USC Schedule of Classes

Introduces the masters program; includes historical development of training in the health professions; current issues, challenges and opportunities in academic medicine and health worldwide.

Current approaches to leadership within the context of global academic medicine and health professions education; individual applications, group dynamics, teamwork, and interpersonal skill enhancement.

Acquisition of cognitive knowledge and problem solving skills in health professions worldwide; instructional methods, assessment techniques, designing curricula for health professions education.

Learning theory, teaching methods, assessment techniques related to acquisition and reinforcement of competencies related to parient care, practice-based learning and improvement and systems-based practice.

Mentored research on an innovation in academic medicine leading to the master's degree. The project will result in a formal written research report.

Academic writing for conference papers, grant proposals and journal articles. Recommended preparation: a completed study of an innovation in academic medicine or other health related field that is ready to move to publication.

Individual projects designing curricular or other innovations for the home program as an application of Year 1 concepts and as part of the capstone experience. Graded CR/NC.

Role of faculty development programs in health professions schools; tools for delivering effective continuing education and faculty development; models for mentoring clinical faculty.

Role of portfolios for teachers and learners; develop a personal capstone portfolio that represents each learners accomplishment of the core competencies of the MACM program.