M6038 Master of Health Professions Education

This course is structured into three parts: Part A. Health Professions education core, Part B: Electives, and Part C. Application studies. Each part comprises a combination of units and short courses.

Part A. Health professions education core

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.

Part B. Electives

In this study, you will have the opportunity to expand your key areas of interest through completion of electives that will develop skills and knowledge in health professions education. Electives comprise assessed short courses and approved units.

Part C. Application studies

You have the opportunity to choose one of the following pathways:

a) Coursework – in this pathway you will undertake a core capstone unit and combine it with elective units to suit your career interests. In the capstone unit you will have the option of focusing on education practice or research practice and will be required to integrate, extend and apply knowledge and skills gained in the course to professional practice development.

b) Research – in this pathway you will undertake research in a health professions sciences unit and complete a research project. You will be required to demonstrate your ability to integrate and apply theories, principles and practice to a specific health professions education scenario or issue. Your choice of project must be aligned and approved by the Course Director prior to commencement of both Introduction to Education Research in the Health Professions and Sciences and MAP5010.

List of short courses:

• Learning and teaching with simulation
• Quality supervision in health and human services
• Scenario design for simulation-based education
• Learning conversations: Feedback and debriefing practices in clinical practice and in simulation
• Technology for education in clinical healthcare
• Assessment in Health Professions Education
• Evolving Health Leadership
• Introduction to education research in the health professions and sciences
• Qualitative research methods for public health
• Fundamentals of Clinical Coaching
• Advanced Clinical Anatomy Dissection Masterclass
• Sustainable Healthcare in Practice

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.
• The “Assessment in Health Professions Education” short course with assessment is a compulsory requirement for course completion.
• The above short courses are not eligible for FEE-HELP.

Master's entry points

Depending on prior qualifications you may receive entry level credit (a form of block credit) which determines your point of entry to the course:

• If you are admitted at entry level 1 you complete 72 credit points, comprising Part A, Part B and Part C.
• If you are admitted at entry level 2 you complete 48 credit points, comprising Part A and Part C.

Note: If you are eligible for credit for prior studies you may elect not to receive the credit and complete one of the higher credit-point options.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

The course comprises 72 points structured into three parts: Part A. Health professions education core (24 points), Part B: Electives (24 points) and Part C. Application studies (24 points)

All units are 6 points unless otherwise stated.

Part A. Health professions education core (24 points)

You must complete the following units:

• HPE5100 Foundations of health professions education (12 points)
• Assessment in Health Professions Education
• Assessed short course 1 * or approved elective unit^

Part B. Electives (24 points)

You must complete the following units:

• Assessed short course 2 * or approved elective unit^
• Assessed short course 3 * or approved elective unit^
• Assessed short course 4 * or approved elective unit^
• Assessed short course 5 * or approved elective unit^

Part C. Application studies (24 points)

You must complete either a. or b. below:

1. Coursework (24 points)

• HPE5200 Health professions and simulation education in practice (12 points)
• Assessed short courses 6* or approved elective unit^
• Assessed short courses 7* or approved elective unit^

2. Research project^ (24 points)

• MPD0022 Introduction to education research in the health professions and sciences -  short course (12 points)
• MAP5010 Advanced health practice research project (12 points)

^Note: Your choice of project must be aligned and approved by the Course Director prior to commencement of both Introduction to Education Research in the Health Professions and Sciences and MAP5010. 

* Assessed short courses must be chosen from the following list of short courses offered by the School of Clinical Sciences. Please note that not all short courses are offered every semester. The short courses are not eligible for FEE-HELP.

• MPD0015 Learning and teaching with simulation 
• MPD0016 Quality supervision in health and human services
• MPD0017 Scenario design for simulation-based education
• MPD0018 Learning conversations: Feedback and debriefing practices in clinical practice and in simulation
• MPD0019 Technology for education in clinical healthcare
• MPD0021 Evolving Health Leadership
• MPD0022 Introduction to education research in the health professions and sciences (12 points)
• MPD0023 Qualitative research methods for public health
• MPD0024 Fundamentals of clinical coaching
• MPD0029 Advanced Clinical Anatomy Dissection Masterclass
• Sustainable Healthcare in Practice

^Approved elective unit

• MAP4200 Improving Indigenous equity in professional practice*

#Please note that only one of the following can be chosen: MAP4200 Improving Indigenous equity in professional practice, Advanced Clinical Anatomy Dissection Masterclass and Sustainable Healthcare in Practice.

*Note: The code of MAP4200 will change to MAP5200 commencing in 2026. You may complete either MAP4200 or MAP5200.