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Required Courses

Credits (lecture – practice – self-study)

  •     SIHS    501      Principles of Educational Research2 (2-0-4)

         Philosophical foundations of research; basic principles of educational research; defining research problems, research questions; research hypotheses; ethical issues in research; literature review; population and samples; research instrumentation; validity, reliability; writing research proposals; searching and evaluating research articles and presenting health science education research

  •     SIHS    502     Psychology of Learning in Health Science Education2 (2-0-4)

         Principles of learning and cognition; behaviorism; cognitive information processing; memory; intelligence; meaningful learning; situated cognition; social learning, experiential learning; ethical conduct of teaching with patients; applying learning theories in the health science education; searching and evaluating research in learning psychology and presenting learning psychology research

  •     SIHS    503     Assessment and evaluation of learning in health science programs2 (2-0-4)

         Basic principles of assessment in health science programs; the quality criteria for the good assessment, formative and summative assessment; validity, reliability; learning outcomes in health science programs; assessment levels in health science programs; assessment methods commonly used in health science programs to assess outcomes at various levels; written examination and item analysis; ethical issues in the assessment; searching and evaluating of literature in the assessment; research in the assessment; standard setting

  •     SIHS    504     Curriculum Development in Health Science Education2 (2-0-4)

         Basic Principles and concepts of curriculum planning and development; approaches to identify curriculum needs; deciding the educational strategy; trends in curriculum design; outcome-based education; competency-based education, entrustable professional activities; educational objectives; learning environment; searching and evaluating research articles about the curriculum development

  •     SIHS    505     Educational Research Techniques2 (2-0-4)

          Philosophical foundations of qualitative and quantitative research methods; quantitative research methodologies; experimental research, correlational research, causal-comparative research, survey research; descriptive and inferential statistics; qualitative research methodologies, ethnographic research, historical research, action research, grounded theories; qualitative research techniques, interviews, focus groups, field observations, content analysis; ethics in the analysis of educational data

  •     SIHS    506     Learning Theories in Health Science Education2 (2-0-4)

         Biological basis of learning and cognition; motivation and self-efficacy; Gagne’s Theory of Instruction; deliberate practice, constructivism; cognitive bias and decision making, multiple intelligences theory, emotional intelligence; moral development and how to teach morality; basic principles of learning media in health science programs; applications of learning theories in teaching health science programs; searching and evaluating literature in the science of learning, presentations of research in learning

  •     SIHS    507      Assessment and Evaluation of Complex Learning2 (2-0-4)

         Principles and processes of advanced assessment, systematic assessment, the development of rubrics for assessment; objective structured clinical examination, portfolio, the efficiency performance assessment, the workplace-based assessment, the assessment of non-technical skills, adaptive tests, grading in the health science program, research in assessment

  •     SIHS    508     Curriculum Evaluation of  Health Science Education2 (2-0-4)

         Principles and concepts of curriculum evaluation; Tyler’s model, Stake’s model, CIPP model, Kirkpatrick’s model; the curriculum development process; medical education accreditation standards; searching and evaluating research articles in the curriculum evaluation

  •     SIHS    509     Faculty Development and Leadership in Health Science Education2 (2-0-4)

         Basic principles of the faculty development and leadership; professionalism and ethics; approaches in developing academic staffs for health science programs; self-assessment and strength finding; the roles of leaders and the change management; negotiations; evaluating of the effectiveness of the faculty development program in health science schools; the organizational structure to support the faculty development in health science schools; academic promotion in health science schools

  •     SIHS    510     Seminars in Health Science Education2 (2-0-4)

         Literature search in health science education; an analysis and critical appraisal of health science educational research articles; an evaluation of health science educational research, strengths and limitations of the applications of the research findings; presentations of health science educational research; ethical standards in presenting and publishing research
Elective Courses

Credits (lecture – practice – self-study)

  •     SIHS    511      Test Development and Administration in Health Science Programs2 (2-0-4)

