Combined M.D./M.B.A. degree
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's degree,
such as a Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in
Health Care. 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. will be
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.
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 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
Selected students are eligible for merit-based scholarships that will cover the tuition and fees required for the M.B.A. degree and the fees required for the monthly leadership programs.
Faculty
See: Center for Global Health Systems,
Management, and Policy Faculty
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 Boonshoft School of Medicine
3123 Research Blvd., Suite 200
Kettering, OH 45420-4006
Campus Mail: 200 Tech Center IV; Research Park
Phone: (937) 258-5557
Fax: (937) 258-5544
E-mail: jennifer.webb@wright.edu
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