Date Posted: 10/24/2026
Closing Date: 11/13/2026, 11:59PM EDT
Req ID: 50750
Job Category: Sessional Instruction
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Lab. Medicine & Pathobiology
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
This module is intended to introduce students to several real-life health economics challenges from various (clinical, academic, policy, and private) healthcare organizations in Toronto (parent organizations). The module will be guided by the principles of the experiential/integrative/problem- based learning (PBL), a student-centered approach in which students learn about a subject through the experience of solving real-life/open-ended problems. The students will closely interact with the representatives from the parent organizations to explore the pipeline of value-based decision making and to find solutions to the proposed challenges. During this course, the students will learn the key health economics concepts used in decision making and policy framing as a way to help them understand how societies make choices about health and healthcare funding.
Estimated course enrollment: ~ 25 students
Estimated TA support: not applicable
Class schedule: 2-hour seminar-style workshops; occurring Wednesdays, 10am-12pm
Sessional dates of appointment: January 1, 2027 – February 28, 2027
Salary (0.25 FCE):
Sessional Lecturer I - $4,998.74
Sessional Lecturer I - Long Term - $5,349.61
Sessional Lecturer II - $5,349.61
Sessional Lecturer II - Long Term - $5,476.98
Sessional Lecturer III - $5,476.98
Sessional Lecturer III - Long Term - $5,614.45
Please note that should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Minimum qualifications: Masters degree or equivalent professional and/or academic experience.
Description of duties: Preparation and delivery of course content, including seminars; creation of courseware; the development and administration of assignments, marking and evaluation of proposals, reports and reflections, maintenance of reasonable hours of student contact outside of scheduled contact hours, supervision of day-to-day work of project groups
Application instructions: Please submit application using the following form: Winter 2027 Sessional Lecturer: LMP2347H Economics of Healthcare (0.25FCE)
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement. Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.