James Cook University
Master of Health Professional Education
The Master of Health Professional Education in Education is offered by James Cook University.
Program Length: 3 YEARS.
This highly-engaging JCU course is designed to develop educator and research skills for busy health professionals. All subjects are completed online.As a qualified health professional already, you'll learn specific strategies related to teaching, learning, educational management and educational research in clinical settings. You'll develop:
Along with your research projects, examples of core subjects and options from which you can choose include:
- Theoretical perspectives of health professional education
- Practical skills required to be a lead educator in clinical settings
- A conceptual framework for teaching, learning, and research in the health professions
- Knowledge and skills in assessment, curriculum design, and leadership in health education
- Evidence-based health profession education
- Experience undertaking educational research.
Career Opportunities
- Teaching for Learning in the Health Professions
- Strategies for Clinical Teaching
- Assessment and Evaluation in Health Professional Education
- Curriculum Design and Renewal in Health Professional Education
- Leadership in Health Professional Education
- Innovative Teaching in the Health Professions
- Health Professional Education using Action Research.
You’ll have an advantage after completing this JCU Master’s degree as you will have formal qualifications as a teacher, educator and leader in HPE as well as in your clinical discipline, while other clinical teachers only have registered qualifications in their clinical discipline.This qualification will lead you to interesting and very rewarding career options. That's because the growing number of students in all health professions means that clinical teachers are required for a wide variety of clinical settings including urban and rural hospitals, general practices, and community clinics.As a clinical educator, you could also teach post-registration health professionals, such as GP registrars and hospital residents.