         Principles for the effective test development, the standards for educational and psychological testing; validity, reliability, content definition, test specification and blueprinting, item development, test assembly, test production, test administration, computerized testing, scoring, passing standards; reporting examination results, item banking, test technical report, ethical issues in the test administration

  •     SIHS    512      Fundamentals of Simulation Based Medical Education2 (2-0-4)

         Principles of simulation based medical education; designing the effective simulation scenario; the simulation in technical skills, the simulation in teamwork management; simulated and standardized patients; debriefing in simulation based medical education; the assessment in the simulation based medical education

  •     SIHS    513      Qualitative Research in Health Science Education2 (2-0-4)

         Philosophical foundations of the qualitative research; the nature of the qualitative research; types of qualitative research; qualitative research designs; individual interviews, group interviews, field observations; document analysis; the data management and analysis in the qualitative research; reporting findings from the qualitative research

  •     SIHS    514      Innovations in Health Science Education2 (2-0-4)

         Meaning and significance of innovation in health science education; disruptive education; information technology in health science education; modeling in health science education; simulations in health science education; augmented reality in health science education; virtual reality in health science education; digital games in health science education; research of innovation in health science education

  •     SIHS    515      Quantitative Analysis of Educational Data2 (2-0-4)

         Basic concepts of educational measurement, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics commonly used in analysis of educational data; statistical power and sample size; statistical hypotheses; t-test; analysis of variance; correlation; simple regression; multiple regression; logistic regression; reliability of test scores; non-parametric tests; the application of statistics in analysis of educational research data and test scores; ethical standards in educational test score analysis

  •     SIHS    516      Digital Education2 (1-2-3)

         Principles of digital education; the instructional design and media in digital education; online education formats; technology-assisted learning; using application softwares for teaching and research

  •     SIHS    517      Basic Communication Skills for Educators2 (1-2-3)

         Principles, theories, processes, related to communication; communication ethics; verbal and non-verbal communication; the interpersonal communication, the organizational communication; the development of self-awareness and empathy; active listening; public presentation; collaboration; conflict resolution; facilitation; assertiveness; the applications of communication skills in the administration, teaching, and assessment in health science programs

  •     SIHS    518      Applied Psychology in Health Science Education1 (1-0-2)

         Behavior change, anxiety, stress; the detection of cheating on tests; psychological measurement; the measurement and data analysis from personality and attitude tests; rater errors; the detection and the reduction of rater errors; social psychology and healthcare

  •     SIHS    519      Teaching Methods in Health Science Education1 (0-3-1)

         Principles and concepts of active learning; lecture; small group teaching; teaching in the laboratory; team-based learning; flipped classrooms; teaching and learning in clinical setting; Self-directed learning; teaching non-technical skills; stimulation-based teaching; technology-enhanced learning

  •     SIHS    520     Transformative Learning in Health Science Education1 (1-0-2)

         Definitions of transformative learning; related learning theories to transformative learning; steps of transformative learning experiences; learning tools in the transformative learning; transformative learning in the science education context; an introduction to classroom action research

  •     SIHS    521     Teacher Spirituality1 (1-0-2)

         An inspiration for professional teachers; stepping over the safe zone; teachers’ spiritual cultivation; law practice guidelines and ethics for professional teachers; professional learning community; learning from the good role model teachers; reflection through observation

  •     SIHS    522     Independent Study1 (0-2-1)

         Identifying topics of interest in health science education; studying topics with directed readings, carrying out independent research projects
Thesis

Credits (lecture – practice – self-study)

  •     SIHS    698      Thesis12 (0-36-0)

         Identifying research projects in health science education; conducting research with research ethics; data collection, data analysis, interpreting results and reporting the results in the form of thesis; presenting and publishing research in standard journals or a conference’s proceedings; ethics in writing reports and presenting research findings
Thematic paper

Credits (lecture – practice – self-study)

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