Master of Health Professions Education

New revisited MHPE Curriculum in 2021!

Health professionals play an important role in preventing, treating and curing disease and in promoting health at the individual and societal levels. It is essential to ensure that those who train healthcare professionals create effective educational programmes.The Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) gives participants the knowledge and skills required for a career in health professions education and research.

A personal and personalised learning experience guided by a coach. Elective learning tasks focus on three roles:

• Educational designers
• Educational leaders
• Researchers in health profession education

A variety of educational professionals, who have acquired a university degree in one of the health professions in their native country (e.g.: health sciences, medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, dentistry, pharmacy, speech therapy).

• The MHPE programme is firmly rooted in educational theory.
• Participants are required to use theory-based insights in dealing with educational problems.
• The cases used are derived from the student’s own from the student’s own professional environment.

The programme is open to students who have acquired a BA university degree in one of the health professions in their native country at a level equivalent to a Dutch degrees in these fields. Sufficient English language is required. See website

Exploring the interrelationship between educational theory, research and educational practice is a fundamental part of the MHPE programme.