Master of Education in Professional Health Occupations

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The Professional Health Occupations program is designed to assist the health occupations practitioner in the development of skills in curriculum development, in-service education, program evaluation and methods of teaching. UCO offers the only graduate program in the State of Oklahoma authorized to prepare and certify health careers teachers.

Technological updates, new teacher orientation, and other special institutes and workshops are conducted in concert with state career technology department supervisory and curriculum personnel to familiarize students with current trends in the health careers education field.

The professional health occupations program at the University of Central Oklahoma will assist health practitioners in making the transition to effective educators. The program provides the State of Oklahoma with a certification pathway option for health careers teachers.

The PHO degree program is specifically designed for the following groups of health related educators: dentists, dental hygienists, health agency based practitioners, nurses, physicians, allied health specialists (clinical laboratory technicians, respiratory therapists, EMTs, etc.).