MD/MPH DUAL DEGREE 
PROGRAM OUTLINE

Students in the MD/MPH Dual Degree program are also required to complete the public health core (15 credits) and the program required (15 credits) courses. Additionally, will receive 12 credits from courses taken in the Medical School curriculum.  These 12 credits together with the 30 credits of Public Heath coursework offered by the Department will form the basis of the MD/MPH Dual degree

The courses from which the MD/MPH student will receive credit are as follows:

*** Students enrolled in the MD program before Fall 2016 are required to take PUBH 855. Students enrolled after Fall 2016 do not take PUBH 855.

Students in the MD/MPH will gain the following competencies:

• Apply biological principles to the development and implementation of disease prevention, control, or management programs.
• Integrate and apply general biological, microbiological, and parasitological concepts into public health research and practice.
• Identify and address the ethical and social issues implied by public health biology.
• Utilize evidence-based medicine concepts to inform public health policies and regulations.
• Apply the relationships between nutrition, physical activity, and public health.
• Apply the core functions of assessment, policy development, and assurance in the analysis of public health problems and their solutions.
• Embrace a definition of public health that captures the unique characteristics of the field (e.g. population focused, community oriented, prevention motivated and rooted in social justice) and how these contribute to professional practice.

Program Outline
MD/MPH class schedules are synchronized with the School of Medicine to permit dual degree students to complete the degrees within a reasonable timeframe.

MD students who enter during the August term complete Term 1 of the MPH program and begin the medical program in January. They then continue the MPH program in the summer and resume their MD Term 2 coursework in the fall together with three MPH credits. Following this, they will complete the remainder of their medical coursework with the practicum occurring at a later date.

MD students who enter during the January term complete Terms 1 and 2 of the MPH program during the spring and summer terms respectively, and begin their medical program in the fall of that year. In the spring of the following year, they will complete MD Term 2 coursework, followed by three MPH credits together with the MD Term 3 courses in the fall term. Students will continue with their medical program, with the practicum occurring at a later date.