MD/MPH
The MD/MPH joint degree is offered by the University of Colorado School of Medicine (SOM) and the Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH). In addition to receiving the MD, students concurrently receive the master of public health (MPH) in a Colorado School of Public Health concentration: Applied Biostatistics, Community and Behavioral Health, Community Health Education, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Health Systems, Management and Policy or General Track. Up to 12 credits hours from the MD program will count toward completion of the 42 credit hour MPH. In order to help students select courses and successfully complete the joint degree, students are assigned faculty advisors from both SOM and CSPH. Only students already in or accepted into the CU MD program are eligible to apply to this degree option.
Joint degree students pursue the MPH between years 3 and 4 of their medical education. The program requires an official leave of absence from SOM. The leave lasts three consecutive semesters (summer, fall, and spring). During official leave medical school loan obligations will be waived. Students are assessed public health tuition rates for CSPH courses taken in completion of the joint degree.
In addition to achieving the general MPH and concentration/focus area competencies, graduates of the MD/MPH will be able to:
1. Integrate public health skills and knowledge into the practice of medicine
2. Apply biostatistical and epidemiological methods to assessing the effectiveness of medical treatments
3. Identify the mutual commonalities of medicine and public health and be able to facilitate the communication among professionals in both fields
4. Identify diseases with public health impacts and methods for minimizing their effects on populations
5. Facilitate the translation of medical science discoveries to the provision of public health services
| Course Requirements |
Credit hours |
|---|
| BIOS 6601 Applied Biostatistics |
3 |
| EPID 6630 Epidemiology |
3 |
| EHOH 6614 Environmental & Occupational Health |
3 |
| CBHS 6610 Social & Community Factors in Health |
3 |
| HSMP 6603 Health Systems & Management |
3 |
| PUBH 6600 Foundations in Public Health |
2 |
| PUBH 6606 Practicum |
2 |
| PUBH 6955 (or equivalent1) MPH Masters Project/Capstone |
2 |
| Public Health Concentration/Focus requirements |
12 |
| Public Health related electives from SOM curriculum2 |
9 (min) |
| IDPT 7655 (optional3) Foundations of Doctoring |
|
| Total number of required hours |
42 |
1 It is possible that some of the activities in the SOM Mentored Scholarly Activity might be used to partially meet these requirements.
2 Courses from the SOM Curriculum that may apply toward the MPH are:
PRMD 5000 Ethics Health Professions I
PRMD 6000 Ethics Health Professions II
IDPT 6004 Infectious Disease
FMMD 6624 Healthcare Poor/Homeless
IDPT 6639 Hlth Care-Public Policy
IDPT 6642 Intro to Women’s Health
IDPT 6669 Global Health Seminar
MED 6621 Geriatric Medicine
PED 6622 Diabetes Mellitus
PSCH 6632 Denver CARES Elective
SURG 6625 Global Health Issues
IDPT 7061 Rural and Community Care
FMMD 8005 Care for Underserved
IDPT 8003 Geriatrics
IDPT 8013 Tropical Medicine
3 Optional course: Foundations of Doctoring (IDPT7655) for at least one hour per semester to have the same liability coverage as SOM students for work with preceptors (these credits do not count toward meeting MPH requirements)
For more information please contact:
Jack Barnette, PhD
Associate Dean Academic and Student Affairs
Professor, Biostatistics & Informatics
303.724.4472 (p)
Jack.Barnette@ucdenver.edu
DVM/MPH
The first program is a combined MPH and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) and CSPH offer a combined 5-year program of study that can result in earning both the MPH/DVM degrees.
Upon successful completion of the first year of the MPH Program, you will be granted admission to the veterinary program and will be expected to complete the remaining requirements of the MPH Program concurrently with your first year of the veterinary program. You are required to apply to both programs.
Additional program details are available at CVMBS.
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MURP/MPH
Promote health through the improvement of the places where people live, work and play with a Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver and the Colorado School of Public Health.
Graduate trained to lead innovative efforts to keep air pollution down in sprawling cities, build cities resilient to disasters and emergencies, and launch bike and walk to school programs to get children moving.
Students in this dual degree program may earn both degrees upon completion of 66 credits (27 MURP core credits, 17 MPH core credits, 2 practicum credits, 18 concentration credits and 2 dual master’s project credits). MURP/MPH students may choose one of the five MPH concentrations: Applied Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Environmental & Occupational Health, Community & Behavioral Health or Health Systems, Management & Policy. Dual degree students also have the option to do the MPH General Track.
Students are required to secure independent admission to each program. After admission to each program, the student will apply for admission to the dual degree program. It is imperative that dual admission is achieved as early as possible to ensure maximum efficiency and avert course selections
that might not advance progress in the dual degree.
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MPA/MPH
Affect change for the public good working alongside civil servants, policy analysts, advocates and other professionals working in the public sector.
Students in this dual degree may earn both degrees upon successful completion of 60 semester credit hours (18 MPA core credits, 17 MPH core credits, 21 concentration credits, 2 practicum credits, and 2 master's project credits). MPA/MPH students may choose one of the five MPH concentrations offered on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus: Applied Biostatistics; Community and Behavioral Health; Environmental and Occupational Health; Epidemiology; or Health Systems, Management and Policy. Students may also elect to complete a general track MPH.
Students are required to secure independent admission to each program. After admission to each program, the student will apply for admission to the dual degree program. It is imperative that dual admission is achieved as early as possible to ensure maximum efficiency and avert course selections
that might not advance progress in the dual degree.
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