Masters Degree in Health Education

Masters Degree in Health Education

A.T. Still University offers a Master of Health Education degree that will prepare the student to be a practitioner and leader in the field of health education. It is designed with an emphasis on teaching future or current health educators to use a systematic process based on learning theory to plan, design, fulfill, and evaluate efficient program and course offerings along with in-depth pedagogical training thus enabling students to become better teachers, mentors, clinicians, and leaders. The audience for this program is varied by design and includes administrators, physicians, PA’s, nurses, and other practitioners. And this degree is a 14-course program that offers five areas of concentration: leadership, research, teaching, medical education, and a customized concentration track.

Masters Degree in Health Education

Benedictine University's online Master of Public Health in Health Education teaches you how to create public health education programs on a range of health topics. Health educators promote good health habits within their communities. They plan and manage prevention and help the community with educational intervention. Graduates of our Master of Public Health are employed in health departments, health maintenance organizations, hospitals, employee assistance programs, voluntary organizations and social service agencies.

Masters Degree in Health Education

The Master of Public Health in Health Education Program emphasizes educational, interpersonal, community, and legislative factors that promote positive health behaviors. The curriculum focuses on interventions based on scientific data and established behavioral and learning theories that promote public health through the processes of education and community organization. Graduates of this degree program may function as community-health educators in a variety of settings, both public and private. They are academically prepared to conduct community assessments; design, implement, and evaluate health-education interventions; organize health-promotion efforts; be involved in research and assist individuals and communities to better utilize techniques of health-behavior change. The course work for the program may be pursued as a traditional, on-campus program or as an online program with two summer sessions on campus.

Masters Degree in Health Education

The Master of Health Professions Education program is designed for health professionals who want to better prepare for educational leadership roles. The program may be completed either on campus or online. Both formats allow professionals to pursue their degrees while maintaining full-time jobs. Courses address topics including curriculum development, program evaluation, instruction, student assessment, current educational issues, research methods, and leadership. Students of the program are encouraged to use their home institutions as a laboratory for the practical application of educational and leadership concepts. The Master of Health Professions Education Online option allows students to participate in the program using a computer and an Internet connection. Course schedules, assignments and readings are published on the web. Students carry out individual and group activities, and present their ideas in online discussions.