Graduate Diploma in Population Health Risk Assessment and Management | Session Details and Program Information

2. Diploma in Population Health Risk Assessment and Management WELCOME Orientation 4 September 2018

3. Graduate Diploma inPopulation Health Risk Assessmentand Risk Management Nicholas Birkett, MD, MSc, Interim Program Director School of Epidemiology and Public Health & McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment

4. Today’s session • ‘Getting to know you’ introductions: Birkett • What is risk about: Birkett • The diploma programme requirements: Birkett • Plagiarism, etc: Birkett • Risk examples: Raizenne • PHR5181 details: Raizenne McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment Session 1 – 3/31

5. Interesting Book • How the public views ‘risk’ often differs from the scientific information. • Risk can never by reduced to 0% Gardner, Dan. Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear. McClelland & Stewart, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0771032998 • Non-academic book (aimed at educated lay audience) • Provides very interesting examples of risk situations and the public response • Covers many psychological factors that influence risk • Available at University and public libraries McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment Session 1 – 4/31

6. Graduate Diploma inPopulation Health Risk Assessmentand Risk Management Nicholas Birkett, MD, MSc, Interim Program Director School of Epidemiology and Public Health & McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment

7. People You Need to Know Melissa BrouwersSEPH Director 101 F 613-562-5800 x 8159 Melissa.Brouwers@uottawa.ca Nicholas BirkettInterim Director of Diploma 308 B613-562-5800 x 8289 nbirkett@uottawa.ca McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

8. People You Need to Know Support Staff - First Floor 600 Peter Morand Doris PeixotoAdministrative Officer 101 G 613-562-5800 x 6985 sephpm@uottawa.ca MariellaPeca Business Manager 101 B 613-562-5800 x 8281 peca@uottawa.ca Valery L’Heureux Administrative Assistant 101 H to Director 613-562-5800 x 8159 vlheureu@uottawa.ca Jennifer Collins Educational Officer and 101 A PHPM Administrator613-562-5800 x 8041 jcollins@uottawa.ca McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

9. People You Need to Know Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office RGN 2016 Hours of operation Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm email: grad.med@uottawa.ca 613 562 5800 x 5215 General inquiries Administrative Assistant - frontline resource person - Caroline Awada Academic Administration Officers - academic rules and procedures Admission Ginette Robitaille Academic CareerGeneviève Brazeau Scholarships, Convocation Francine Daoust Academic Services Officer Natacha Chiasson McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

10. People You Need to Know Professors Core Faculty Professors with a full time, primary appointment with School Cross-appointed Faculty Professors whose primary appointment is with another uOttawa department, link with School due to shared interest, expertise Adjunct Faculty Persons not employed by uOttawa, link with School due to shared interest, expertise McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

11. Related Programs • MSc in Epidemiology • PhD in Epidemiology • PhD in Population Health McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

12. Learning Objectives 1A:Breadth and Depth of Knowledge • Scientific basis for risk assessment, with tools and techniques drawn from the fields of toxicology, epidemiology, and clinical science • Regulatory, economic, advisory, community based, and technological strategies for risk management, and guiding principles for choosing among those strategies • Effectively communicate risk information to diverse audiences McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

13. Learning Objectives 1B:Breadth and Depth of Knowledge • Application of the principles and practices of risk assessment and risk management in addressing risk issues of national and international concern • Understanding of the role of government in risk management • Additional depth in risk science through personalized training in areas of particular interest to individual students McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

14. Learning Objectives 2:Research and Scholarship • Learn how to apply a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods drawn from different disciplines, including the use of scientific data to estimate population health risks • Learn how to evaluate alternative policy options to mitigate those risks, using fundamental principles of risk management making such as the precautionary principle, and methods of economic evaluation such as cost-benefit analysis • Learn how the public perceives different types of health risks, and how public concerns about risks should be considered in risk decision making McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

15. Learning Objectives III:Application of Knowledge • Acquire the skills and abilities needed to assess and manage a wide range of population health risks, including those associated with environmental contaminants, diet, communicable and chronic disease, and natural and technological hazards. McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

