MHPE Course Descriptions | Health Education Programs | Faculty of Health Sciences

Our Master of Health Professions Education program is unique in Canada: there are no other programs available to the health education community (e.g. dentists, doctors, nurses, nutritionists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, public health professionals, veterinarians, etc.) that are both course-based and competency based.

HPE 801

Introduction to Health Professions Education (Onsite / In Person - Kingston)

This course serves as the introduction/foundation for the Master of Health Professions Education offered through the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University. As health professions are collaborative in nature, this master’s course will include content delivered by faculty who span the disciplines who will provide an overview of each of the courses/key health profession areas. This approach will not only provide learners with opportunities to view subject matter from multiple perspectives, it is also in alignment with a competency-based model wherein learners acquire various health professions competencies throughout the course and program.

2025 Onsite Intensive Week Dates: August 10 - 15

HPE 802

Health Professions Education Curriculum and Design (Online)

This course introduces a range of theories and approaches to curriculum development, such as competency-based education and outcomes-based education. Sessions will be literature informed but activity and discussion-based with an expectation of a high degree of collaboration and participation. This course highlights the importance of curricular alignment including connections between course outcomes/goals, delivery of instruction, and the assessment and evaluation of learning. The course is designed to encourage reflection on the importance of designing and developing positive learning environments with a focus on how curricular design promotes learning in health education settings. The course has been organized in such a way as to balance theory and practice and to support both conceptual and skill development.

HPE 803

Scholarship in Health Professions Education (Online)

HPE 803 has been designed to establish a foundation from which learners can engage in scholarship across diverse disciplines, ontologies, and pedagogical approaches. The course covers a range of scholarly approaches, including an overview of literature search strategies, operationalizing conceptual frameworks, and critically appraising the validity and reliability of the scholarly inferences resulting from data analyses.

HPE 804

Health Professions: Teaching & Learning in Collaborative Practice (Online)

To ensure the delivery of optimal care to patients, a collaborative practice approach to teaching, learning, and communication needs to be adopted across health teams. This course will explore best practices for facilitating learning, strategies for delivery of content, and ways of conducting assessments and evaluations to learners from varied health backgrounds. This course will explore common challenges such as communication, leadership style, self-awareness, mode of delivery, and dealing with difficult learners.

HPE 805

Simulation (Onsite / In Person - Kingston)

The purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to simulation for health professional educators. The history of simulation and the pedagogical theories and frameworks underpinning simulation-based education will be explored. Components of simulation design and how they impact learning will be examined and applied. Further, the role of simulation in assessment of competency, licensure, certification, and research will be discussed.

2025 Onsite Intensive Week Dates: August 10 - 15

HPE 806

Indigenous Health Professions Education (Online)

This course provides health profession educators with an introduction to Indigeneity in healthcare professions. In the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, number 22 states “we call upon those who can effect change within the Canadian healthcare system to recognize the value of Aboriginal healing practices and use them in the treatment of Aboriginal patients in collaboration with Aboriginal healers and Elders where requested by Aboriginal patients.”* This course will provide health profession educators with an overview of teaching from an Indigenous perspective but also raise awareness of how to teach others within their clinical education setting.

*Note: Following the publication of the TRC, the term 'Aboriginal' is no longer commonly used. Instead, the term 'Indigenous' is now used moving forward.

HPE 807

Leadership in Health Professions Education (Online)

This course provides health profession educators with an introduction to leadership in healthcare professions. With the constantly evolving needs of healthcare systems, it is imperative that strong leaders drive the need for change and innovation. Course participants will be introduced to numerous concepts critical to healthcare leadership such as principles of change and innovation, conflict mediation, leadership identity, strategic planning, and design. Through readings, case studies, and individual and group activities, learners can expect to gain valuable skills and perspectives on healthcare education leadership and to apply their knowledge in a variety of professional contexts. Through a variety of engagement and reflection opportunities, participants will gain insight into their strengths and challenges to best leverage their leadership potential.

HPE 898

Project in Health Professions Education (Online)

The focus of this course is on the scholarship of integration, implementation, and application of the MHPE program. This capstone course is an opportunity for learners to integrate the knowledge and skills developed throughout their studies and apply them to meaningful, independent work. Over the term, learners will engage in assignments that demonstrate their learning and contributes to the field of health professions education.

