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====== Master of Arts in Health Professions Education (Academic Track) ======

| [[#date_of_bor_approval|Date of BOR Approval]] |
| [[#program_learning_outcomes|Program Learning Outcomes]] |
| [[#admission_requirements|Admission Requirements]] |
| [[#graduation_requirements|Graduation Requirements]] |
| [[#summary_of_credit_units|Summary of Credit Units]] |
| [[#curriculum_checklist|Curriculum Checklist]] |
| [[#individual_course_titles_and_descriptions_with_credit_units,_pre-requisites_and/or_co-requisites|Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites]] |

The Master of Arts in Health Professions Education (MAHPEd) [Academic Track] is geared toward developing health professions educational designers, facilitators, evaluators, leaders, and researchers. The program comprises 17 units of core courses, 7 units of elective courses, and 6 units of master’s thesis. It equips graduates with a deep understanding of theoretical concepts, and research and scholarly writing skills to produce new knowledge for the advancement of HPEd as an academic discipline. It may be taken as a terminal degree or as preparation for a doctoral degree program.\\
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==== Date of BOR Approval (Institution) ====
May 28, 1981 (Approved by the Board of Regents during its 941st Meeting)\\
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== Date of Latest Revision ==
September 17, 2020 (Approved by the University Council during its 112th Regular meeting)\\
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==== Program Learning Outcomes ====
Graduates of the Master of Arts in Health Professions Education (MAHPEd) [Academic Track] are expected to:
  - communicate effectively in written and oral form about matters pertaining to health professions education (HPEd);
  - demonstrate professionalism, cultural competence, and the ability to collaborate with other health professionals;
  - exhibit nationalism and internationalism in the practice of the teaching professions;
  - develop context-based macro- and micro-plans for HPEd;
  - demonstrate advance teaching skills based on best evidence;
  - evaluate educational programs and studies;
  - demonstrate effective educational leadership abilities and administrative skills; and
  - conduct relevant research in the production of new, relevant, and up-to-date information in Education for Health Professions
==== Admission Requirements ====
  - A 4-year baccalaureate degree in health profession from the University of the Philippines or other approved university or tertiary institution considered acceptable by UPM
  - Teaching and/or administrative experience or at least two years in an institution responsible for the teaching of health personnel
  - Good scholastic record from any recognized institution of higher learning 
  - For all applicants from countries where English is not the medium of instruction: Certificate from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) (i.e., Band 6) OR Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (i.e., at least 550 for written test, 173 for computerized test, and 70 for internet-based test)
  - Duly accomplished application forms (available for download at http://ngohs.upm.edu.ph/) with the minimum National Graduate Office for the Health Sciences (NGOHS) requirements
==== Graduation Requirements ====
  - At least one full academic year of residency immediately preceding the awarding of a degree
  - Completion of at least 30 formal course units
  - Satisfactory completion and submission of the required hard bound copies of thesis, and electronic copy of the manuscript
  - A GWA of 2.00 or higher in all major courses and all courses are taken, assuming that none of these courses have a grade of 5.00
=== Summary of Credit Units ===
^  Category  ^  Credit Units  ^
| General Education | N/A |
| Core Courses | 17.0 |
| Electives | 17.0 |
| Thesis | 6.0 |
| Total | 30.0 |
=== Curriculum Checklist ===
^  First Year  ^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| HP 201 | 2.0 | HP 251 | 2.0 |
| HP 221 | 2.0 | HP 271 | 2.0 |
| Electives | 2.0 | Electives | 2.0 |
| Total | 6.0 | Total | 6.0 |

^  Second Year  ^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| HP 211 | 2.0 | HP 241 | 1.0 |
| HP 231 | 2.0 | HP 261 | 2.0 |
| Electives | 2.0 | HP 299 | 2.0 |
| | | Elective | 1.0 |
| Total | 6.0 | Total | 6.0 |

