Why Choose the MD/MPH combined degree program?
If you want to be a physician who wants to treat individual patients one-on-one in clinical practice as well as populations with shared health care needs, a degree in public health may be your antidote. A degree in public health is best suited for students interested in population health issues, preventive medicine, or research in public health. If you want the tools that will make it possible for you to be a part of research into risk factors for disease and evaluation treatment effectiveness this is the program for you. Graduates of MD/MPH programs can combine their clinical expertise with knowledge of public health issues, giving them the background for careers in research, policy, advocacy, and consulting. Students who choose joint degree programs are generally interested in academic medicine or in specialized areas of medicine that are not taught as part of the traditional medical school curriculum such as clinical research, community medicine, epidemiology, occupational medicine,
