Event Details
Start Date: September 8, 2025 / End Date: October 6, 2025
Content
The Canadian Healthcare System; Clinical and Health Services; Technology Ecosystem; Information Management; Project Management; Healthcare Transformation; Analysis & Evaluation; Bonus Session: CPHIMS-CA
Continuing Education Units
Earn 21 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for attending this Live Learning Series.
Informatics Now: A Live Learning Series Session 1/8 – The Canadian Healthcare System
Informatics Now: A Live Learning Series is open to individual learners who want to deepen their knowledge of health informatics, prepare for the CPHIMS-CA exam, or explore the Canadian digital health ecosystem—one module at a time. The learning series is perfect for independent professionals, new grads, or anyone ready to level up in digital health.
Spaces are limited to encourage participant engagement and networking, and to allow time for questions and answers.
Pre- and post-session resources are available at the link provided in the reminder email sent to all registrants one day before each session.
Session 1/8: The Canadian Healthcare SystemThe Canadian Healthcare System module provides learners with an in-depth understanding of the structure, functions, and dynamics of healthcare in Canada. Learners will explore the key characteristics of the Canadian healthcare system, including governance, funding, structures, and related organizations.
The module covers the determinants of health, such as environment, genetics, and socioeconomic factors, and examines key factors affecting healthcare, including demographics, new technologies, and incentives. Learners will gain knowledge of various health informatics associations across Canada and understand the cultural and community context of care access and delivery. The module emphasizes the realization and measurement of health informatics benefits within the Canadian healthcare system and explores different types of healthcare delivery models across the continuum of care.
Learners will understand the flow of people, resources, and information through the health system, key drivers of healthcare, and the roles and relationships of health professionals within organizational and regulatory structures.
The module also addresses the challenges related to the adoption and realization of clinical value of information systems in the health sector, emerging needs and approaches to privacy of personal health information, and the promotion of safe and appropriate use of health information technologies to ensure patient safety.
Dr. Radica Bissoondial is a healthcare leader and educator with foundational experience in sciences, senior care, and research.
Her career began in research and development as an R&D Chemist and transitioned into Senior Operations Management in photo- chemicals. Dr. Bissoondial healthcare experience is in senior care living at leadership level within retirement and long-term care facilities as Executive Director and Administrator. A career shift into education began as an instructor within private career college then director of education in the same environment. Teaching experience includes community college and university in Ontario and university in USA. Roles in education that Dr. Bissoondial has had are Director of Education, Program Coordinator, Adjunct Faculty, Subject Matter Expert, Curriculum Developer, and Curriculum Consultant. In addition to teaching at Fanshawe College’s post-graduate Health Systems Management, she is affiliated with academic institutions in online capacity in undergraduate and graduate healthcare administration, public health, and seniors care programs. Dr. Bissoondial has held a fellowship with her alumni, University of Phoenix. She has taught on campus, online and hybrid delivery.
Dr. Bissoondial has a Bachelor of Science (Toronto Metropolitan University), Master of Health Administration (University of Phoenix), Master of Education (Queen’s University) and Doctor of Health Administration (University of Phoenix). She also has an Adult Education certificate (Seneca College) and Health Care Administrative certificate (D’Youville College).
Dr. Bissoondial philosophy of education is that learning is continuous and built on collaboration and applied pedagogy of knowledge transfer and application to workforce.
Currently, she is a Professor and Program Coordinator of Health Systems Management at Fanshawe College.
| Date | Time | Topic | Facilitator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, Sept. 8, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | The Canadian Healthcare System | Radica Bissoondial |
| Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Clinical & Health Services | Lorraine Toderash |
| Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Information Management | Rod Burns |
| Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Healthcare Transformation | Julia Zarb |
| Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Technology Ecosystem | Andriana Lukich |
| Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Project Management | Makan Camara |
| Monday, Sept. 29, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | CPHIMS-CA Q&A | Nickiesha Linton |
| Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Analysis & Evaluation | Lirije Hyseni and Lisa Harman |
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