卫生专业士教育课程的学费成本:一个跨部门分析
Jacqueline Lai1, Evan Fang2, Teresa M Chan3
1J. Lai is a medical student, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6719-9577 .
概括
卫生专业教育士 (MHPE) 学费在全球范围内有很大差异,北美是最昂贵的地区. 许多项目缺乏透明的费用信息,阻碍了公平获得高级医学教育的机会.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 健康 职业 教育 教育 专业
- 高等教育成本 高等教育成本
背景情况:
- 正式学位,如卫生专业教育士 (MHPE) 越来越重要,在医疗教育的职业发展.
- 这些高级学位的学费成本对许多有抱负的专业人士来说是一个重大障碍.
- 在全球范围内,关于与MHPE计划相关的学费的综合数据显著缺乏.
研究的目的:
- 调查卫生专业教育士 (MHPE) 课程的学费费用信息的可访问性.
- 分析全球MHPE课程中学费成本的变化.
- 识别健康职业教育中公平获取的潜在障碍.
主要方法:
- 基于互联网的,横截面研究进行了,以收集MHPE计划的学费数据.
- 数据收集包括网站分析,电子邮件通信和与计划教育工作者直接联系.
- 学费费用标准化为年度总额,并转换为美元进行比较分析.
主要成果:
- 在121个分析的MHPE计划中,只有56个具有公开可用的成本信息.
- 在MHPE课程中,学费的中位数为13,784美元,区域差异很大.
- 北美在本地和国际学生的学费最高,而非洲的学费最低.
结论:
- 在MHPE课程学费和地理分布方面存在显著的变化.
- 由于网站不完整和响应不佳,缺乏透明度阻碍了未来学生的财务规划.
- 加强努力至关重要,以提高透明度,并确保全球平等地获得健康专业教育.
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