Health Professions Education Program

Develop and advance

your skills

100% of graduates said “Yes”

when asked: Was the

investment you made in

an HPEd degree worth it?

92% said an increase in quality

of their teaching was a

direct result of our HPEd

program.

86% said they enjoyed higher

job satisfaction after

earning our HPEd degree.

Become a Health Professions Educator, Scholar, and LeaderHealth Professions Educators find themselves challenged to fulfill competing demands.

OUR PROGRAM PROMISES TO:

• Develop and strengthen your skills in teaching and learning.• Enable your scholarship capabilities for addressing knowledge gaps in health professions

education.• Build your capabilities to assess and advance change at different levels.

CUSTOMIZE YOUR PROGRAM OF STUDY TO MEET YOUR CAREER

GOALS RELATED TO:

• Teaching and learning• Research• Simulation

Immerse yourself in a worldwide interprofessional cohort from across the health care spectrum.

Advance through our mostly-online programs which are designed to fit alongside the work schedules of busy health professionals.

Achieve synergies based on our partnerships with the Center for Medical Simulation and the Harvard Macy Institute.

LEARN MORE AT: www.mghihp.edu/hped

• Administration• Policy• Leadership

PROGRAMS OFFERED:Certificate • MS • PhD

HEALTH PROFESSIONS TEACHING AND LEARNING CERTIFICATE

• Consists of three online, project-

based 3-credit courses.

• Can be completed in one year.

• Enables you to apply the

foundations for the design,

delivery, and assessment of

students in the health professions.

• Incorporates course activities that

address instruction across learning

modalities and settings.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION

• Learn and practice the principles

of research methods in health

professions education.

• Delve into theoretical and applied

foundations of learning.

• Focus on a chosen concentration

through elective courses.

• Complete a scholarly project

resulting in a publication-ready

research manuscript.

Master of Science CurriculumREQUIRED COURSES — #/NAME/CREDITS

HP712 Teaching and Learning 3 (+)

HP713 Educational Effectiveness 3 (+)

HE715 Program Design, Impl. & Eval. 3

HE742 Innovations Seminar 1 (*)

HE744 Research Methods in HPEd 3

HE741 Technology and Education 3 (+)

HE714 Teaching Practicum 3 (+)

HE746 Leadership in HPEd 3

HE795 MS-HPEd Scholarly Project 3

HE743 Scholarship Convocation Seminar 1 (*)

HE747 Capstone Convocation Seminar 1 (*)

ELECTIVES

HE801 Advanced Qualitative Methods 3

HE802 Advanced Quantitative Methods 3

HE805 Advanced Topics in Teaching & Learning 3

HE806 Advanced Topics in Educ. Effectiveness 3

HE807 Systematic Reviews in HPEd 3

HE808 HPEd Leadership: Personal Development 3

HE812 Advanced Topics in Teaching & Learning 3

HE813 Advanced Topics in Educ. Effectiveness 3

PhD CurriculumREQUIRED COURSES — #/NAME/CREDITS

HE920 Educational Theory & Implications 3

HE921 Cognitive Science of Learning 3

HE901 Advanced Qualitative Research in HPEd 3

HE902 Advanced Statistical Modeling in HPEd 3

HE930 Predictive Analytics in Education 3

HE906 Improvement Science at System Level 3

HE991 PhD Mentored Research & Dissertation 3

HE992 PhD Mentored Research & Dissertation 3

HE993 PhD Mentored Research & Dissertation 1

HE942 PhD Innovations Seminar 1 (*)

HE943 PhD Scholarship Seminar 1 (*)

ELECTIVES

HE946 Advanced Topics in Leadership 3

HE948 Educational Administration in HPEd 3

HE945 Core Concepts for Interprofessional Education (IPE) Research 1

HE947 Transforming IPE Programs through

Effective Feedback 2

HE949 Implementing IPE Research 3

HE950 Advanced Applications in

Simulation-Based Education 3

HE990 Independent Study 3

Health Professions Education Program

Prepare yourself to be the best educator you can be

Certificate 9 credits total, choose from courses marked with a plus (+)

MS 33 credits total

Combined MS & PhD 66 credits total

PhD 33 credits total

All courses are fully online and asynchronous, unless marked with a star (*) indicating that these courses are onsite at the MGH Institute in Boston for 3 days each.

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We offer three interprofessional programsPhD IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION

• Pursue advanced coursework in a selected

concentration (leadership/administration,

interprofessional education, simulation, or

a customized track).

• Develop expertise in rigorously evaluating

the strengths and weaknesses of various

research methods.

• Generate three original research articles

under the mentorship of a dissertation

committee.

LEARN MORE AT: www.mghihp.edu/hped