Health Professions Education
(Postgraduate Certificate / Postgraduate Diploma / Master)
The healthcare industry is an essential cog in the wheels of the nation, fostering the general health of the population, and in the prevention and treatment of disease. Hence, it is important to employ the best teaching methodologies and educational strategies to train the trainers, who in turn, shape and mould competent healthcare professionals of the highest standards.
The IMU Postgraduate Programmes in Health Professions Education is a multi-exit programme that comprises of three levels; Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and Master. These programmes are designed especially for health professionals who work or interested in education.
The programme is comprehensive. Students develop an in-depth understanding of educational principles related to curriculum, instruction, competence assessment, programme evaluation, quality assessment, primary care education, clinical decision making and health-related humanities, professionalism and ethics, as well as management and leadership skills in the field.
At the Master level, facilitator will guide the students as the students take the next step to become an educational researcher or innovator.
KEY FACTS
Degree
Master in Health Professions Education
Commencement
Total Duration
Postgraduate Certificate: 6 month – 2 years
Postgraduate Diploma: 1 – 3 years
Master: 2 – 4 years
Part time
Postgraduate Certificate: 1 year- 4 years
Postgraduate Diploma: 1½ – 5 years
Master: 3 – 6 years
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Tuition Fees
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
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A. ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
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B. ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
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| Applicants are required to have obtained:
Certificate
Diploma
Master
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For Malaysian Students Not applicable |
For International Students
The following categories of students are exempted from the above requirements:
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APPLICATION & REGISTRATION FEES
| Malaysian Student (RM) | International Student (RM) | |
| Application Fees | 150 | 500 |
| Registration Fee | 1,100 | 3,400 |
| Refundable Caution Deposit | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Student Association Fee per Semester | 40 | 40 |
- All IMU alumni who are self-funding their postgraduate studies and meet the eligibility criteria will be eligible for a 25% bursary.
- Application fee is payable upon submission of application.
- Registration fee and refundable caution deposit is payable upon acceptance of the offer letter issued by the IMU Admissions Office.
- Students must adhere to the “Policy on Payment of Fees“.
- For information on Student Visa Application fee, please check the “Visas & Immigration“
FEE STRUCTURE
MALAYSIAN STUDENT
| ُTUITION FEE | TOTAL (RM) |
| Postgraduate Certificate | 12,000 |
| Postgraduate Diploma | 24,000 |
| Master | 37,800 |
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
| ُTUITION FEE | TOTAL (RM) |
| Postgraduate Certificate | 16,000 |
| Postgraduate Diploma | 32,000 |
| Master | 49,800 |
* Subject to number of credits registered per semester
OUR TEAM
Faculty Members
Vishna Devi Nadarajah
Prof Vishna is the Pro Vice Chancellor (Education) at IMU and also the Director of IMU Centre for Education (ICE). She graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Biochemistry from the University of Malaya (1994) and obtained her PhD at the University of Cambridge in the field of microbial biochemistry (2000). Her career pathway takes a major turn after she pursue her study and graduated with Masters in Health Professionals Education from Maastricht University in 2014.
She has published and presented research papers in both biomedical sciences and medical education, supervises research students and reviews for indexed and international journals. She is currently on the international editorial board of Medical Education journal. Her areas of expertise in health professional education are in Faculty development, Assessment and Innovative Teaching Learning methods.
Madawa Nilupathi Chandratilake
Prof Madawa is the Professor in ICE. Prof Madawa completed his PhD in Medical Education from University of Dundee, United Kingdom. He was involved in curriculum development and evaluation of health professionals programme in various institution. He has also shared his experience and knowledge in many international conferences. His area of expertise in health professional education are in Faculty development, Assessment, Teaching and Learning and Research in Medical Education.
Shahid Hassan
Prof Shahid is the Professor in ENT attached to both School of Medicine and ICE. He obtained Masters in Health Professionals Education from Maastricht University. He has been consulting various local institution in developing and reviewing the medical curriculum. He is also actively involved in providing faculty development workshop. His area of expertise in health professions education is Assessment.
