Communication in Health Professions Education Unit (COHPE)

Communication in Health Professions Education Unit (COHPE)*

*previously known as MNHS SASU

The Communication in Health Professions Education Unit or COHPE Unit – pronounced ‘cope’ – is an academic department within the Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences.

For Students

We provide tailored communication programs for students in pre-registration health professions courses.  Our programs focus on clinical and professional communication, learning in placement settings, discipline-specific writing development, and addressing the education needs of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.  We help students to achieve their learning goals through workshops and individual consultations in both placement and academic settings.

For Educators

COPHE lecturers collaborate with individual academic and clinical educators in the development of their students’ communication skills.  We also offer workshops for clinical supervisors through our COHPE Health Educator Program (CHEP) and the Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Education workshop series.

Contact

Director, Communication in Health Professions Education Unit

Associate Professor Sheila Vance
+61 3 9905 4027
Sheila.Vance@monash.edu

COHPE Health Professions Educator Program (CHEP) for Monash placement partners:

Enquiries: Dr. Sharon Yahalom
+61 3 9905 5378
COHPEhealtheducatorprogram@monash.edu

Medicine Clinical Sites

Dr. Erica Schmidt
Central Clinical School & Eastern Health Clinical School
0400 934 259
Erica.Schmidt@monash.edu

Dr. Britta Schneider
School of Clinical Sciences
Monash Medical Centre Clinical Teaching Programs Area
0417 534 452
Britta.Schneider@monash.edu

Caulfield Campus

Dr. Catherine Cook
+61 3 9903 1129
Catherine.Cook@monash.edu

Dr. Averil Grieve
+61 3 9903 2803
Averil.Grieve@monash.edu

Dr. Amir Rouhshad
+61 3 9903 2053
Amir.Rouhshad@monash.edu

Clayton Campus

Mr. Joel Bulloch
+61 3 9905 6884
Joel.Bulloch@monash.edu

Ms. Giselle Kett (Mon Tues Wed Fri)
+61 3 9905 5191
Giselle.Kett@monash.edu

Dr. Binh Ta (Mon Wed Fri)
+61 9905 6954
Binh.Ta2@monash.edu

Associate Professor Sheila Vance
+61 3 9905 4027
Sheila.Vance@monash.edu

Dr. Sharon Yahalom
+61 3 9905 5378
Sharon.Yahalom@monash.edu

Peninsula Campus

Mr. Joel Bulloch
+61 3 9905 6884
Joel.Bulloch@monash.edu

Mr. Robert Cousland
+61 3 9904 4369
Robert.Cousland@monash.edu

Dr. Elpida Petraki (Mon Tues Wed)
+61 3 9904 4110
Elpida.Petraki@monash.edu

Dr. Binh Ta (Mon Wed Fri)
+61 9905 6954
Binh.Ta2@monash.edu