Health Professions Education/Health Professions Education (with Research) Online Distance Learning

Course description

**Online learning at the University of Glasgow

Delivering necessary training to support you on a journey of professional development in your educator role, our Online MSc in Health Professions Education helps you achieve your goals as you help your learners achieve theirs.

**WHY THIS PROGRAMME**

- 1st in the UK for Medicine (Complete University Guide 2021).

- Our online health professions education programme is designed for professionals working in clinical roles who are looking for a teaching, management or research-based career in health education.

- Run by the School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, one of the largest, most prestigious medical schools in Europe, you would be studying at the heart of a unique network for contemporary medical thinking.

-With a focus on active, collaborative online learning, we challenge and support you to apply evidence-based methods in your teaching to fellow health professionals.
This Health-Professions Education online distance learning programme is especially designed for working professionals wishing to develop specialist skills and to apply these in their professional teaching practice.
Our online Health Professions Education programme offers you the flexibility to take one of two routes. We offer a research pathway oriented around the design, conduct and governance of education research. Our secondary route is based on the application of educational theory and evidence to specific contexts.
Using practical, collaborative peer learning, we will help you to develop the necessary confidence and specialist skills.and to apply these in their professional teaching practice.
Our online Health Professions Education programme offers you the flexibility to take one of two routes. We offer a research pathway oriented around the design, conduct and governance of education research. Our secondary route is based on the application of educational theory and evidence to specific contexts.
Using practical, collaborative peer learning, we will help you to develop the necessary confidence and specialist skills.A**PROGRAMME STRUCTURE**

**Year 1 (PgCert)**
3 x 20 credit core courses

**Year 2 (PgDip)**
3 x 20 credit compulsory courses in year 1, 6 x 10 credit compulsory courses in year 2

**Year 3 (MSc / MSc (with Research))**
3 x 20 credit compulsory courses in year 1, 6 x 10 credit compulsory courses in year 2, 1 x 60 credit dissertation in year 3

During the first year, there are three compulsory courses, worth 60 credits in total. Then, in the second year, students will choose two courses from each of the three blocks. These courses are 10 credits each, so overall worth 60 credits.

In the third year, students will undertake a dissertation, worth 60 credits. There are two different options for this:

- On the MSc HPE programme, the dissertation will require a systematic review, synthesis and critique of the literature, to produce a policy document, a set of practitioner guidelines, or a new theoretical model

- On the MSc HPE (with Research), the dissertation will be a standard report of empirical research, incorporating a critical literature review, methodology, analysis and interpretation of findings, and conclusions drawn.

**Core and Optional Courses**

**Year 1: PgCert, PgDip and MSc**
LEARNING IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS
ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS
TEACHING IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS

**Year 2: PgDip and MSc**
**Block 1 (select two):**
CURRICULUM APPROACHES AND DESIGN
TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL SKILLS
EVIDENCE IN EDUCATION RESEARCH*

**Block 2 (select two):**
SIMULATION IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
EVALUATION OF COURSES AND CURRICULA
DESIGNING EDUCATION RESEARCH*

**Block 3 (select two):**
MANAGING THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS CURRICULUM
LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS IN EDUCATION RESEARCH*

**Year 3: MSc**
DISSERTATION IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
RESEARCH DISSERTATION IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION*

Subjects

• Health administration
• Health education