Graduate Diploma in Health Professions Education

Program Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Health Professions Education (Online) enables health professionals to advance their skills as educators. The flexible one-year program features core units in teaching and learning principles, assessment, and research. Students can customize their studies with elective courses in areas such as clinical teaching, simulation, and interprofessional learning. Upon completion, graduates pursue careers as health professions educators, clinical educators, and staff development educators.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This online course is designed to suit a range of health professionals who seek to develop their knowledge and skills as educators within the health professions. The Graduate Diploma in Health Professions Education (Online) is designed to develop students beyond the foundation knowledge acquired in principles of teaching and learning, assessment, evaluation and research methods in health professions education.

Outline:

The Graduate Diploma in Health Professions Education (Online) is a 1-year program delivered online. The program is structured as follows:

• Core Units (18 points):
• IMED5801 Principles of Teaching and Learning (6 points)
• IMED5802 Principles of Assessment and Evaluation (6 points)
• IMED5803 Introduction to Research in Health Professions Education (6 points)
• Option - Group A (18 points):
• Students can choose units from the following:
• IMED5804 Clinical Teaching and Supervision (6 points)
• IMED5805 Innovation and Contemporary Issues in Health Professions Education (6 points)
• IMED5806 Simulation and Interprofessional Learning in Health Professions Education (6 points)
• IMED5810 Program Evaluation (6 points)
• IMED5811 Professional Portfolio (6 points)
• IMED5813 Health Humanities: Education and Research (6 points)
• IMED5831 Advanced Simulation in Health Professional Education (6 points)
• IMED5832 Interprofessional Education (6 points)
• Option - Group B (12 points):
• Students can choose units from the following:
• EDUC5608 Integrating Pedagogy and Technology (6 points)
• MGMT5508 Organisational Behaviour and Leadership (6 points)
• PUBH5705 Health Program Evaluation (6 points)
• PUBH5763 Health Leadership and Management (6 points)
• PUBH5801 Economic Evaluation of Health Care (6 points)
The program is delivered 100% online, allowing students to balance their studies with work and other commitments.

Careers:

Graduates of this program have forged exciting careers as:

• Health Professions Educator
• Staff Development Educator
• Medical Educator
• Clinical Educator

Other:

The Graduate Diploma in Health Professions Education (Online) is available to international students. The estimated time commitment for the program is 4 to 6 hours per unit per week, which includes contact hours and personal study, with additional hours required to complete assessments.