PhD in Health Sciences Education
The PhD in Health Sciences Education is a unique, interdisciplinary and interprofessional program offered by McGill University’s Institute of Health Sciences Education (IHSE), within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
This program uses a theoretical approach to guide aspiring researchers in health professions and health sciences education (HSE) to develop the skills to make conceptually informed design and methodological choices in their research projects.
After completing the program, students will join a new, innovative and fast-growing field in the health sciences, where researchers from a broad range of disciplines contribute practice-informed evidence that advances:
societal health and well-beingthe quality and safety of patient carethe education of the next generation of health care professionals.As PhD students are based at the IHSE, a unit specially devoted to the field in Canada, they will also gain opportunities for networking, collaboration and mentorship, as well as access to research and clinical sites.
The PhD program is offered on a full-time basis at the IHSE, located on the McGill University campus in downtown Montreal.
Who should apply?
This program is designed for qualified candidates from various disciplines (e.g. health professions, biomedical and natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, and education) who possess a strong background in teaching, mentoring, coaching and educational scholarship.
As this program focuses on theoretical perspectives and research design, it is expected that candidates aspire to produce original and theoretically informed research and contribute to new evidence within HSE.
Accepted candidates will be eager to develop expertise in research, educational scholarship, knowledge translation (including written and oral communication), leadership, research mentoring, capacity building, career development and grant writing.
Structure and Delivery
This four-year PhD program covers a broad spectrum of topics within health professions education and health sciences education.
Completing the PhD program involves:
completing mandatory courses (see below) that focus on theoretical perspectives of relevant topics and research design during the first two yearscompleting an advanced methodology course of the student’s choosingpassing a comprehensive written and oral examination, which will cover the content of the mandatory courses and the student’s own research projectproducing, submitting and defending a PhD thesis, as an original and theoretically informed contribution to health sciences education.During the third year, students are expected to continue to work on their thesis and are expected to submit their thesis by the end of the fourth year. Students will also deliver an oral defense of their research project.
Course Information and Assessment
The following courses in the PhD program are mandatory in the first two years of the program:
HSED 702D1. Advanced Topics in Health Sciences Education.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Health Sciences Education (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
The relationship between research knowledge and health educational practice, including the continuum of knowledge creation and engagement; education and healthcare systems, including research on: policy, governance and regulation; program design and teaching and learning approaches in health sciences education (HSE); assessment and evaluation frameworks, including: quantitative and qualitative approaches; social accountability in HSE and HSE research including: equity, diversity and inclusion; and professional research skills, including: research management, academic communication in various genres, and research supervision.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor Students must register for both HSED 702D1 and HSED 702D2 No credit will be given for this course unless both HSED 702D1 and HSED 702D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms Language of instruction is English.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
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(Offered during the Fall semester)HSED 702D2. Advanced Topics in Health Sciences Education.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Health Sciences Education (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Prerequisite: HSED 702D1 No credit will be given for this course unless both HSED 702D1 and HSED 702D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms Language of instruction is English.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
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(Offered during the Winter semester)HSED 703. Research Design for Health Sciences Education.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Health Sciences Education (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
Various frameworks, theories and methodologies that contribute to health sciences education (HSE) research, and how these elements fit together to make a particular project coherent. Examination of the character of inter-disciplinary academic contributions and foci in HSE research. Emphasis on different types of research perspectives (such as constructionism, postmodernism and positivism) and approaches (qualitative, quantitative, participatory and mixed-methods).
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The mandatory comprehensive written and oral exam is:HSED 701. PhD Comprehensive Examination.
Credits: 0
Offered by: Health Sciences Education (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
An examination process covering two components: a written component and an oral component. Submission of a written proposal for examination which, following responses or amendments and re-examination, is the basis of an oral examination. The comprehensive examination must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
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Program Details
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Admission Requirements
Research Domains
Tuition Fees
Benefits and Professional Opportunities
Upon completion of the PhD in Health Sciences Education, the student is expected to be able to:
Design, conduct and disseminate a conceptually coherent and ethical research project, which makes an original contribution to the field of HSE research
Demonstrate a core area of content expertise, based on detailed understanding of different approaches and perspectives related to HSE research
Demonstrate a core area of methodological expertise relevant to HSE researchDemonstrate understanding of the relationship between topics in HSE research, and the conceptual, professional, policy, translational and social accountability implications of various HSE research topics and perspectives
Facilitate knowledge production and knowledge exchange from a range of conceptual and methodological perspectives, to address a range of research and applied challenges in HSE
Engage and develop new ways of learning that result in interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration, with strong understanding of and ability to navigate complex applied health services and contextual issues
Develop HSE research networks both within academia as well as the broader health sciences, educational, institutional, and policy-oriented communities to facilitate knowledge translation and exchange
Furthermore, the student may find employment in:
A medicine and health sciences faculty within a university as a professor, researching and teaching health sciences education
The health system, as a clinician-educator or clinical education manager (e.g. medical or surgical residency director, or nursing preceptor)
The health system or in a university, undertaking research and practice in the management and facilitation of accreditation, curriculum development, learning, or assessment and evaluation
Policy-making in education or health care
Industry, as a strategic learning development lead in, for example, the biotech, pharmaceutical or medical equipment industry
Contact Us
For more information, please contact:
Institute of Health Sciences Education
Lady Meredith House, Room 205
1110 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3
E-mail: gradcoord-ihse.med@mcgill.ca
Please note: McGill University reserves the right to make changes to the program, content, and services as it deems necessary.
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