Combined M.D./M.P.H. Degree Program
Are you serious about participating in the structural changes facing the world's healthcare system and obtaining a Master of Public Health degree while in medical school?
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health needs medicine and vice versa, and there is no better way to
show that than in this program. Having this second degree in the medical field
makes you a leader in the community.
— Chad Garven (’12)
M.D./M.P.H. Program
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The combined M.D./M.P.H.
is conducted under the auspices of the Boonshoft
School of Medicine and the
Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy. It
is a flexible program that combines traditional M.D. preparation
with in-depth work in public health leadership. The curriculum
of both degrees is integrated over a five-year period, including
monthly special leadership development seminars.
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 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. During this monthly program, students
participate in a series of seminars with M.D./M.B.A. students
around the theme of leadership.
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The program is fully integrated over five years, culminating with
a dual degree—the M.D. and a Master of Public Health. The coursework
for the two degrees is completed in an integrated fashion over a period
of five years. Unlike many other M.D./M.P.H. 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.P.H. is spread
over the third, fourth and fifth years. The complete M.D. curriculum
is taught; there is no compromise on education for either degree.
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 must meet the admissions criteria for both the Boonshoft
School of Medicine and the School
of Graduate Studies. 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 will be considered.
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 PDF 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: M.P.H. Program 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
For more information on the M.D.-M.P.H. 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
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