Overview
Advance your skill set and future-proof your career with our Health and Social Service Skill Development program
Whether you are new to the health and social service sectors, or you are seeking to upskill or reskill your prior training, this program can help you get ahead of your peers. Simply select the courses you need to achieve your goals.
- Academic credit upon successful completion of each course
- Wide range of courses related to individual academic and career pathways for health and social service
- Learn online from health and social service professionals
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Program highlights Learn More
- Choose from 24 course options
- Taught by experts in health and social service
- Earn a certificate
Health and Social Service Skill Development program features:
- Choose areas of study and individual courses to align with your goals
- Convenient online courses fit your busy life
- Learn from instructors with industry expertise
- Collaborate with peers and network with other professionals from various disciplines

Learning outcomes Learn More
- Develop your skills with specialized courses related to your academic and career pathways
- Pick from specialized areas such as Addiction, Human Resources, Health Information Management and Informatics
Through our Health and Social Service Skill Development program and its course options, you can choose to learn from a number of areas:
Addiction
- Understand addiction, its interventions, prevention and treatments, as well as the ethical and legal issues an addiction professional will face
- Examine and understand the person with addiction issues, including the complexity of concurrent disorders such as mental illness and substance use
- Understand behaviours that lead to effective supervision, including through the concept of Situational Leadership
Human Resources
- Explore human behaviour through influences that affect productivity, efficiency and organizational effectiveness
- Examine the function of training and development, including the psychology of learning, needs assessment, program design and evaluation, and group dynamics.
Health Informatics
- Critically examine the role of a health informatician to develop, maintain and retrieve data from systems used in healthcare to facilitate decision making
- Grasp the overview of disease processes and the effect on different body systems, along with diagnostic tests and therapeutic intervention
- Use relevant medical terminology to work successfully as part of a healthcare team
- Understand the anatomy and physiology of the human body
- Focus on foundational concepts within epidemiology in order to build an understanding of its application within public health and health research
- Understand the Canadian healthcare system, including how it is organized, regulated and managed
Learn more about the Health and Social Service Skill Development program
- Professionals seeking a refresher course in health
- Anyone interested in a new career path to health and social service
- Anyone seeking courses to fill academic or professional skill gaps
- Anyone looking to upskill their existing credentials for a health or social service career
Earning a Certificate in Health and Social Service or a Certificate of Professional Learning in Health and Social Service will enable you to upskill, fill in academic or career gaps and expand your skill set for various health and social service careers, including:
- Addictions Counsellor
- Health Information Professional
- Health or Social Service Human Resources Professional
Check out our latest Health Program Preview webinar to learn more about the Health and Social Service Skill Development program
What Our Recent Graduates Say
“The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work.”
The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work. Our field in data is continuously changing. I found that sweet balance in terms of the focus of the course. It’s a life cycle of how the data is coming in all the way to make it a service or a product. The course gives you that 360 spectrum.
Zaki
Big Data graduate

Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate
“I wanted to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that.”
I wanted to be able to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that because of McMaster Continuing Education. Being a nurse, there are so many different avenues of nursing that I can try new things and continue to learn. The instructors were really understanding. When you’re working full-time, having someone that will promptly answer your questions and make time for you when you need it, they made it really easy.
Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate

