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 2023 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
Core units24 credit points
List of short courses
- Learning conversations: Feedback and debriefing practices in clinical practice and in simulation
- Quality supervision in health and human services
- Learning and teaching with simulation
- Scenario design for simulation-based education
The handbook's description of this structure
This course consists of 24 credit points of Health Professions Education undertaken as a combination of units and short courses.
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.
List of Short Courses:
- Technology for Education in Clinical Healthcare (EdTech)
- Learning Conversations: Feedback and debriefing practices in clinical practice and in simulation
- Quality Supervision in Health and Human Services Course
- Learning and Teaching with Simulation
- Scenario Design for Simulation-based Education
Note:
- You will receive specified credit for assessed short courses that you completed successfully prior to your enrolment in this course.
- Not all short courses are available every semester.
Course progression map
The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.
The course comprises 24 points structured into three units.
Note: You will receive 12 points of specified credit for elective units for prior studies 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)
- Assessed short course 1 *
- Assessed short course 2 *
* Assessed short courses must be chosen from the following list of short courses. Please note that not all short courses are offered every semester.
- MAP5505 Technology for Education in Clinical Healthcare (EdTech)
- MAP5504 Learning Conversations: Feedback and debriefing practices in clinical practice and in simulation
- MAP5502 Quality Supervision in Health and Human Services Course
- MAP5501 Learning and Teaching with Simulation
- MAP5503 Scenario Design for Simulation-based Education
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 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
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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.