LMP 2390 Special Topics 2025: Healthcare Consulting: Responding to RFPs
Credit: 0.25 FCE
A Request for Proposal (RFP) is a standard mechanism for soliciting bits for larger scape public healthcare delivery products, services, and projects.
Responding to an RFP is part expertise, part practice and part art - it requires the synthesis and analysis of primary and secondary research on the nature of the domain and verification of the problem or unmet need; it requires the ability to navigate and manage risk and ambiguity; and it requires the ability to scope and plan projects that are clear, time-bound and feasible. These skills are also all significant aspects of planning and managing a successful Capstone research project at the TRP.
This module is intended to provide you with specific grounded experience for future professional work that may involved responding to RFPs or planning translational projects in healthcare delivery domains. You will learn how to find, evaluate, and respond an RFP (Request for Proposal) either related to local Canadian contexts or for healthcare related projects in developing nations.
You will learn to:
- find sources of RFP postings for healthcare-related projects;
- triage the opportunities based on feasibility, expertise, scope, and funding; and
- structure projects that respond to a specific RFP.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to search for, evaluate, and synthesize information from secondary and primary sources about a specific healthcare domain or challenge
- Prioritize and summarize complex issues to identify root challenges or unmet needs
- Understand how to prepare a bid for a formal Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Demonstrate the ability to present and disseminate knowledge to target audiences.
Instructors
Enrollment
- Students are required to complete eight modules (0.25 FCE each) spread out within 2 years of study.
- Students may enroll in modular courses using ACORN.
- The modular schedule will be emailed to students prior to the start of each semester.
- Modules offered outside of the program are also permitted such as ones offered by the Institute of Medical Science (IMS).