Tracy
Project Management graduate
“I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative.”
I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative. I was introduced to new ideas and new skills. Because of that, I’ve had new opportunities in my career. McMaster Continuing Education is the best place to take professional development courses. The programs fit into your life.
Tracy
Project Management graduate
“The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work.”
The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work. Our field in data is continuously changing. I found that sweet balance in terms of the focus of the course. It’s a life cycle of how the data is coming in all the way to make it a service or a product. The course gives you that 360 spectrum.
Zaki
Big Data graduate
“I wanted to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that.”
I wanted to be able to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that because of McMaster Continuing Education. Being a nurse, there are so many different avenues of nursing that I can try new things and continue to learn. The instructors were really understanding. When you’re working full-time, having someone that will promptly answer your questions and make time for you when you need it, they made it really easy.
Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate
“I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative.”
I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative. I was introduced to new ideas and new skills. Because of that, I’ve had new opportunities in my career. McMaster Continuing Education is the best place to take professional development courses. The programs fit into your life.
Tracy
Project Management graduate
Other programs you may be interested in
Certificate in Health and Social Service Skill Development
CeRTIFICATEs IN Health and Social Service Skill Development
Earn one of the Certificates in Health and Social Service Skill Development with McMaster Continuing Education
Explore Certificate options and requirements below and register today!
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Certificate in Canadian Health Care
Earn the Certificate in Canadian Health Studies by completing any five courses listed below.
Courses (Complete any 5)
3.0 UNITS
HTH 116
Pathophysiology I
3.0 UNITS
HTH 117
Pathophysiology II
3.0 UNITS
HTH 200
Medical Terminology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 300
Anatomy/Physiology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 400
Foundations in Epidemiology
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Certificate in Health and Social Service
Earn the Certificate in Health and Social Service by completing any five courses listed below.
Courses (Complete any 5)
3.0 UNITS
ADD 201
Introduction to Addiction
3.0 UNITS
ADD 206
Assessment and Treatment Planning
3.0 UNITS
ADD 211
Concurrent Disorders
3.0 UNITS
HTH 101
Health Information Management I
3.0 UNITS
HTH 110
Health Informatics Data Analysis
3.0 UNITS
HRM 901
Human Resources Management
3.0 UNITS
HRM 921
Occupational Health & Safety
3.0 UNITS
HRM 821
Organizational Behaviour
3.0 UNITS
HRM 941
Wellness In The Workplace
3.0 UNITS
HTH 300
Anatomy/Physiology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 200
Medical Terminology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 400
Foundations in Epidemiology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 116
Pathophysiology I
3.0 UNITS
HTH 117
Pathophysiology II
3.0 UNITS
HRM 902
Training & Development
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Certificate of Professional Learning in Health and Social Service
Earn the Certificate of Professional Learning in Health and Social Service by completing any three courses listed below.
Courses (Complete any 3)
3.0 UNITS
ADD 201
Introduction to Addiction
3.0 UNITS
ADD 206
Assessment and Treatment Planning
3.0 UNITS
ADD 211
Concurrent Disorders
3.0 UNITS
HTH 101
Health Information Management I
3.0 UNITS
HTH 110
Health Informatics Data Analysis
3.0 UNITS
HRM 901
Human Resources Management
3.0 UNITS
HRM 921
Occupational Health & Safety
3.0 UNITS
HRM 821
Organizational Behaviour
3.0 UNITS
HRM 941
Wellness In The Workplace
3.0 UNITS
HTH 300
Anatomy/Physiology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 200
Medical Terminology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 400
Foundations in Epidemiology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 116
Pathophysiology I
3.0 UNITS
HTH 117
Pathophysiology II
3.0 UNITS
HRM 902
Training & Development
Health and Social Service Skill Development Courses
Health and Social Service Skill Development Courses
Advance your career with online Health and Social Service Skill Development courses
Explore course options below and register today!
Courses
3.0 UNITS
ADD 201
Introduction to Addiction
3.0 UNITS
ADD 206
Assessment and Treatment Planning
3.0 UNITS
ADD 211
Concurrent Disorders
3.0 UNITS
HTH 101
Health Information Management I
3.0 UNITS
HTH 110
Health Informatics Data Analysis
3.0 UNITS
HRM 901
Human Resources Management
3.0 UNITS
HRM 921
Occupational Health & Safety
3.0 UNITS
HRM 821
Organizational Behaviour
3.0 UNITS
HRM 941
Wellness In The Workplace
3.0 UNITS
HTH 300
Anatomy/Physiology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 200
Medical Terminology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 400
Foundations in Epidemiology
3.0 UNITS
HTH 116
Pathophysiology I
3.0 UNITS
HTH 117
Pathophysiology II
3.0 UNITS