Combined M.D./M.B.A. Degree Program

Would you like to become a physician with strong leadership and management skills? If you are interested in management of health care systems, health economics and population-based health care, and possess good leadership, academic and analytic skills, you are an ideal candidate for Wright State University's combined M.D./M.B.A. program.

Overview

The Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program offers students management and leadership skills, as well as knowledge of health economics and population-based medicine. It is designed to develop future leaders of the health care system, including CEOs of health care organizations, such as hospitals, hospital systems, government agencies and for-profit health care companies. Students in the program attend monthly physician leadership sessions designed to improve their analytic, business and management skills.

The program is fully integrated over five years, culminating with a dual degree—the M.D. and a Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Health Care Management. Unlike many other M.D./M.B.A. programs that are essentially year-out programs, this program begins in the first year and ends in the fifth, although most of the course work for the M.B.A. is spread over the third, fourth and fifth years. The complete M.D. curriculum will be taught; there will be no compromise on education for either degree. Students participate in a monthly special leadership development program through a series of seminars with M.D./M.P.H. students themed around leadership.

Specialties and Residencies

Graduates from the Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program have specialized in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry and surgery. Our students have gone on to residencies at the following institutions:

• Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
  
• David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
  
• East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tenn.
  
• New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
  
• Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
  
• University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.
  
• University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
  
• Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Va.
  

Admissions Criteria

Students will be selected on the basis of superior academic performance, evidence of analytical skills, leadership potential and interest or experience in health systems, the organization of health care and the business of health care. Students also must meet the admissions criteria for both the Boonshoft School of Medicine and the Wright State University Raj Soin College of Business M.B.A. Program. For the School of Medicine, that criteria includes taking the Medical College Admission Test. Undergraduate GPA, academic load, community service, extracurricular activities, an interview and letters of recommendation also are considered.

The Raj Soin College of Business admissions requirements for a graduate level program also must be met. These include taking the Graduate Management Admission Test and undergraduate GPA. Application information is available through the School of Graduate Studies.

The admissions process will be coordinated through the Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy. Any student interested in the Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program must complete a Supplemental Application. The form is available online or as a PDF file that can be printed and mailed. (To view the file, you will need Acrobat Reader, a free download.)

Scholarship Information

Students who submit a complete Supplemental Application, including essays, by March 1 will be eligible for merit-based scholarships.

Faculty

See: Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy Faculty

Publications

Crites G, Ebert J, Schuster R. Beyond the Dual Degree: Development of a Five-Year Program in Leadership for Medical Undergraduates. Academic Medicine. 2008;83,1:52-58.

Schuster R, Ebert J, Crites G. Considering a Formal Program for Medical Student Leadership Development. Academic Internal Medicine Insight. 2006;4,2:10-11.

BPLDP Council

The Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program (BPLDP) is a unique composition of five years of dual-degree students committed to leadership in health care. The BPLDP Council was initiated by students to integrate their skills and interests as well as to collaborate to promote their professional, academic, and leadership development.

Vision

As students in the Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program pursuing integrated degrees in Medicine, Public Health, and Business Administration we envision an educational community of global citizens devoted to leadership development, community building, advocacy, and innovation. 

Mission

Embracing the unique opportunities and increased responsibilities of students bridging the institutions in which we learn, our goal is to develop formal networks through communication and collaboration among students in the Boonshoft Physician Leadership Development Program providing a representative presence and influential voice within the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine; the Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy; the School of Graduate Studies and into the greater community.

For more information on the M.D.-M.B.A. Program, contact:
Jennifer Webb
Program Coordinator
Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy
Wright State University School of Medicine
3123 Research Blvd., Suite 200
Kettering, OH 45420-4006

Campus Mail: 200 Tech Center IV; Research Park
Phone: (937) 258-5554
Fax: (937) 258-5544
E-mail: jennifer.webb@wright.edu