Health Education, DHEd

The Doctor of Health Education (DHEd) program complements the University’s mission of encouraging its constituencies to become leaders in improving community health and wellness with a comprehensive appreciation of the whole patient while helping to create the best health professions educators in the world. This program is for health professionals wanting to advance their careers in education, leadership, and scholarship. We provide graduates with the knowledge and skills to become successful educators, leaders, and researchers in the health professions. Our graduates are trained to perform with the highest ethical standards and sensitivity to cultural diversity. This program is one of few fully online doctorate degrees in health professions education and challenges students to examine the current state of health professions education and their individual roles and responsibilities within it. This program integrates web-based instructions, directed readings, and discussions among students and faculty. The College uses mission-driven, problem-based curriculum design and assesses student learning through authentic embedded assessments. Students complete a doctoral research project (DRP) within a structured approach that allows for faculty and student feedback along the way.

About the DHEd Program & Doctoral Research Project (DRP)

• Career options for DHEd graduates may include:
  • Professor at a college or university in a multitude of health professions
  • Director of health education department or program
  • Director of community health services
  • Health professions clinical educator
• A student’s doctoral research project (DRP) trains students in the application of research to professional practice. The DRP consists of five courses taken after the completion of the core courses.

Length of Program

The Doctor of Health Education program consists of 15 courses, or 55 credit hours.