Curriculum
The PhD degree in HSRP&A has a multidisciplinary core and 7 Areas of Emphasis from which the student will choose a specialty area. The Area of Emphasis will become the foundation for the dissertation. The program also requires written and oral preliminary exams, and the writing of a thesis.
Required Course Work
All doctoral students complete course work in the required core area, specialized Area of Emphasis courses, and a supporting program within their Area of Emphasis. The options for Area of Emphasis are: Multidisciplinary Social Sciences, Sociology of Health and Illness, Health Decision Science, Health Organization and Management Science, Clinical Outcomes Research, Health Policy, and Health Economics. Students work closely with their advisor and Area of Emphasis faculty to develop a program tailored to their needs
Program Curriculum
47-57 Total Course Credits (depending on the chosen Area of Emphasis)
PhD Core Courses
PubH 7401 Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference (4)
PubH 7402 Biostatistical Modeling & Methods (4)
PubH 8810 Research Studies in Health Care (3)
PubH 8811 Research Studies in Health Care (3)
PubH 8830 Writing for Research (2)
PubH 8831 Writing for Research (2)
PubH 6341Epidemiolgogical Methods 1 (3)
PubH 6832 Economics of the Health Care System (3)
PubH 6855 Medical Sociology (3)
PubH 6742, Ethics in Public Health: Research and Policy (1)
EITHER:
PubH 6835 Principles of Health Policy (2) OR
PubH 8801 Health Services Policy Analysis (3) (Choose the policy course required for your Area of Emphasis)
PhD Areas of Emphasis
Multidisciplinary Social Sciences
The Multidisciplinary Social Sciences area of emphasis is designed or doctoral students who want a broad introduction to analytic perspectives from economics, sociology and political science.
Sociology of Health and Illness
Sociology of Health and Illness emphasizes fundamental issues in medical sociology; social stratification, the social construction of health and illness, population dynamics and demographic forces.
A supporting program in this field prepares students for research focused on how social structures, organizations and relationships shape the experience of health and illness.
Health Decision Science
Health Decision Science consists of a collection of quantitative methods used to evaluate decision making under uncertainty, which include decision analysis, meta-analysis, predictive modeling, disease simulation modeling, cognitive psychology, shared decision making, quality-of-life assessment, utility elicitation, health outcomes assessment, cost-effectiveness analysis, health economics, pharmacoeconomics, technology assessment, evidence-based medicine, medical informatics, and discrete event simulation.
Health Organization and Management Science
The HOMS core provides a theoretical foundation in two of the core management areas—organizational theory, organizational behavior, decision-making, or operations management—and assists in developing methodological skills in social networks and/or qualitative research.
Clinical Outcomes Research
Clinical Outcomes Research focuses on clinical care, costs and outcomes. Research may be conducted using observational (quasi-experimental) studies, randomized clinical trials or analyses of secondary data sets, including administrative data, to expand understanding of how to measure outcomes of health care.
Health Policy and Analysis
Health Policy and Analysis is designed to prepare students for careers in research, teaching, and public service in academic, governmental and public policy settings. The focus of this area includes multidisciplinary training in the social sciences; application of quantitative research methods; rigorous writing and communication skill-based training. Students will receive the core doctoral-level training in health services research with an emphasis on U.S. health policy and applied policy analysis.
Health Economics
The goal of the Health Economics area of emphasis is to train health economists who will out-compete Ph.D.s from the top economics departments for all jobs except those in economics departments. The curriculum includes a broad menu of health economics related courses in addition to the multidisciplinary core courses.
Dual/Joint Degrees and Collaborative Programs
JD/PhD in HSRP&A Joint degree in Law, Health and the Life Sciences through the Law School
MD/PhD Joint degree with medicine.
Learn more about SPH dual and joint degree programs
Collaborative Programs
Doctoral Program in Occupational Health Services Research and Policy
Collaborative degree between the Divisions of Environmental Health Sciences, and the doctoral program in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration, in the Division of Health Policy and Management
Collaboration with Applied Economics and the HSRP&A Doctoral Program
The Division of Health Policy and Management is a co-sponsor of the Applied Economics Graduate Program, a unique partnership of applied economists in four units within the University of Minnesota.
Sample Yearly Schedule
PhD in Health Services Research, Policy
and Administration (HSRP&A)
Core Curriculum Yearly Schedule
2009-10
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Fall |
Spring |
| Year One |
- PubH 7401, Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference (4 cr)
- PubH 6832, Economics of the Health Care System (3 cr)
- PubH 8810, Seminar: Research Studies in Health Care (3 cr)
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- PubH 7402, Biostatistical Modeling and Methods (4 cr)
- PubH 6855, Medical Soc (3 cr)
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| Year Two |
- PubH 8811, Research Studies in Healthcare (3 cr)
- PubH 6341, Epidemiological Methods I (3 cr)
**PubH 8801, Health Services Policy Analysis (3 cr)
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- PubH 6742, Ethics in Health Care: Research and Policy (1 cr)
- PubH 8830, Writing for Research (2 cr)
**PubH 6835, Principles of Health Policy (2 cr)
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| Year Three |
- PubH 8831, Writing for Research (2 cr)
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Learn more about the relationship between this degree program and competencies
Last modified on Tuesday Sep 19, 2006