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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 months
• Postgraduate Diploma – 1 year
• Master – 2 years
Part time
• Postgraduate Certificate – 1 – 4 years
• Postgraduate Diploma – 1½ – 5 years
• Master – 3 – 6 years
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Tuition Fees
Malaysian students registering into the Master in Health Professions Education programme in 2021 are eligible for a bursary of RM8,400.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
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 15% bursary.
- Malaysian students registering into the Master in Health Professions Education programme in 2021 are eligible for a bursary of RM8,400.
- 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) | |
Programme | Fees* |
Fees After Bursary# |
Postgraduate Certificate | 18,000 | 14,000 |
Postgraduate Diploma | 28,800 | 22,400 |
Master | 37,800 | 29,400 |
* Subject to number of credits registered per semester
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
ُTUITION FEE | TOTAL (RM) | |
ُTUITION FEE PER MODULE | Fees* | Fees After Bursary* |
Postgraduate Certificate | 22,500 | 18,500 |
Postgraduate Diploma | 36,000 | 29,600 |
Master | 47,250 | 38,850 |
* Subject to a number of credits registered per semester.
OUR TEAM

Vishna Devi Nadarajah
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.

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 a physiologist and involved in the curriculum development of health professionals programme, Dr Ghosh furthered her studies in health professions education and recently obtained a 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
Prof Richard Hays was a rural procedural general practitioner in northern Australia before becoming a teacher and education researcher, with a career focus on developing new or change managing established programs and institutional structures in regional and rural communities. In addition to medical and clinical qualifications, he has a PhD in educational psychology and a higher MD in medical education. This combination of qualifications has helped him to lead the development or transformation of four medical programs in Australia and the United Kingdom, and to act as a consultant to other developments in Europe, South-East Asia, the Western Pacific region and Canada. He has contributed to international medical education quality assurance and accreditation processes, through the Australian Medical Council, the General Medical Council, the World Federation of Medical Education and regulators in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and China. He is also a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Association of Medical Education Europe, the Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Education, and the Association of Medical Educators.

Ray Peterson
A/Prof Peterson has a BSc(Hons) and DipEd from Flinders University, and PG DipScEd, MAppSc and PhD from Curtin University. He was the Director of the MBBS Programme and Head of the Discipline of Medical Education at the University of Queensland. As Director of the MBBS Programme, he has overall operational responsibility and quality assurance for the delivery of all four years of the Graduate Medical Programme. Part of his responsibility is to provide ongoing educational review and improvements in the design, delivery and assessment of the programme. He was also Chair of the MBBS Curriculum Committee and Head of Assessment.
As Head of Discipline of Medical Education, Prof Peterson is responsible for the scholarship of teaching, learning and assessment, and projects, which lead to better quality outcomes in program delivery. He has broad-ranging interests in teaching and learning and is supervising PhD students in medical, dental, health and physiotherapy education.

Ian Wilson
Prof Ian Wilson graduated in medicine from the University of Adelaide and then became a general practitioner. He has practised in the armed services, inner-city, rural and suburban practice. During this time Ian became very interested in medical education and spent time with The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) training programs, initially as a medical educator and then as State Director for South Australia. While Ian’s research initially focussed on primary care mental health, his more recent research has focussed on medical education.
His current research interests are student selection and student development. He has had three Australian Research Council (ARC) research grants and a number of other competitive research grants. Ian’s educational interests are in curriculum development, quality assessment, and small group teaching.

Cees van der Vleuten
Prof Cees van der Vleuten has been at the University of Maastricht in The Netherlands since 1982. In 1996 he was appointed Professor of Education and chair of the Department of Educational Development and Research in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (until 2014). Since 2005 he has been the Scientific Director of the School of Health Professions Education. This graduate school offers master and PhD degrees in health sciences education to a wide variety of international students. He mentors many researchers in medical education and has supervised more than 80 doctoral graduate students. His primary expertise lies in evaluation and assessment. He has published widely in this domain, holds numerous academic awards, including several career awards.

Trudie E. Roberts
Professor Roberts graduated from Manchester with a degree in Medicine and a BSc in Anatomy. In 2000 she was appointed Professor of Medical Education at the University of Leeds. She was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2006. She was a council member of the General Medical Council from 2009 until 2012 and Chair of the Association for the Study of Medical Education until July 2013. In September 2013 she took over as President of the Association for Medical Education in Europe. Professor Roberts’s main interests and expertise are in the areas of assessment of competence, professionalism, and transitions.
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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

Various Teaching Methods
“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.”
NORUL HIDAYAH BINTI MAMAT @ MUHAMMAD
Programme Director, Postgraduate Diploma and Master in Health Professions Education
BHSc Psychology(IIUM), Med Educational Psychology(USM)