Online Health Professions Education

Overview

Run by one of the largest, most prestigious medical schools in Europe, the School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, studying online here means you’re on the pulse of contemporary medical thinking. The Online Health Professions Education programme is offered by University of Glasgow .

The pedigree, originally founded by alumnus William Hunter’s transformational anatomy teaching techniques, continues in today’s postgraduate projects, covering everything from human nutrition to paediatric endocrinology.

The medical education research currently informs the strategies of NHS Education Scotland and other regulatory bodies, and helps us turn our discoveries into beneficial clinical practices.

The medical education research currently informs the strategies of NHS Education Scotland and other regulatory bodies, and helps us turn our discoveries into beneficial clinical practices.

Choose your own path 

The distance learning Health Professions Education programme offers you the flexibility to take one of two research routes in the second year, tailored to your career goals. 

There’s a qualitative and quantitative research-focused option for those interested in learning about the design, conduct and governance of education research. For practitioners keen to apply educational theory and evidence to specific contexts, we offer an alternative route, with optional courses including curricula management, design and evaluation.

Programme outcomes

• Debate principles behind learning and teaching and the nature of knowledge and evidence

• Evaluate and apply appropriate theories, practices, assessment strategies and curriculum models

• Appraise the impact of technology-enhanced learning and teaching on education

• Identify the drivers for particular curricula and evaluate their influence

• Explore the impact of policy on healthcare education development

• Critically assess governance mechanisms in health professions education