Health Professions Education

Entry requirements

PhD/MD programmes in Health Professions Education

1. A medical, dental or nursing degree or a recognised degree from another relevant health profession (please see above) from an institution recognised by the University Court.
2. Normally you should also have completed a PG Diploma or Masters’ degree in Health Professions or Medical Education (see our postgraduate taught MSc in HPE here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/health-professionseducation/). Alternatively, consideration will be given to applicants who can demonstrate who have proven substantial experience of working in a health professions education content.
3. Applications will also be considered from individuals with other primary degree qualifications (such as a BSc in a biomedical science), from individuals who also meet point 2 above.

Months of entry

Anytime

Course content

The field of Health Professions Education is concerned with how we educate health professionals across the continuum of undergraduate and postgraduate training and lifelong clinical practice.

Doctoral study in Health Professions Education (HPE) builds upon the broad scholarly and practical experience in the theory, research, and practice from our MSc in HPE.

Our PhD/MD degree:

• will prepare graduates to be at the forefront of research, scholarship, leadership, teaching and assessment in the discipline of health professions education.

• is a higher research degree, that supports a focused piece of research building on the competencies found in the MSc in HPE.

• is suitable for those wishing to develop their skills as independent and thoughtful researchers in the field. This can enable graduates to lead on their own HPE research after graduation. And enable them to incorporate their work into their scholarly practice as educators.

Those who enter the programme will come from a variety of health professional backgrounds (including medicine, dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, dietetics, optometry and more). Our learners may also have a background in education, biomedical sciences, psychology or linguistics.

Ideally, learners will also have completed a Masters’ degree in HPE, medical education or equivalent. This provides a strong foundation in the field and relevant research approaches (including theory and methodology). Therefore, we strongly recommend you consider the completion of our MSc in HPE before joining our PhD/MD.

Most supervisors are are based in the College of MVLS. Though we also encourage cross-disciplinary research and are able to draw on wider supervisory expertise relevant to you chosen area of interest.

For more information or to discuss your interest in and suitability for the programme please contact the Director for Doctoral Studies in Health Professions Education: james.boyle@glasgow.ac.uk.

Example areas of staff expertise/interest include:

• Clinical Reasoning, Decision Making and Error

• Human Factors

• Simulation based education and clinical skills.

• Faculty Development

• Linguistics

• Assessment

• Technology enhanced learning and teaching (TELT) including AI, Virtual patients and Flipped classroom.

• Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

• Small Group Teaching including Flipped Classroom, Problem-based Learning and Case Based Learning.

• Near Peer Education

• Admissions

• Curriculum

• Community Based Education

• Transitions in undergraduate and postgraduate education (e.g. IMGs)

• Sustainable Healthcare Education

• Anatomy Education

Information for international students

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic and Academic Online (not General Training)

• 6.5 with no subtests under 6.0

• IELTS One Skill Retake Accepted

• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

Fees and funding

Fees and funding

Prices are based on the annual fee for full-time study. Fees for part-time study are half the full-time fee.

Irish nationals who are living in the Common Travel Area of the UK, EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status, and Internationals with Indefinite Leave to remain status can also qualify for home fee status.

• Fee status and policies

Alumni discount

We offer a 20% discount to our alumni on all Postgraduate Research and full Postgraduate Taught Masters programmes. This includes University of Glasgow graduates and those who have completed a Study Abroad programme, Exchange programme, International Summer School or Erasmus programme with us. This discount can be awarded alongside most University scholarships. No additional application is required.

Possible additional fees

• Re-submission by a research student £540

• Submission for a higher degree by published work £1,355

• Submission of thesis after deadline lapsed £350

• Submission by staff in receipt of staff scholarship £790

Depending on the nature of the research project, some students will be expected to pay a bench fee (also known as research support costs) to cover additional costs. The exact amount will be provided in the offer letter.

Funding

• External funding information