Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body (Dalhousie University)
Authorized form of name
Dalhousie University. Faculty of Health. School of Health Sciences
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Dalhousie University. Faculty of Health Professions. School of Health Sciences (1999-2017)
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1999-
History
The School of Health Sciences was the outcome of a 1995 partnership project between allied health programs including QEII Health Sciences Centre; Dalhousie Faculty of Health Professions; Medical Health Sciences, NS Community College; NS Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers; NS Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists; NS Association of Medical Radiation Technologists; and the Respiratory Therapy Society of Nova Scotia. The partnership's mandate was to recommend a model of health sciences education to those associations/agencies/institutions which they represented. The QEII and Dalhousie maintained their partnership in order to implement the BHSc program, which was approved by Senate in June 1999. The School was formed to operationalize the program, and since the first graduating class in 2002, graduates in diagnostic cytology, diagnostic medical ultrasound, nuclear medicine technology, radiological technology, and respiratory therapy have contributed to patient care, education, research, and leadership in a variety of settings.
Places
The School of Health Sciences is located in the Bethune Building, on South Park Street, Halifax.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The School of Health Sciences offers four-year Bachelor of Health Science (BHSc) programs in four professional disciplines: Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound; Nuclear Medicine Technology; Radiological Technology; and Respiratory Therapy. It also offers a two-year post-diploma program in those same disciplines, as well as in Medical Laboratory Technology, and a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Certificate.
The School also supports research locally, nationally and internationally across a number of priority areas, with influence in areas of clinical practice, program and clinical practice guideline development, health administration and health education.
Mandates/sources of authority
The School of Health programs in Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nuclear Medicine Technology, Radiological Technology and Respiratory Therapy are accredited by Accreditation Canada.
Internal structures/genealogy
The School of Health Sciences is an academic unit within the Faculty of Health and reports directly to the Dean through the school's Director, who is supported by faculty, instructors and staff.
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Dalhousie University. Faculty of Health (1962-)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Dates of relationship
1999-
Description of relationship
The School of Health Sciences is an academic unit with the Faculty of Health.