RATIONALE
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Professionals who are recruited as faculty members in the colleges of medicine, dentistry, nursing and other health professions have usually established their positions as practitioners in their respective fields. In most instances, these faculty members have had no formal training in the theory and practice of teaching and learning.

The Master in Health Professions Education (MHPEd) is offered by the Davao Medical School Foundation, Inc. to help the faculty members of health professions acquire the strategies and tactics associated with the science of instruction to become competent teachers.

Although guided by the same principles as that in the Master in Teaching or the Master in Education programs, the MHPEd is unique in its application. This program is patterned after the MHPEd program of the National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions of the University of the Philippines which was established in part by the Regional Teacher Training Center of the University of New South Wales, Australia.

GENERAL PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
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1.To provide qualified health professionals
with an understanding of the theoretical
underpinnings of educational practice;

2.To build on these theoretical foundations
and introduce the students to the
strategies most likely to be appropriate
for teaching in the health professions;

3.To enable students to practice, under
supervision, the teaching skills they have
learned;

4.To expose participants to effective
means of evaluating student learning; and

5.To enable participants to understand the
administrative functions in a health
profession education institution.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
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HP 01 (2 units) - Teaching and Learning
(Theories of adult learning and their application)

HP02 (2 units) - Curriculum Planning and Development (Concepts of the curriculum and the curriculum field)

HP 03 (3 units) - Instructional Design (Analysis of learning needs and systemic approach to the development of instruction)

HP 04 (3 units) Evaluation of Health Professions Education (A systematic and practical approach to the evaluation of health profession education programs)

HP 05 (2 units) - Practicum (Instruction laboratory- Videotaped sessions of actual student practicing teaching skills)

HP 06 (3 units) - Research Methods (Basic research techniques used in educational research)

HP 07 ( 2 units) - Organization and Management
(The organization and its management)

HP 08 (2 units) -Teaching Strategies (Instructional methods for teaching and learning situations)

HP 09 (2 units)-Clinical Teaching and Evaluation (Competencies and methods in teaching clinical skills)

HP 10 (3 units) - Evaluation of Student Learning
(Test construction analysis)

HP 11 (2 units ) Media in Teaching – Basic elements involved in communication and usefulness of the different types of media that can be used in teaching

HP 12 (2) - Medical Anthropology (The practice of medicine and allied health professions and that of medical education taking place within a social context)

HP 13 ( 2 units) - Creative Teaching (Innovative ideas that nurture students’ creativity in the health professions education classroom)

HP 14 (2 units) - Attitudes Assessment (Basic concepts, principles and theories on evaluation of attitudes)

HP 15 (2 units) - Public Health Education (Planning and implementing a community health education program)

HP 16 (2 units) - Community Development (Updates on development issues, trends and strategies in participatory development)

HP 17 (6 units) - Thesis

THE PARTICIPANTS
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The MHPEd program is open to applicants
who have a:

1. baccalaureate degree from accredited
schools provided the prior training is
relevant to teaching nursing, medical
technology, dentistry, medicine or other
health professions;

2. master’s degree from accredited schools
and currently teaching or qualified to
teach nursing, medical technology,
dentistry, medicine, or other health
professions; and

3. a doctoral degree or DMD, MD or
equivalent who are currently teaching or
qualified to teach students of the health
professions.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
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1. Transcript of records;
2. Curriculum vitae;
3. Honorable dismissal;
4. Accomplished MHPEd information sheet;
and
5. ID Pictures (1x1-2 copies)

Employed applicants shall secure a letter of endorsement from the Dean or immediate supervisor addressed to the Director of the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research
of the Davao Medical School Foundation, Inc.

These requirements should be submitted at
least two months before the start of classes.

COURSE SCHEDULE
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Schedule of Enrollment:

First semester - Enrollment starts on the first week of April

Second semester - Enrollment starts on the first week of October

Schedule of classes:

Classes start on the first week of June. Sessions are held every Saturday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm or during weekdays from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

INFORMATION
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For further details, please contact :

Victoria T. Lupase, PhD
Director
Institute of Graduate Studies and Research
Davao Medical School Foundation, Inc.
Tel. No. (082)226-23-44 local 211
Fax No. 221-2617
Cell No. 0928-962-5485
E-mail address: vicky@main.dmsf.edu.ph

Ms. Melanie P. Joaquin
Secretary
Institute of Graduate Studies and Research
Davao Medical School Foundation, Inc.
Tel. No. (082)226-23-44 local 211
Fax No. 221-2617
Cell No. 0917-704-2458/0928-277-5411
E-mail address : thinnee@main.dmsf.edu.ph