The Department of Medical Education offers a program of studies leading to the Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) degree. The purpose of the MHPE program is to provide the education necessary to produce effective leaders and scholars in health professions education. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary offerings are available on topics related to management and leadership in health professions education, scholarship methods, curriculum, instruction, competence assessment, program evaluation, and medical humanities and ethics. The Interdepartmental Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies is available to students in this program.