Degree(s) Offered
PhD
Program Description
Health professions education is critical to the task of meeting the healthcare needs of communities. Few healthcare professionals and faculty are formally prepared in the basics of curricular design, assessment, program evaluation, and institutional leadership. The University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) is uniquely prepared to meet the growing need for health professions educators and to advance the scholarship of graduate health profession teaching and learning.
Students in the program will build on existing health professional competencies gained through professional education, examine the historical and current foundations of learning theory, and engage in the practical application of emerging science of teaching and learning. Students will examine current pedagogical theories and challenges faced by health professions programs, and institutions to advance their skills and knowledge. Graduates of this program will:
- demonstrate high quality and effective teaching methods.
- demonstrate proficiency in curricula design, delivery and assessment at the course and program level.
- advance education theoretical research and models, generate and disseminate scholarship of teaching and learning.
- demonstrate the ability to integrate educational research techniques to improve and demonstrate educational program and institutional effectiveness and sustainability.
- demonstrate academic and executive administration and leadership qualities needed to lead program, institutions, agencies, and organizations in the health and medical professions.
- participate in community engagement to improve educational quality.
Graduates will be prepared to apply the skills that they have acquired through the degree to employment in the private sector, as well as local, state and government positions in healthcare, and education.
Program admission
Admission to UMB’s PhD programs is highly selective. In addition to meeting the Graduate School’s minimum admission requirements, candidates for admission must provide evidence of a minimum of an earned master’s degree or equivalent education and training from an overseas college or university; proof of current professional license to practice; and a statement of proposed research interests. Individuals whose profession does not require a license to practice will still be considered for admission. Finalists for admission will be invited to interview with the program’s admissions committee.
Degree Requirements
The Ph.D. in health professions education consists of seventeen courses with a total of 60 credits. The instruction occurs predominantly online utilizing distance learning technologies in addition to a mandatory on-site residency taken in tandem with the beginning of the program and conclusion. The mandatory residency requires students to attend four consecutive days of face-to-face lectures, training, discussions, and presentations at UMB’s campus in Baltimore, MD. The in-person interactions assist in facilitating the peer learning, research, reflection and group discussion that is essential to creating an interdisciplinary team of faculty and scholars.
Complete guidelines and requirements for progression and completion are outlined in the Academic Performance and Progress in a PhD Program section of this catalog.
Required Courses
HPE 805
| | 2 |
HPE 840
| | |
HPE 850
| | 3 |
HPE 851
| | 6 |
HPE 880
| | 6 |
HPE 899
| | |
| MHS 607 | WRITING FOR SCHOLARLY JOURNALS | 3 |
| MHS 615 | BIOSTATISTICS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS | 3 |
MHS 680
| | 3 |
NRSG 793
| | 3 |
NURS 787
| | 3 |
NURS 791
| | 3 |
NURS 792
| | 3 |
SOWK 807
| | 3 |
SOWK 826
| | 3 |
Electives
HPE 860
| | 3 |
HPE 875
| | 3 |
NRSG 796
| | 3 |
NURS 794
| | 3 |