Sarmishtha Ghosh
After several years working as physiologist and involved in the curriculum development of health professionals programme, Dr Ghosh furthered her studies in health professions education and recently obtained Certificate in Medical Education from Keele-Faimer. Her areas of expertise in health professional education are in Faculty development, Formative Assessment, Teaching and Learning and Curriculum Review. She is now the Programme Director of Postgraduate Certificate in Health Professions Education programme.
Norul Hidayah Mamat @ Muhammad
Ms Norul is a lecturer and Evaluation Coordinator attached to ICE. She is in the midst of completing her PhD in Educational Psychology. She is a lifetime
member of Qualitative Research Association Malaysia and has received an appointment as MQA Panelist for Educational Psychology. Her area of expertise are educational psychology and qualitative research.
Siti Suriani Abd Razak
Ms Siti is a lecturer attached to ICE and the Programme Director for Postgraduate Diploma and Master in Health Professions Education programme. She graduated with Bachelor of Health Science from University of Adelaide, Australia in 2012 and since then has expressed interest in education. She continued her studies and graduated with Master of Science (Medical Education) from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2016. Her area of expertise in health professions education are in Ethical Reasoning, Problem-based learning and qualitative research.
Visiting Lecturers
Richard Hays
Ray Peterson
Ian Wilson
Cees van der Vleuten
Trudie E. Roberts
READ STORIES OF THE PROGRAMME
Health Professions Education – IMU News
Maximising Your Career Potential 18 Mar 2019For healthcare professionals & educators, educational managers or administrators involved in providing better educational programmes.
How a Health Professions Education Programme Contributed to my Career Advancement 12 Mar 2019For healthcare professionals & educators, educational managers or administrators involved in providing better educational programmes.
Health Profession Educators Training Programme in the 21st Century 24 Feb 2019A programme to equip educators with enhanced knowledge and skills to pursue career opportunities in health professions education and carry out research for further development.
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Interested in applying for one of our programmes?
You will need to prepare the following documents for your application:
- Verified copies of your academic qualifications
- Evidence of English language proficiency
- A copy of your MyKad or the identification page of your passport
These supporting documents needs to be attached electronically to your application. Please note that all of our programmes require payment of a non-refundable application fee after the application has been submitted. Application will only be processed once the payment for application fee has been made.
We wish you all the best with your application, and hope we will be welcoming you into one of our programmes soon!
WHY STUDY HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION AT IMU
An Established Private Healthcare University
Flexible Learning Options
Contemporary Curriculum
“The Postgraduate Certificate in health professions education aims to enhance the learners’ knowledge and confidence in teaching and training health professions students. It equips the learner with the basic principles of education and their implementation in practice, PGCHPE is a stepping stone towards the Diploma and Masters in Health Professions Education. A taught program with a dash of blended learning principles, this program enables the learner to be a qualified trainer in Health Professions Education.”
ASSOCIATE PROF DR SARMISHTHA GHOSH
Programme Director, Postgraduate Certificate in Health Professions Education
BSc (Hons) (Calcutta), MSc (Calcutta), PhD (Calcutta), FAIMER, ESME, Cert. Med Edu (KEELE-FAIMER)
“The PGHPE programmes are designed to fulfil the needs of 21st Century Health Professions Educator and is suitable for anyone who are interested or involved in education, assessment, programme design and research in health professions education. These programmes are aimed to develop an in-depth understanding of educational theories, principles and values related to contemporary learning environment and assessment. It will boost learners’ professional credibility and confidence in teaching and designing the curriculum as well as opening a pathway to a higher degree in Health Professions Education. The combination of various teaching method through face to face and online sessions with local and international experts in the field will enhanced the learning experience of the learners.”
SITI SURIANI ABD RAZAK
Programme Director, Postgraduate Diploma and Master in Health Professions Education
BHSc (Adelaide), MSc Medical Education (USM)
