What are combined MD/MPH and DO/MPH programs?
MPH stands for Masters in Public Health. Public health is an interdisciplinary science of disease prevention. Physicians who work in public health are called preventive medicine specialists. The MPH is the professional degree for those interested in a career in public health or preventive medicine; MPH degree programs usually require approximately 50 additional semester hours of coursework in areas such as biostatistics, epidemiology, health behavior, and health economics. Many programs offer opportunities for specialization in areas such as toxicology, environmental health, epidemiology, and health administration. It is not uncommon for medical schools to offer dual degree programs for medical students seeking public health training. This may add an additional year or two onto medical school. Usually students in dual degree program complete the first two years of medical school and then proceed to their MPH work before finishing the last two years, though some break up school between
