are Dal MHA graduates?
What is 3? (Jen Feron [JD/MHA], Mary-Ann Hiltz & Krista Jangaard)
This percentage of MHA graduates are employed within 3 months of their graduation.
What is 80%?
In addition to offering advanced MHA certificates and a joint JD/MHA program, what MHA program promotes research skills and pairs students with world-class supervisors?
What is the MHA thesis?
This key component of both project planning and strategic planning in healthcare requires engaging stakeholders and identifying clinical champions.
It is also a required MHA course.
What is change management?
The MHA program provides the opportunity to obtain specialization certificates in these two areas.
What are "Legal Matters in Health Administration" and "Strategic Decisions in Health Administration"?