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Doctoral Program in Medical and Health Professions Education (PhD or EdD)
Earn your Medical and Health Professions Education PhD or EdD, and become a teacher, leader and educational scholar.
Doctoral Program in Medical and Health Professions Education (PhD or EdD)
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More than an educator
Be an adviser, an influencer and an explorer. Inspire future physicians and healthcare professionals as they progress through their schooling.
With this degree, you can play a crucial role in academic medicine and deliver high-quality medical and health professions education.
Which is right for you?
Which is right for you?
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PhD
The PhD is a research-based terminal degree that allows individuals to work in academia or research at the university level.
EdD
The EdD is a practice-based professional degree designed for educators looking to create change at an administrative level.
Concentrations
Higher Education (PhD or EdD)
Become an education researcher and leader, designing, managing, and evaluating health professions education programs.
Higher Education (PhD or EdD)
Gain the practical knowledge and skills necessary to tackle major issues facing higher-education administration today.
This concentration explores academic health centers compared to universities looking at topics such as management, leadership, oversight, policy, law and finance. The program includes the study of current issues and data science in higher education.
Contemporary Human Anatomy Education (PhD)
Designed to provide the next generation of anatomy educators with skills relating to contemporary needs, issues and best practices in diverse academic settings.
Contemporary Human Anatomy Education (PhD)
The demand for well-versed anatomy educators is growing as more faculty are retiring, U.S. medical schools continue increasing enrollment and more health professions programs are being created.
This concentration provides experience in management, course directing, dissection and modern teaching modalities.
Ultrasound and Imaging Education (PhD)
Develop, manage and deliver ultrasound education programs to help meet the need for training sonographers, sonologists and medical professionals.
Ultrasound Imaging Education (PhD)
Join a first-of-its-kind program and receive training in one of the country’s most ultrasound-integrated undergraduate medical curriculums.
Ultrasound and imaging in medicine and allied health is an exploding field with an increasing need for sonographer educators. This concentration will produce educators capable of curriculum development, management, delivery and assessment.
Higher Education (PhD or EdD)
Become an education researcher and leader, designing, managing, and evaluating health professions education programs.
Contemporary Human Anatomy Education (PhD)
Designed to provide the next generation of anatomy educators with skills relating to contemporary needs, issues and best practices in diverse academic settings.
Higher Education (PhD or EdD)
Gain the practical knowledge and skills necessary to tackle major issues facing higher-education administration today.
This concentration explores academic health centers compared to universities looking at topics such as management, leadership, oversight, policy, law and finance. The program includes the study of current issues and data science in higher education.
Contemporary Human Anatomy Education (PhD)
The demand for well-versed anatomy educators is growing as more faculty are retiring, U.S. medical schools continue increasing enrollment and more health professions programs are being created.
This concentration provides experience in management, course directing, dissection and modern teaching modalities.
Ultrasound and Imaging Education (PhD)
Develop, manage and deliver ultrasound education programs to help meet the need for training sonographers, sonologists and medical professionals.
Ultrasound Imaging Education (PhD)
Join a first-of-its-kind program and receive training in one of the country’s most ultrasound-integrated undergraduate medical curriculums.
Ultrasound and imaging in medicine and allied health is an exploding field with an increasing need for sonographer educators. This concentration will produce educators capable of curriculum development, management, delivery and assessment.
Higher Education (PhD or EdD)
Become an education researcher and leader, designing, managing, and evaluating health professions education programs.
Contemporary Human Anatomy Education (PhD)
Designed to provide the next generation of anatomy educators with skills relating to contemporary needs, issues and best practices in diverse academic settings.
Ultrasound and Imaging Education (PhD)
Develop, manage and deliver ultrasound education programs to help meet the need for training sonographers, sonologists and medical professionals.
Higher Education (PhD or EdD)
Gain the practical knowledge and skills necessary to tackle major issues facing higher-education administration today.
This concentration explores academic health centers compared to universities looking at topics such as management, leadership, oversight, policy, law and finance. The program includes the study of current issues and data science in higher education.
Contemporary Human Anatomy Education (PhD)
The demand for well-versed anatomy educators is growing as more faculty are retiring, U.S. medical schools continue increasing enrollment and more health professions programs are being created.
This concentration provides experience in management, course directing, dissection and modern teaching modalities.
Ultrasound Imaging Education (PhD)
Join a first-of-its-kind program and receive training in one of the country’s most ultrasound-integrated undergraduate medical curriculums.
