Educational programs in Health Sciences Education are located on the Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis campus.

Description of the Profession Health sciences educators plan, implement, and evaluate educational programs designed to prepare persons to practice in the health care delivery system. Additionally, educators may be involved in in-service or continuing professional education.

Graduates of the Program While most health sciences educators are employed in college or university settings, others work in secondary schools, hospitals, vocational-technical institutions, health care facilities, and agencies. They also coordinate in-service and continuing professional education programs for health care facilities, agencies, and associations.

The program graduate is eligible to seek teacher certification as a secondary teacher in health occupations education in the state of Indiana. However, this requires completion of the teacher certification option. This certification is important when seeking employment as a health occupations teacher in the secondary schools.

Credentials Required to Practice Current credentials in health care specialty.