Master's in Medical
Education Leadership - Online
Education Leadership - Online
The Master of Science in Medical Education Leadership (MMEL) is an online program developed jointly by the College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of New England and the Office of Medical Education at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
The purpose of the master's in medical educational leadership program is to prepare individuals to assume or enhance their educational leadership roles in a variety of medical and health care training programs. This program is designed to provide advanced education in the areas of curriculum and instruction, leadership and administration, and educational research and evaluation with opportunities for immediate and on-going application to each individual’s unique professional environment.
The masters in medical education leadership is a two-year web-based program designed especially for working professionals that utilizes asynchronous, distance learning within a professional community. There is no residential requirement.
This program welcomes a wide array of learners: physicians and other health care professionals, faculty in undergraduate and graduate training programs, educational coordinators who are not clinicians, medical students and fellows who aspire to an academic career, and international clinicians who are developing specialties and desire advanced degree certification. These busy professionals share and gain expertise in academic medicine within a web-based instructional setting that provides flexibility of time.
Master of Science in Medical
Education Leadership - Online
The 33-credit hour MEL curriculum is designed to enhance students' skills in a variety of professional areas - curriculum, instruction, assessment, personnel development, organizational development, leadership skills, research and evaluation - through professional application and scholarship.
Online Certificate:
Program Development in Academic Medicine
This nine-credit hour program provides students with the core program development concepts in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. This set of courses is one of the foundations for the UNE Master of Science in Medical Education Leadership.
Online Certificate: Leadership Development in Academic Medicine
This nine-credit hour program provides students with the core leadership development concepts in personnel development, organizational development, and leadership skill training. This set of courses is one of the foundations for the UNE Master of Science in Medical Education Leadership.
Vision
The program reflects a vision of the medical education leader as a master teacher and executive leader. The student outcomes are adapted from the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standards in educational leadership.
In addition to academic courses, students develop an electronic professional portfolio as evidence of their competence in the seven medical educational leadership standards. The professional portfolio is a longitudinal integration and application of learning.
This program is designed to be flexible, practical and asynchronous. The courses are offered completely online in an integrated format of video/audio, PowerPoint, and discussion forums. Each course in the MEL curriculum includes workplace-based projects and the program culminates in an applied project.
The program also allows for two electives (three credits each) that may be self-designed as Independent Study, peer-designed by the cohort, selected from the Master’s in Public Health or transferred from external fellowship programs. The professional portfolio is a longitudinal integration and application of learning.
Faculty members are highly knowledgeable health-care professionals and medical educators with real-world experience and scholarly interests in their fields.
India Broyles, Ed.D.
Director, Programs in Medical Education Leadership
ibroyles@une.edu
Alumni Spotlight
Michael R. Wiles, BS, MEd, DC, FCCS(C) '10
COM Medical Education Leadership
"This is my first experience with online learning, and I wondered how it might work, at first. It's ..."
- Teaching: To prepare medical and health professionals to grow as educators and leaders in academic settings.
- Research: To contribute to the knowledge base of the field of medical education and leadership by refining existing knowledge or developing new knowledge.
- Service: To provide technical assistance and professional service to academic sites within Maine and New England.