Health Professions Education (HPE)

Provides national academic leadership in the scholarship, research, and advancement of health professions education across medicine and allied health professions, aligned with international best practice.

President: Dr. Muirne Spooner (RCSI)

Treasurer: Dr Daly

Secretary: Dr McCague

Scope and Thematic Framework:

This section is structured around internationally recognised core HPE domains, informed by AMEE educational tracks, with cross-cutting contemporary lenses.

Core Scholarly Domains:

• Teaching and Learning Pedagogical approaches, curriculum design, learning environments, and educational theory across the continuum of training.

• Selection and Admissions Evidence-based approaches to fair, valid, and socially accountable selection into health professions.

• Assessment and Evaluation Programmatic assessment, feedback, judgement, professionalism, and competence frameworks.

• Faculty Development and Educational Leadership Educator capability, career pathways, mentoring, and scholarship development.

• Learner Support and Wellbeing Feedback literacy, coaching, professionalism, identity formation, and learning culture.

• Interprofessional and Team-Based Education Education that supports collaborative practice across professions and care settings. Cross-Cutting Contemporary Themes

• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Addressing differential attainment, inclusive curriculum design, widening participation, and cultural competence.

• Sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals Education for socially accountable, sustainable, and globally responsible healthcare systems (notably SDGs 3, 4, 10, 12, and 17).

• Technology, AI and Innovation in Education Ethical, evidence-informed use of digital tools and artificial intelligence in teaching, assessment, and feedback.

These themes will function as integrating lenses, embedded across all section activity rather than siloed topics.