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