Graduate Diploma of Health Professional Education

School of Medicine

Are you a health educator who wishes to formalise knowledge and skills in health education? The Graduate Diploma of Health Professional Education at The University of Notre Dame Australia is your ideal qualification. This flexible postgraduate program is facilitated entirely online for health professionals who perform an educational function or who are transitioning to an educational role in a clinical tertiary or academic setting. Contact us today to advance your career.

• Why study this degree?

  As a health educator, you probably recognise that although health educators have extensive knowledge and skills in their professional discipline, the art and science of passing knowledge from one generation to the next are often overlooked in the context of demanding clinical, teaching, and research responsibilities.

  Education has always been at the core of what it means to practise in the health sciences. Health professionals accept that, as part of their role, they will be involved in educating new generations of health professionals.

  The truth is that many health professionals have no formal training in educational theory. Furthermore, busy schedules leave little time for improving your educational knowledge and skills by attending scheduled courses or workshops. For this reason, the Graduate Diploma of Health Professional Education offers knowledge and skills in a flexible and contextualised manner to health professionals who are also tertiary educators.

  The Graduate Diploma of Health Professional Education provides a pathway for health professionals interested in developing their knowledge and skills in education, aiming to become exemplary educators and educational role models. Over the course of your studies, you will gain a sound understanding of contemporary learning theory and a vast repertoire of educational skills aimed explicitly at best practice in modern health education contexts.

• Program summary

  Year One

  • Learning & Facilitation in Health Professional Education
  • Contemporary Issues in Health Professional Education & Leadership
  • Coaching & Supervision in Health
  • Reasoning & Clinical Innovation

  Year Two

  • Ethical Issues in Professional Life
  • Research Methods
  • Designing Curriculum for Effective Learning
  • Principles and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation

  More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions page.

  Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

• Entry requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in a health professional field
  • Active involvement in health professional education

• Learning outcomes

  Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education, graduates will be able to:

  1. Examine learning theories underpinning educational practice and scholarship and apply them effectively within the health education context
  2. Analyse contemporary issues within health professional education and their significant influence on the application of educational practice
  3. Engage in reflective practice to promote life-long learning
  4. Develop sophisticated understandings of the unique nature of learning and teaching in the health context
  5. Develop educational initiatives that enhance best practice principles in the often unpredictable workplace/clinical health context; and
  6. Evaluate key ethical issues and traditions that inform and shape professional conduct, particularly as these relate to learning and teaching.

• Career opportunities

  A Graduate Diploma in Health Professional Education will give you the skills and knowledge to pursue an education role in the following fields: medicine, nursing and allied health services.

• Real-world experience

  You will learn from our academics, who are leaders in their field. There are no practicum requirements for this program.

• Fees and costs

  This Program has the following loan scheme(s) available for eligible students:

  
  

  Domestic Fee-Paying
  A domestic fee-paying place is a place at university where the student is responsible for the full cost the program.

  Eligible domestic fee-paying students may apply for the FEE-HELP loan scheme which assists eligible fee-paying students with the payment of all, or part, of their tuition fees, not including additional study costs such as accommodation or textbooks. Your FEE-HELP debt will be indexed each year in line with the Consumer Price Index.

  
  

  For indicative fees and information on how to pay, including Government loan schemes and our online calculator, visit our Fees, costs and scholarships page.

• More information

  Considering your uni options?

  Talk to one of our career advisors for a personalised advice session. Our advisors provide support while choosing a program of study and completing our application process. Book my session.

  
  

  For more information, please call our Prospective Students Office on +61 8 9433 0533 or email future@nd.edu.au.

  
  

  For more information, please email studyonline@nd.edu.au.