M4009 Graduate Certificate of Health Professions Education
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Graduate Certificate of Health Professions Education (M4009) is a 24-credit-point, graduate certificate course from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, taught at Clayton. Map your units semester by semester with the MonMap planner.
- Credit points
- 24
- Campus
- Clayton
- Off campus
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
The Graduate Certificate of Health Professions Education qualifies individuals to apply principles and theories that inform educational practice in a range of clinical and other relevant contexts to undertake professional and highly skilled work and as a pathway for further learning. This practice-based qualification is suitable for a broad range of health professionals who are, or will be, engaged in the teaching, assessment, evaluation, mentoring and supervision of health professionals in a range of clinical and other contexts.
Course structure
Information about credit12 credit points
Core units12 credit points
- HPE5100Foundations of health professions educationNo reviews yet12 cp
- MAP5601Short course 1
- MAP5602Assessed short course 2
The handbook's description of this structure
This course consists of 24 points structured into three units.
This study will provide you with professional teaching and advanced supervisory skills in both clinical and non-clinical environments. It will facilitate the application of principles and theories that inform educational practice and allow for specialism through the choice of elective studies.
The course comprises 24 points structured into three units.
Note: You will receive 12 points of specified credit for elective units for prior studies undertaken at the Monash Institute for Health and Clinical Education (MIHCE) by means of assessed short courses.
All units are 6 points unless otherwise stated.
You must complete:
- HPE5100 Foundations of health professions education (12 points)
- MAP5601 Assessed short course 1 *
- MAP5602 Assessed short course 2 *
* Assessed short courses must be chosen from the following list of short courses offered by Monash Institute for Health and Clinical Education (MIHCE):
- Assessment in health professions education
- Clinical communication: Education
- Health Care Education 2.0 - Transforming your teaching for the digital age
- Learning conversations: Feedback and debriefing practices in health professions education.
- Mentoring and supervision
- Rural health teaching and learning
Please note that not all short courses are offered every semester.
Learning outcomes
These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework and Monash Graduate Attributes.
Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:
- 1
Articulate a personal philosophy of learner-centred education
- 2
Describe and apply learning theories that inform educational practice
- 3
Identify and apply principles of curriculum design, using innovative educational approaches to meet learning objectives
- 4
Review contemporary teaching methods for a range of clinical and other relevant contexts
- 5
Plan, design, implement, assess and evaluate an educational programme
- 6
Describe and practice feedback strategies to support learning
- 7
Identify the role of mentoring and supervision for safe clinical practice
- 8
Develop a strategy for further learning as a health professions educator.
Entry requirements
English language
Monash minimum: Level C, that is: IELTS (Academic): 7.0 overall (no band lower than 6.5); or Pearson Test of English (Academic): score of 65 overall with no band lower than 58; or TOEFL Internet-based test: score of 94 overall with minimum scores: Writing: 24, Listening: 20, Reading: 19 and Speaking: 20; or Equivalent approved English test
More information
Notes for students
This course is not available to international students who are holders of an Australian student visa, for study onshore in Australia. However holders of some other categories of Australian visas living in Australia, and students studying off-campus by distance learning (where this option is available) and living outside of Australia, may be eligible for this course.
Other information
The Graduate Certificate of Health Professions Education qualifies individuals to apply principles and theories that inform educational practice in a range of clinical and other relevant contexts to undertake professional and highly skilled work and as a pathway for further learning. This practice-based qualification is suitable for a broad range of health professionals who are, or will be, engaged in the teaching, assessment, evaluation, mentoring and supervision of health professionals in a range of clinical and other contexts.
Contacts
- Academic Coordinator
- Associate Professor Simone Gibson
Common questions
Where can I study Graduate Certificate of Health Professions Education?
At Clayton.
How do I plan my Graduate Certificate of Health Professions Education units?
Open the course in the MonMap planner. It lays out your semesters, checks prerequisites as you drag units in, and tracks the credit points each requirement still needs.