16. Program Requirements • Required Courses • Population Health Risk Assessment I (PHR 5181: fall) • Population Health Risk Assessment II (PHR 6281: winter) • Risk Management in Government (PHR 6101: winter) • Two optional Courses • Must choose from list of 21 courses • Not all courses are offered this year • Practicum (counts as one of the optional courses) • 120 hour placement at appropriate host institution McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

17. The ‘Practicum’ Course (PHR6910) • Not a compulsory course • It is strongly recommended that you do this course. • Provides real world experience with risk assessment and management • Normally the practicum course is done after completion of compulsory courses • 120 hours (or more) of work in an acceptable placement McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

18. The ‘Practicum’ Course (PHR6910) • You need to find your own placement • PHAC • Health Canada • Ottawa Public Health • University of Ottawa faculty • RSI • Full information about course process can be found at this URL: • https://med.uottawa.ca/graduate-postdoctoral/students/guidelines-student-and-placement-supervisor-phr-6910 McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

19. The ‘Practicum’ Course (PHR6910) • Proposed practicum needs approval by programme director • Grading: Satisfactory/non-satisfactory • Process to register for course • Find a placement and a supervisor • Develop objectives for the placement • Prepare and submit a ‘service request’ for practicum, Include this material: • Signed Practicum Agreement Form • Objectives for practicum • Permission request to add PHR 6910 as a course McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

20. The ‘Practicum’ Course (PHR6910) • Required reports • Mid-course progress report (1-2 pages, single spaced) • Report includes: • objectives • Progress to-date • Plans for the rest of the course • End-of-course report (3-4 pages, single spaced) • Report includes: • Summary of work completed during the practicum • Log of activities giving dates and times when you were working on the practicum • Include appendices of papers, reports, etc. on which you worked McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

21. ‘Optional’ course(s) • Programme provides a list of 21 optional courses. • Not all courses are offered this year • Some courses require pre-requisites before you can enrol, e.g.: • Advanced Clinical Trials (EPI6278) requires completion of Intervention Studies (EPI 6178) • Normally, you are required to select courses from this list • Doing other courses requires special approval • If you do practicum, you choose one ‘optional’ course • If you do not do practicum, you chose two ‘optional’ courses McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

22. PHR 6900 & PHR 6910 • PHR6900 – Directed Studies • PHR 6910 – Practicum • Regulations state that you can not take both for credit. • ‘Directed studies’ is supposed to be private study with an instructor, on an advanced topic. • Course description is different  • If you want to do a ‘directed study’, contact the programme director to discuss how this can be achieved. McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

23. Plagiarism: We Must Make This Clear Plagiarism of any kind is not acceptable McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

24. Plagiarism: We Must Make This Clear Plagiarism of any kind is not acceptable Plagiarism is viewed and treated as academic fraud Do not get accidentally caught out because of ignorance. Review the university's definitions of, and policies on, plagiarism Any written submissions, including thesis proposal, research paper abstracts, theses, research papers, etc. will be examined for plagiarism Sanctions are tough, including expulsion from the university! McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

25. Plagiarism: We Must Make This Clear Plagiarism of any kind is not acceptable Plagiarism involves copying any work that is not your own without providing appropriate citations. Includes: • Buying papers prepared by others • Copying and using any material found on the Internet; • Copying sections of books • Copying sections of articles • Copying material from research or other reports • Re-using your own assignments without permission for two or more courses is also a violation McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

26. University Resources for Students Student Academic Success Services (SASS) SASS is a free network of services and programs designed to give you the tools and information you need to succeed from your first day on campus until you receive your diploma and go out into the world to pursue your dreams. Contact with SASS is confidential Services include: • Academic and Writing Help Centre • Many students have problem writing term papers. Worth talking with this group • Counseling and Coaching Services • Access Services • Provides support for special needs McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment

27. Meet and Greet Lunch The SCHOOL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH invites you to a meet and greet light lunch! Tuesday, September 4 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Back Patio and Room 103 600 Peter Morand A chance to meet faculty members and learn about their research and other interests School of Epidemiology and Public Health