Monash University
Graduate Certificate of Health Professions Education
- Delivery: Online
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 12 months
Enhance the skills of health professionals through dynamic teaching, assessment and mentoring across diverse clinical settings.
Course overview
The Graduate Certificate of Health Professions Education qualifies individuals to apply principles and theories that inform educational practice in a range of clinical and other relevant contexts to undertake professional and highly skilled work and as a pathway for further learning. This practice-based qualification is suitable for a broad range of health professionals who are, or will be, engaged in the teaching, assessment, evaluation, mentoring and supervision of health professionals in a range of clinical and other contexts.
Key facts
What you will study
This course consists of 24 credit points of Clinical Simulation studies undertaken as a combination of units and short courses.
This study will provide you with professional teaching and advanced supervisory skills in both clinical and non-clinical environments using simulation as an educational method. It will facilitate the application of principles and theories that inform simulation educational practice and specialist knowledge through elective studies.
Core units
- Foundations of Health Professional Education
Short Courses (12 credit points)
- Learning and Teaching With Simulation
- Quality Supervision Course
- Scenario Design for Simulation-Based Education
- Learning Conversations: Feedback and Debriefing Practices in Clinical Simulation
- Assessment in Health Professions Education
- Introduction to Education Research in the Health Professions and Sciences
Entry requirements
- An Australian bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a cognate discipline from any health-related qualification with at least a pass 50% average.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Your previous studies can be credited towards your postgraduate studies, provided they meet the relevant course requirements.
If you receive an offer of enrolment and you’ve undertaken prior learning, you may be eligible to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning. The procedure is governed by the university's Recognition of Prior Learning policy. Contact the university for more details.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
- Health Promotion Officer
- Health Educator
- Health Managers
- Epidemiologist
- Community Health and Well-being Officer
Fees and FEE-HELP
Estimated first-year tuition fee in 2026: $18,800 (domestic full-fee paying place).
All costs are calculated using current rates and are based on a study load of 24 credit points (normally four units) per semester or year.
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
You may also need to pay the student services and amenities fee.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.
