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New Brock consecutive master’s degree pathway focuses on health education – The Brock News

New Brock consecutive master’s degree pathway focuses on health education – The Brock News

A new online graduate degrees pathway launching this term at Brock University is aimed at students pursuing careers in health professions education.

Offered jointly by the Department of Health Sciences and the Department of Educational Studies, the new Master of Public Health and Master of Education (MPH-MEd) consecutive degrees pathway will allow students to complete both master’s degrees in an exclusively online format within two years.

The MPH-MEd pathway is designed to prepare qualified educators, researchers and health-care developers and practitioners who can advance the practice of teaching and learning in the health professions sector.

“Students graduating with both degrees will be equipped with the core competencies required to design, implement and efficiently manage health systems, as well as have the curriculum development and pedagogical skills needed to effectively educate stakeholders about public health initiatives,” said Mary-Louise Vanderlee , Interim Dean of the Faculty of Education.

Peter Tiidus and Mary-Louise Vanderlee stand next to each other in a large hallway at Brock University.

Peter Tiidus, Dean for Brock University’s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, and Mary-Louise Vanderlee, Interim Dean for Brock University’s Faculty of Education.

Graduates of the MPH-MEd consecutive degrees pathway could pursue health education research or work for community or government agencies, hospitals, clinics, research institutes, professional health education organizations, public and private schools, universities

New alliance will transform health care education in the region – News

New alliance will transform health care education in the region – News

Four of our region’s leading institutions announced the creation of the Alliance for Healthcare Education on Aug. 29.

The Alliance is a bold, collaborative approach that will develop the talent to meet – and exceed – our region’s health care workforce needs for decades to come.

The new entity is an unprecedented partnership among CoxHealth, Missouri State University (MSU), Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) and Springfield Public Schools (SPS). Leaders at these institutions recognize that by working together, they can achieve more than any one of them could alone.

When the partnership is fully realized, the Alliance will be the largest producer of health sciences professionals in the Midwest.

The joint announcement took place at Cox College, where the leaders of the four partnering institutions – Max Buetow, president and CEO of CoxHealth; Dr. Hal Higdon, chancellor of OTC; Dr. Grenita Lathan, superintendent of SPS; and Clif Smart, president of MSU – came together to share the news.

“The Alliance for Healthcare Education will benefit an array of stakeholders — students, the health care sector and patients,” the leaders of the four institutions said in a joint statement. “This pioneering collaboration promises to improve access to training opportunities while maintaining