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Course position:
HENT 557 - HEALTH INNOVATION AND NEW VENTURE CREATION
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Course description:
This course is designed for students who need to develop or create potential business or project opportunities that are mainly based on health concepts or social innovation. The course provides the required actionable tools to move from opportunity identification to idea generation and successfully launch health businesses. This course further provides the best practices and tools for implementing innovation, such as customer-focused innovation, storytelling, and influence. Health innovations and new venture creation course is further developed to assist students in identifying the difference between a business idea and a potential innovative business opportunity. Also, health innovations and new venture creation contribute to new venture value propositions and communicate ideas and concepts effectively. In addition, this course helps an assessment process for a new health venture to determine its desirability, feasibility, viability and sustainability. In this regard, topics in this course affect how an entrepreneur develops practical strategies for exploiting business opportunities and resourcing new venture creation and development.
The University of Toronto instructor will be co-facilitating the course with their KNUST counterpart. Partnering University: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
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# of Available Position and FCE:
0.5 FCE x 1 position
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Dates of Appointment:
January – March 2025
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Class schedule:
Virtual + In-person 3-hour seminar-style sessions; occurring from 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST Every Monday, January 13th, 2025 – March 24th, 2025
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Estimated course enrollment:
30 students
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Estimated TA support:
N/A
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Salary (0.5 FCE)
Sessional Lecturer I - $9,457.90
Sessional Lecturer I – Long Term - $9,930.79
Sessional Lecturer II - $10,121.77
Sessional Lecturer II – Long Term - $10,326.62
Sessional Lecturer III - $10,362.76
Sessional Lecturer III – Long Term - $10,570.02
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.
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Qualifications:
Master’s Degree or higher in Health Sciences or a related field.
Previous experience in teaching, project management, new healthcare venture creation, translational research, field research and student evaluation.
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Duties:
The instructor(s) will be responsible for achieving the course objectives: Equip students with strategies to leverage business opportunities and develop new health ventures. Clarify the distinction between a business idea and an innovative health business opportunity. Provide skills to validate potential health ventures based on students' ideas. Assist in assessing the desirability, feasibility, viability, and sustainability of new health ventures. Enhance understanding of health regulations and intellectual property in the health business sector.
The instructor will be responsible for designing class activities and take-home activities, creating the mid-term and contributing to the final examination.
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APPLICATION DEADLINE is DATE: January 27, 2025 (Emergency posting: may close earlier if successful candidate is identified)
Please be advised that only selected applicants will be invited for an interview. However, all applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application.
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Policies
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.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Diversity Statement
The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.
Accessibility Statement
The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.
The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.
If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.
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Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at msc.hent@utoronto.ca
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A special link to resume the form will be sent to your email address.
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