About the Field

Public Health Medicine/Public Heatlh Practice

The Public Health Medicine M.D./M.P.H. program is part of the Public Health Practice major. It allows current medical students to combine their studies with a public health degree that will increase their understanding of population-based science and the cultural and environmental factors that affect patients.

The major in Public Health Practice brings together the science and the art of public health.

We address public health as a broad social enterprise that seeks to extend the benefits of current knowledge in ways that will have the maximum impact on the health status of populations. We offer academic programs at the master's level that prepare students to be leaders and practitioners in the application of public health principles in agencies delivering preventive health services and public health programs.

The major emphasizes the importance and applications of basic scientific knowledge to current societal problems and concerns.

Types of Jobs

1. Pediatrics
   
2. Rural Health
   
3. International non-profit agencies
4. Local non-profit agencies
   
5. Surgery