Program Overview

Health Professions Education (MHPE) Program

The Health Professions Education (MHPE) program at Loyola University Chicago is designed for individuals seeking to develop their skills in health professions education. The program targets healthcare professionals who are serving or desiring to assume roles in educational leadership, healthcare organizations, or professional societies.

Overview

The MHPE program aims to provide students with a granular development of skills in pedagogy, assessment, feedback, leadership, and scholarship. The program focuses on creating curricula, leading programs, and executing academic research in health professions education.

Curriculum

The curriculum consists of the following courses:

• HPE 400: Research Methods in Health Professions Education (4 hours)
• HPE 401: Fundamentals of Learning and Teaching Modalities in Health Professions (3 hours)
• HPE 402: Technology in Education and Effective Lecture Skills (4 hours)
• HPE 403: Principles of Curriculum Design (4 hours)
• HPE 404: Statistical Methods for Educational Research (4 hours)
• HPE 405: Strategies in Assessment, Implementation, and Evaluation in HPE (4 hours)
• HPE 406: Leadership in Health Professions Education (3 hours)
• HPE 407: Administrative Skills and Organizational Change (3 hours)
• HPE 408: Health Professions Education Capstone Project (3 hours) Total hours: 32

Suggested Sequence of Courses

The suggested sequence of courses is as follows:

• Year 1:
  • Fall: HPE 400, HPE 401 (7 hours)
  • Spring: HPE 402, HPE 403 (8 hours)
  • Summer: HPE 404 (4 hours)
• Year 2:
  • Fall: HPE 405, HPE 406 (7 hours)
  • Spring: HPE 407, HPE 408 (6 hours) Total hours: 32

Graduate & Professional Standards and Regulations

Students in graduate and professional programs can find their Academic Policies in Graduate and Professional Academic Standards and Regulations under their school. Any additional University Policies supersede school policies.

Learning Outcomes

The program learning outcomes are:

• Demonstrate newly gained expertise in health professions pedagogy by receiving a passing score on a final project utilizing an evidence-based teaching approach.
• Cultivate an inclusive and culturally competent learning environment, thereby, allowing all to live out LUC's commitment to social justice, as evidenced by receiving a passing score on discussion posts and replies within each course.
• Apply leadership skills obtained through specialized coursework, particularly skills to help form and educate other healthcare professionals, as evidenced by receiving a passing score on the leadership philosophy paper.
• Design an impactful and purpose-driven curricula related to a relevant health professions topic, as evidenced by receiving a passing score on a final curriculum design project.
• Develop expertise in educational synthesis and scholarship, as evidenced by designing a capstone research project that earns a passing score.