What courses will I take in the Health Professions online certificate?

UConn’s Health Professions Education Certificate courses are offered 100% online with a synchronous component; there are multiple online meetings requiring remote attendance (logging in) at specified times.

Course Name Fall Spring Summer
NURS 5700 - Health Professions Education: Evaluation X
NURS 5710 - Health Professions Education: Planning X
NURS 5720 - Health Professions Education: Implementation X


UConn Online Health Professions Education Education Graduate CertificateNURS 5700 - Health Professions Education: Evaluation
(3-credits, Fall)

This course will introduce students to important principles of evaluation science, with a particular emphasis on formative and summative evaluations. The course will help students apply these principles to the practice of evaluating educational activities for health care professionals in various stages of education and training.

NURS 5710 - Health Professions Education: Planning
(3-credits, Spring)

This course will introduce students to important principles of educational planning, reflecting the literatures of adult learning, curriculum and instruction, diffusion of innovations research, and health professions education. The course will help students apply these principles to the practice of planning educational activities for health care professionals in various stages of education and training.

NURS 5720 - Health Professions Education: Implementation
(3-credits, Summer)

This course will introduce students to important principles of implementation reflecting the literatures of adult learning, curriculum and instruction, and health professions education. The course will help students apply these principles to the practice of implementing educational activities for health care professionals in various stages of education and training.