As an EMBA candidate you can choose from the following 3 options:

1. Industry based project — Candidates can choose to address an issue or challenge facing their own organization, or pick from a selection of projects identified by a group of executive leaders from government and health organizations.
   
2. Internship — A cross-functional learning experience within a health care organization, allowing candidates to assist an organization by working on a practical business issue or challenge.
3. International action research project — Candidates may work with a recognized international health care provider chosen for demonstrated innovation in the field. This option may involve travel to an international location, as well as conducting of field research and preparation of a final report.

For Industry Projects, you are required to first develop a comprehensive analysis and rationale for your project. Upon completion, you will present your findings to a panel consisting of a steering group and senior industry executives.

Examples of past Industry Projects

• Physicians Leadership and Management of Healthcare in India: A Model for Change
               
• Program Management Framework for Clinical Integration
                    
• Achieving Nursing Autonomy in Relation to Staffing and Workload Determination
                   
• BC Shared Services Organization and Strategic Governance Analysis
                     
• Emergency Department Non Admitted Patients Redesign
              
• A Framework for Critical Care in Fraser Health
               
• Community Care Transition –Access and Eligibility Project
               
• Storm Clouds and Silver Linings: Novel models of surge capacity introduced in Alberta during the H1N1 Pandemic of 2009/2010
                 
• Medication Data Repository Company Set-up
                 
• The System Wide Initiative Framework Evaluation and Recommendations
                 
• Expanding Primary Care Capacity in the Community
                
• PHSA’s Centres for Population & Public Health Model –A Progress Report
               
• Evaluating A Strategic Plan –How to Measure, Report and Guide Success
                
• Developing the Health Care Associated Infection Components of the BC Patient Safety Learning System
               
• Patient Safety and the Role of IT
             
• Implementing a Palliative Approach in Residential Care in British Columbia and Lessons Learned from the Australian Experience
             
• Internationally Educated Nurses