Ultrasound and imaging in medicine and allied health is an exploding field with an increasing need for sonographer educators. This concentration will produce educators capable of curriculum development, management, delivery and assessment.
Developed by educators for educators
Crafted by EVMS instructors, clinicians and basic scientists, our curriculum exposes students to a variety of topics, including:
- Curriculum design and evaluation
- Adult learning theory and instructional methods
- Data-based decision making
- Research methods
- Higher education organization and management
- Contemporary approaches to teaching anatomy
Program benefits
Individual mentoring
Develop an academic plan and timeline for completion based on your needs and program offerings.
Accelerated research
Apply what you learn immediately with an integrated research experience that starts from the very beginning of the program.
Meet the faculty
Cynthia P. Cadieux, PhD, RDN, FAND
Dr. Cadieux is the Associate Dean for Educational Assessment and Evaluation, Director of the Medical and Health Professions Education programs and Director of Distance Education. She has worked in the area of higher education for 25 years. Dr. Cadieux has been a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) since 1989. Her research interests include the study of sense of community, especially in the online classroom.
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Gyorgy Lonart, PhD
Dr. Lonart, Professor of Pathology and Anatomy, is an accomplished neuroscience researcher. His work focuses on synaptic transmission and mapping the synaptic networks involved in fear, learning and sleep regulation in normal and diseased brains. Prior to joining EVMS, Dr. Lonart worked in Dr. Thomas C. Südhof’s lab as he investigated the molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release.
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Craig Goodmurphy, PhD
Dr. Goodmurphy, Professor of Pathology and Anatomy, has been teaching medical students for more than 20 years. He has played a leading role in the incorporation of ultrasound technology into EVMS’ medical curriculum. Dr. Goodmurphy also created the freely available Anatomy Guy education website. He has been recognized for his excellence in education many times, including a 2015 Healthcare Hero award for championing ultrasound.
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Peggy Gesing, PhD
Dr. Peggy Gesing is the Associate Director of the Medical and Health Professions education programs and an Assistant Professor in the School of Health Professions. Dr. Gesing earned her PhD in Higher Education at Old Dominion University and her Master's of Education in Adult Learning and Development at Cleveland State University. The foundation for her research and teaching is built on 16 years of experience at top-ranked research universities. Her research focuses on international student mobility and education as a driver of economic opportunity and social justice.
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Mekbib Gemeda
Mr. Gemeda, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, oversees EVMS Diversity and Inclusion. Prior to joining EVMS, he served for eight years as the Assistant Dean for Diversity Affairs and Community Health and the founding Director of the Center for the Health of the African Diaspora at New York University School of Medicine. Mr. Gemeda has more than a decade of experience in national and local efforts to reduce health disparities and increase diversity in the biomedical workforce. He was involved in developing a robust NIH-supported biomedical research center and a nationally recognized recruitment and retention program for faculty and graduate students at Hunter College of the City University of New York.
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Jennifer Styron, PhD
Dr. Styron is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Teaching and Assessment at the Sentara Center for Simulation and Immersive Learning at EVMS. She earned a PhD in Instructional Technology and Design from the University of Southern Mississippi and has extensive experience in grant administration, interprofessional education and practice and active learning strategies, such as team-based learning. During her time at the University of South Alabama, Dr. Styron was part of a three-year $1.3 million HRSA project aimed at developing interprofessional core competencies among health professions faculty and students, and delivering high quality, efficient, team-based care in community-based clinical settings to improve patient outcomes.
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Heather Newton, EdD
Dr. Newton obtained her doctorate degree in Educational Psychology and a master’s degree in Teacher Education and Curriculum Instruction from Regent University in Virginia Beach. Dr. Newton’s passion is education, and she has over 20 years of professional experience in the educational field. Currently, Dr. Newton works with EVMS Graduate Medical Education as the Director of GME Educational Programs. In this role, she helps to create and implement faculty development curricula and deliver trainings in multiple modalities to residents, faculty and staff. Additionally, she serves on the Institutional Review Board and provides her expertise as a social/behavioral expert while reviewing protocols.
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Richard Gonzalez, PhD
Dr. Richard Gonzalez is an Associate Professor, Pathology and Anatomy and serves as the Contemporary Human Anatomy Education concentration director. Dr. Gonzalez earned his PhD in Anthropology in 2007 from the State University of New York, Buffalo. Over the past 20 years, in addition to teaching anatomy to medical and health professions education students, Dr. Gonzalez served as interim director of the Master of Science in Forensic Science program and as the coordinator of graduate student research in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies at Drexel University before joining EVMS in 2019.
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