^  Third Year  ^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| HP 300.1 | 3.0 | HP 300.2 | 3.0 |
| Total | 3.0 | Total | 3.0 |
=== Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites ===
==== Core Courses ====
**Course Code:** HP201\\
**Course Title:** Psycho-Philosophical Foundations of Teaching-Learning in the Health Sciences\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles of philosophy and psychology pertinent to educational situations in the health professions that form the basis for the teaching-learning of the health professional\\
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**Course Code:** HP211\\
**Course Title:** Curriculum Planning in the Health Professions\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles and strategies for planning of new curricula and modifying existing ones. Development of a total curricular plan in a specific health area of interest of the participant\\
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**Course Code:** HP221\\
**Course Title:** Instructional Design in Health Science Courses\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Development of a design of a unit of instruction within the participant's area of teaching with particular consideration of the different available methods of instruction and their appropriateness for specific instructional situations in the health fields\\
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**Course Code:** HP231\\
**Course Title:** Evaluation in Health Professions Education\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles, approaches, models, and trends in evaluation used in health professions educational programs\\
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**Course Code:** HP241\\
**Course Title:** Practicum: Teaching Skills in Health Professions Education\\
**Credit Units:** 1.0 (laboratory)\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP221\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Critical evaluation and development of the component skills of teaching in various instructional situations encountered in health professions education\\
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**Course Code:** HP251\\
**Course Title:** Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning in the Health Sciences\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP221\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Integration of concepts, principles, and theories in teaching and learning strategies in the health sciences in various instructional settings. Application of best-evidence, interactive, and technology-enhanced teaching-learning strategies to achieve learning outcomes\\
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**Course Code:** HP261\\
**Course Title:** Organization and Management of Health Programs\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** General principles of organization and management of health programs and health agencies; relationships of participant's institutions to other agencies in the National Health Plan. Operation of participant's institution, his/her own and other's role within it. Utilization of these principles in educational change\\
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**Course Code:** HP271\\
**Course Title:** Test Construction and Analysis in the Health Sciences\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP221\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles and methods from planning, administration, and continuous improvement of written tests. The course deals with the construction, scoring, and grading, as well as the test item analysis and improvement\\
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**Course Code:** HP299\\
**Course Title:** Research Methods in Health Professions Education\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Last semester of the student\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The scientific method and approaches to research; basic statistical techniques used in analyzing data; and skills in the review of research literature and in writing and evaluating research proposals in health professions education\\
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==== Elective Courses ====
**Course Code:** HP222\\
**Course Title:** Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice\\
**Credit Units:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP221\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Basic principles of interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) as applied in HPEd in generating an IPECP-centric unit of instruction\\
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**Course Code:** HP223\\
**Course Title:** Clinical Teaching and Evaluation of Clinical Competence\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP221\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Development of a model of clinical problem solving; strategies to teach it; construction and implementation of evaluative instruments to assess it; interpretation and utilization of their results\\
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**Course Code:** HP224\\
**Course Title:** Attitude Development in the Health Professional and its Assessment\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP221\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Concepts of attitude development and behavior modification of health professionals, and methods and tools to assess attitudes\\
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**Course Code:** HP225\\
**Course Title:** Teaching Health Professionals on Designing Community-Based Training Programs\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP221\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Integration of theories of curriculum and instructional design and general principles of education in developing community-based training programs\\
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**Course Code:** HP 233\\
**Course Title:** Assessment Instruments for Educational Evaluation & Research\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Development and implementation of valid and reliable assessment instruments for evaluation and research in Health Professions Education\\
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**Course Code:** HP234\\
**Course Title:** Teacher Evaluation in Health Professions Education\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP231\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Concepts, research, and development in teacher evaluation in the health professions with emphasis on methods of evaluation and feedback for improvement of instruction\\
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**Course Code:** HP246\\
**Course Title:** Mentoring in Health Professions Education\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP201\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Application of the basic concepts and general principles in teaching and learning that serve as the framework for carrying out effective mentoring in the health professions\\
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**Course Code:** HP247\\
**Course Title:** Independent Study\\
**Credit Units:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Individual projects and learning contracts students like to pursue in selected topics\\
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**Course Code:** HP248\\
**Course Title:** Teaching and Assessment with Simulation in the Health Sciences\\
**Credit Units:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Theory and practice in the use of simulation in teaching and assessment of clinical competence\\
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**Course Code:** HP252\\
**Course Title:** Preparation of Instructional Media for Health Sciences Course\\
**Credit Units:** 1.0 (laboratory)\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP221\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles and techniques in the choice, preparation and presentation of various audio-visual aids and other educational media\\
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**Course Code:** HP262\\
**Course Title:** Administration of Health Professions Education Programs\\
**Credit Units:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP261\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Application of the functions of management: planning, organizing, leading and controlling of health professions education programs from the perspective of administration\\
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**Course Code:** HP263\\
**Course Title:** Selection of Students for the Health Sciences\\
**Credit Units:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP261\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** An overview of intellectual and non-intellectual parameters used for selection of students in the health sciences. In-depth study of these parameters and their adaptation to local needs. The issue of combining the data for measurement of these parameters to make selection decisions will be addressed\\
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**Course Code:** HP264\\
**Course Title:** International Comparative Education in the Health Sciences\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HP261\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** A critical analysis and comparison of international practices, trends, and issues in health sciences education\\
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**Course Code:** HP292\\
**Course Title:** Science and Art of Research\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The roles of theories, concepts, and principles in research as science and art\\
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**Course Code:** HP293\\
**Course Title:** Data Analysis in Health Professions Education\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Last semester of the student\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Use of basic quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques in educational evaluation and research\\
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==== GE Elective Course ====
**Course Code:** HPEd 20\\
**Course Title:** Learning for Teaching\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Basic principles, theories, and methodologies of understanding one's learning and using the process of learning to help others learn\\
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