Examples of Capstone Projects:

2020 Cohort:

Blagdon, Ashley - Exploring How Canadian Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Training Programs Teach Communication Skills to Trainees
Boucher, Julia - Ob/Gyn Simulation Scenario: Indigenous Peoples' Health & Trauma-Informed Care
Chung, Wiley - Decolonization and Indigenization of a Surgical Curriculum: Exploring the Perceived Impact of a Medicine Wheel Rubric on Learner Wellness
Fraser, Ashley - Campus Health Centre- BScN Clinical Placement Guide
Goulding, Anna - Curriculum for the General Internal Medicine Longitudinal Resident Clinic
Gushue, Krista - Designing and Escape Room as an Innovative Teaching Method to Promote Engagement and Collaboration in 3rd Year Bachelor of Nursing Students
Hall, Janice - Lifelong Learning Together: A Framework for Continuing Interprofessional Development in Primary Care
Hickey, Amy - Indigenizing and Decolonizing Massage Therapy Education
Karate Edassery, Sajeeshkumar - Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) Curriculum Development for Critical Care Nurses and Respiratory Therapists at University of Ottawa Heart Institute (OUHI)
Khanum, Naila - Ultrasound Course for Primary Care
Muis, Paula - Interprofessional Experiential Education of Post-Secondary Public Health Learners: A Scoping Review Protocol
Pannu, Amrita - Trauma informed care education for psychiatry residents in Canada: Needs assessment
Patterson, Mandy - Examining Impacts of a Pandemic on Healthcare Providers to Offer Prevention Strategies and Resiliency for the Future
Pelland, Lucie - The scientific rigor of the objective structured examination for competency assessment in health sciences education: A systematic review
Rashid, Ammar - Program Design and Curriculum for Hospital Medicine Enhanced Skills Fellowship at Queen’s Department of Family Medicine
Sprules, Britton - Indigenous Curriculum Review of the Canadian Physician Assistant Programs
Thoren, Jacalyn - Implementing a Same Day Joint Arthroplasty Program in a Community Hospital
Youssef, Sherif - Simulation Education in Internal Medicine: Canadian Resident Perspectives

2021 Cohort:

Alsalem, Hanan - University of Ottawa Gynecologic Endoscopic Certification (UOGEC) Proposal
AlTurki, Ahmed - Curriculum Project For Electrocardiogram Interpretation Skills
Chique Alfonso, Herman - Using Experiential Learning in a Dementia Inclusive training for Healthcare Professionals
Delaney, Joanne - Mentorship during pediatric residency training: An exploration of current practices and perceived needs of Canadian pediatric residents
Deluca, Victoria - Using the Six-Step Curriculum Design Model to Bridge the Knowledge Gap of Meditech Expanse Downtime in ICU Nurses
Detomasi, Sarah - Is There A Role for Clinician Educators in Physiotherapy? An Evidence-Informed Inter-Professional Competency Based Role
Downie, Ian - Canadian Internal Medicine Residents’ Perceptions of Cardiac Arrest Leadership Training
Gray-Pattemore, Polly - Two-Eyed Seeing Approach with Compliance Inspection
Massender, Audrey - Fostering Resiliency in Novice Critical Care Nurses
Niles, Alana - Welcome to Neurology Nursing
Oliver, Taylor - Leadership Simulation
Orr, Christine - Medical Liver Pathology Training Module for Junior Pathology Residents and Gastroenterology Clinical Fellows
Pang, Michelle - Developing a Transformative Nursing Curriculum for Indigenous Cultural Safety
Pozzobon, Brittney - Connected Care Clinic Simulations
Spence, Nicole - Integrating Simulation into the Critical Care Novice Nurse Orientation Program
Stephens, Laura - Reframing the Nursing OSCE: A Literature Review
Tait, Tricia - A Pilot Study: Integration of Registered Massage Therapy into the Canadian Armed Forces
Van Allen, Kennedy - Curriculum Innovation
Weir, Cheryl - Interprofessional Collaboration (IPC), IPEC: 101

2022 Cohort:

Baril, Laurence - How to Resuscitate In Situ Simulation Initiatives in Canadian Emergency Departments
Bomba, Julie - Queen’s School of Nursing ‘Build your Sim Toolkit’
Candow, Jennifer - Tactical First Aid for Law Enforecment Officers
Chu, Laura - MSsion Possible: A Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Education Program for Neurology Residents
Fullarton, Emily - Paramedic to Preceptor: From care provider to educator: bridging the gap from life-saving to lesson-giving skills
Kaese, Jacqueline - Nursing the Undifferentiated Patient
McNaughton, Lindsay - Revitalizing the Surgical Orientation Day at the Queensway Carleton Hospital
McDonald, Doris - Wellness Wheel Education for St. Lawrence College Labs
Morrison-Levy, Nadine - Curriculum Development on the Transition of Care of Pediatric Epilipsey Patients to Adult Programs
Nguyen, Anh - Shame Resilience: A Novel Threshold Concept in Health Professions Education
Ortiz Jimenez, Johanna - Improving Skills Learning through Simulation-Based Program for Fluoroscopy Guided Lumbar Puncture using 3D-Printed Lumbar Spine Phantoms in Residency and Neuroradiology Fellowship Training
Passmore, Selena - Transition to Practice Course for Internationally Educated Nurses
Stewart, Alexandra - Active-Learning Strategies for Maternal-Child Nursing Orientees
Young, Amanda - Using the ADDIE method for Higher Education in Massage Therapy
Vrbanac, Jenna - Interdisciplinary Novice Learners Management of Deteriorating Patient Simulation
Wang, Grace - Gastroenterology Educational Communications Workshop
Westwick, Harrison - Burnout in surgical residents and operating room educational environment – research grant application