Health Professions Educators
Advancing Health Professions Education (HPE) is crucial for enhancing healthcare, as it fosters skills in teaching, evaluation, curriculum development, and leadership for health sciences professionals. Local healthcare providers gain skills in the methodology of clinical teaching and integration of better education into national systems. These skills ultimately trade down, creating better doctors, providers, and students that can then spread through medical teaching culture affecting an entire national education. Better educated providers provide better care providing a infallible route towards improved health outcomes for individual patients and entire populations
Program Scope
The program is based on Master's of Science (MS) in HPE awarded by the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (BUSM). This advanced graduate degree will combine an intensive 6-week summer training at BUSM and hybrid online and on-site coursework and mentorship over 1 year. The curriculum covers a comprehensive range of topics essential for developing expertise in teaching health. It begins with foundational courses in research, teaching, learning, and curriculum design, followed by advanced studies in evaluation, assessment, and leadership in health education. Students engage in practical experiences through diverse practicums and seminars. Courses focus on experiential learning rather than lecture-based observational process.
A focus on teaching theory ensures fundamental positive change in educational institutions.
A focus on teaching theory ensures fundamental positive change in educational institutions.
- Global Development of Human Resources for Health
- Principles of Health Professions Education
- Fundamentals of teaching & Learning in Health Professions Education
- Principles of Curriculum Teaching
- Evaluation & Assessment
- Analysis & Design of Curriculum
- Research in Health Professions Education
- Leadership
Core Elements of HPE Programs:
- Leadership Training: Nearly all HPE programs include components on academic and healthcare leadership.
- Curriculum Development: Programs prioritize skills in designing, evaluating, and implementing curricula
- Assessment Techniques: Training in the development of assessment tools to evaluate student competencies.
- Mentorship and Practical Experience: Programs frequently incorporate mentorship, hands-on practicum, or capstone projects to ensure real-world application of skills.
Extended impact
Faculty Development
- HPE graduates are able to train and develop local providers.
- ToT modules will be delivered along with the main degree program to the wider audiences of educators (clinical faculty) broadening the Program's impact
Implementation of Capstone Projects
- During the HPE program students will come-up with capstone projects in one or multiple domains:
- Curriculum design
- Faculty development training
- Assessment and Evaluation
- Research in Medical Education
- These projects will introduce new culture of design and delivery of medical education programs in Armenia
