Academic Program Proposal

Date Proposal Activated	Institution and Proposal	Degree Awarded	Academic Program Name	Objection Deadline	MHEC Final Action	Final Decision Date
	University of Maryland, Baltimore Proposal	Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)	Health Professions Education	4/19/2019	Approved	4/24/2019
Health Professions Education Program Description
Few healthcare professionals and faculty are formally prepared to engage in scholarship much less in the basics of inter-professional education, curricular design, assessment, program evaluation, and institutional leadership. Health professionals are prepared academically to take care of patients and clients often within their perspective discipline. This model has created a disease-centric medical system and workforce. To create a health workforce that is prepared to implement population health care delivery, we must prepare students to practice team-based care. Health Professions education is critical to the task of meeting the healthcare needs of communities. The need for faculty prepared to educate and train the next generation of learners has increased globally. <br> <br>The Ph.D. in health professions education will consist of seventeen courses with a total of 60 credits. The instruction will occur predominantly online utilizing distance learning technologies in addition to a mandatory on- site residency to be taken in tandem with the beginning of the program and conclusion. The mandatory in person (residency) will require students to attend four consecutive days of face-to-face lectures, training, discussions, and presentations at UMB’s campus in Baltimore, MD. The in-person interactions will assist in facilitating the peer learning, research, reflection and group discussion that is essential to creating an interdisciplinary team of faculty and scholars. <br>