Program Overview

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Master of Education in Health Professions (Online)

The Master of Education in Health Professions (MEHP) is a 34.5-credit online program offered through a partnership among five Johns Hopkins University schools: Education, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, and Business. The program is designed for accomplished health professionals with advanced degrees in medicine, nursing, public health, pharmacy, dentistry, and other allied health fields.

Program Overview

The MEHP program aims to develop interprofessional leaders and change agents who will transform health professions education globally. The program's core course requirements examine adult learning and development theories, hypotheses-driven education-based practice, curriculum development, assessment and feedback, instructional strategies, educational scholarship, cultural competence, artificial intelligence, and technology integration.

Program Requirements

To earn the full 34.5-credit master's degree, MEHP students complete the core courses and one of two track specialty options in educational leadership or educational research. Both options include the continued development of a portfolio and a mentored capstone project/research study.

• Core Courses:
  • Introduction to Teaching, Scholarship, and Research in Health Professions
  • Foundation to Innovation: Adult Learning
  • Evidence-Based Teaching
  • Ensuring Learning through Assessment and Feedback
  • Curriculum Development
  • Instructional Strategies I and II
  • Development, Management, and Evaluation of Health Professions Education Programs
  • Educational Scholarship: Design and Implementation
• Elective Courses:
  • Writing Grant and Contract Proposals for Health Professions Education
  • Mentoring in Health Professions Education Programs
  • Applied Statistics
  • Advanced Simulation Strategies
  • Survey Design for Research in Health Professions Education
  • Application of Artificial Intelligence in Health Professions Education

Track Options

Educational Leadership/Professional Development Track

• Leadership Essentials for Health Professions Educators
• Leadership Theory in Action for Health Professions Educators
• Leadership Capstone in Health Professions Education I, II, and III

Educational Research Track

• Understanding Educational Research
• Mixed Methods Research
• Research Capstone in Health Professions Education I, II, and III

Sample Program Plans

The program can be completed in either two years or four years, with sample plans provided for each duration.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Apply evidence-based strategies and methodologies to teach in various settings
• Use assessment of learner needs to differentiate instruction
• Effectively plan instruction and teach from an interprofessional perspective
• Provide interdisciplinary learning experiences
• Incorporate knowledge of standards and standards-based instructional approaches
• Demonstrate collaborative and clinical teaching models
• Effectively assess learning
• Integrate technology into instruction
• Demonstrate understanding of learning principles, theory, and development
• Function as reflective practitioners
• Design, implement, and evaluate curriculum
• Demonstrate cultural competence with colleagues and learners
• Advise students effectively

Educational Leadership/Professional Development Track

Participants will also learn to:

• Serve as a mentor to others
• Build and evaluate professional development programs
• Be a change agent in their organization
• Incorporate the contributions of various health professions
• Demonstrate negotiation skills
• Apply cultural competence to educational program development and delivery

Educational Research Track

Participants will also learn to:

• Experiment to determine the effectiveness of knowledge transfer
• Design and implement a scholarly project
• Review appropriate literature and state the problem to be examined
• Analyze and interpret data from quantitative and qualitative sources
• Disseminate findings