Curriculum and Courses

Credit Hours

Thirty credit hours are required to graduate from the program. Students must take at least 10 credits of foundational courses and 9-15 advanced/elective courses. In addition, students will enroll for up to 10 credits for their mentored educational scholarship project/capstone.

Program Outcomes

• Facilitate learning of health professions students in clinical, laboratory, and classroom settings
• Design, develop, and evaluate curriculum
• Assess and evaluate learner performance
• Conduct and disseminate health professions education scholarship
• Assume leadership roles within health profession education.

Curriculum

The curriculum for the M.Ed. HP program begins in August with a one-day immersive class: Health and Education Systems.

Foundations and Advanced Courses

• Six Foundations Courses (11 credits) allow you to develop a well-rounded education practice.
• 9 to 15 courses (15 credits) allow you to build the specialized skills you need. You may also choose to take elective courses to support your goals.
• Capstone Course (4 - 10 credits) provides you support as you develop your own educational project or program.

Supervisory Committee

Your supervisory committee is compose of three faculty: Committee Chair is the Department Chair, Committee Members are the Director of Graduate Studies, and Co-Director of the program. You may also invite additional faculty as process or context experts. You should meet your entire committee by no later than the beginning of your second semester to discuss your program of study. 

Capstone Project

Each student will select a capstone project is to demonstrate achievement of program outcomes. Ideally, the capstone project will be aligned with the student's individual education practice. Dissemination of educational scholarship is required.

Program Courses

Foundations Courses (Required)

UUHED 6700 Health and Education Systems (1 credit)

UUHED 6701 Foundations of Teaching and Learning (2 credits)

UUHED 6702 Foundations of Curriculum and Evaluation (2 credits)

UUHED 6703 Foundations of Assessment in Education (2 credits)

UUHED 6704 Foundations of Education Scholarship (2 credits)

UUHED 6705 Foundations of Education Leadership (2 credits)

Advanced Topics (Selective)

UUHED 6711 Clinical Teaching in Health Professions Education (1 credit)

UUHED 6721 Teaching Strategies in Health Professions Education (1 credit)

UUHED 6731 Coaching and Mentoring in Health Professions Education (1 credit)

UUHED 6741 Integrating Education Technology in Health Professions Education (1 credit)

UUHED 6712 Advanced Curriculum Design in Health Professions Education (1 credit)

UUHED 6722 Advanced Adult Learning for Health Professions Curriculum (1 credit)

UUHED 6732 Instructional Design Theory for Health Professions Curriculum (1 credit)

UUHED 6742 Curriculum Evaluation in Health Professions Education (1 credit)

UUHED 6713 Program Evaluation in Health Professions Education (1 credit)

UUHED 6723 Designing an Assessment Tool (1 credit)

UUHED 6733 Assessment of Clinical Learning (1 credit)

UUHED 6743 Assessment Tools for HPE Scholarship (1 credit)

UUHED 6714 Quantitative Methods in HPE Scholarship (1 credit)

UUHED 6724 Qualitative Methods in HPE Scholarship (1 credit)

UUHED 6734 Practical Statistics for HPE Scholarship (1 credit)

UUHED 6744 Dissemination of HPE Scholarship (1 credit)

UUHED 6715 Teamwork and Conflict as a Health Professions Education Leader (1 credit)

UUHED 6725 Strategic Planning as a Health Professions Education Leader (1 credit)

UUHED 6735 Resource Management as a Health Professions Education Leader (1 credit)

UUHED 6745 Change and Advocacy as a Health Professions Education Leader (1 credit)

UUHED 6960 Special Topics (1 credit) 

Capstone Course

UUHED 6989 Capstone (4-10 credits)