Varieties of Master of Education in the Health Profession Capstone Experience: Standards and Creativity

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Participants will engage with each other to develop a shared understanding of the balance between standards and creativity in capstone projects for diverse Master of Education in Health Professions (MEHP) students and identify gaps in the research related to this important educational activity. Programs that offer an MEHP are increasing globally. As of 2019, approximately 68% of these programs include a capstone project. (Tekian, Dekhyter, &Park, 2023) Little is known about the standards, criteria, and dissemination of capstone projects that are meaningful to the individual and the community. Scholarly standards must be interpreted to address student and contextual variables.

Sub Unit

• Division I - Education in the Professions

Chair

• Rebecca Wilson, University of Utah

Papers

• Proposing an Advising Structure to Encourage Creativity in Scholarship. - Rebecca Wilson, University of Utah

• Case Study: Providing guidance using Kern’s six-step curriculum development model - Michael Soh, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Anita Samuel, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Advancing Innovation and Standards: An Embedded Capstone in a Virtual Health Professions Education Graduate Program - Toni Ungaretti, Johns Hopkins University

• Creative Capstone Dissemination Opportunities - Maura Polansky, University of Illinois at Chicago