Courses

MSC3001H Foundations in Musculoskeletal Science

This is a half-credit required course which will be counted, in most of the participating home programs/ home graduate units, towards students’ home degree electives.   Students, regardless of home graduate unit and prior learning, receives a common foundation of the topics and issues particularly relevant to designing and conducting research in the highly interdisciplinary realm of musculoskeletal science. Students will achieve an enhanced appreciation of the breadth and complexities of research in the field, and will be better able to discuss disparate topic areas of research, thereby, reinforcing a spirit of interdisciplinary research. The MSC3001H is offered over one term, and consists of a series of twelve two-hour lectures to cover topics spanning over Bones, Cartilage, and Muscles. Lecturers are experts in their respective topics drawn from graduate units and clinical departments associated with the Collaborative Program in Musculoskeletal Science.

SRM3335H Master’s Seminar Series

This is  a credit/non-credit (CR/NCR) course required for master’s students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Musculoskeletal Sciences. This is an ongoing monthly seminar series to expose students enrolled in CPMS to current research and recent advances in this emerging field. Students will have the opportunity to network, exchange novel ideas and enhance interdisciplinary collaboration with faculty, clinicians, researchers and guests. Topics will change annually and will cover a continuum from bench to bedside to community. Topics will include fundamental musculoskeletal research, research in related dentistry, mesenchymal cell biology; genetics; animal models; biomechanics; kinetics; health services research; public health, outcomes research; knowledge translation; and commercialization.

Master’s students enrolled in this CR/NCR course will be required to attend at least 12 seminars, and to attend the Toronto Musculoskeletal Centre: Annual Research Day – which is part of the seminar series- each year they are enrolled in the CPMS. Students are also expected to participate in these seminar series, and are required to present their research once at this Research Day.

SRD4445H Doctoral Seminar Series

This is  a credit/non-credit (CR/NCR) course required for doctoral students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Musculoskeletal Sciences. This is an ongoing monthly seminar series to expose students enrolled in CPMS to current research and recent advances in this emerging field. Students will have the opportunity to network, exchange novel ideas and enhance interdisciplinary collaboration with faculty, clinicians, researchers and guests. Topics will change annually and will cover a continuum from bench to bedside to community. Topics will include fundamental musculoskeletal research, research in related dentistry, mesenchymal cell biology; genetics; animal models; biomechanics; kinetics; health services research; public health, outcomes research; knowledge translation; and commercialization.

Doctoral students enrolled in this CR/NCR course will be required to attend at least 18 seminars, and to attend the Toronto Musculoskeletal Centre: Annual Research Day – which is part of the seminar series- each year they are enrolled in the CPMS. Students are also expected to participate in these seminar series, and are required to present their research once at this Research Day.

Transfer Students

The master’s and doctoral students attend the same seminar series. Students registered in the Collaborative program who transfer from the master’s to the doctoral program are expected to attend at least 18 seminars in total within the SRM3335H and SRD4445H course codes.

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