MPH During Med School

[Dextrocardia]

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How common is it to take off between M3 and M4 to pursue an MPH?

Do most MPH programs accept applicants who are currently enrolled in med school?

Do successful applicants submit MCAT or GRE scores?

 

[DrJosephKim]

I know several people who did this. There are many one-year programs around the country and this can significantly improve your chances at residency/fellowship as well. Worth the investment of time/money if you're serious about career opportunities.

 

[the alchemist]

How common is it to take off between M3 and M4 to pursue an MPH?

Do most MPH programs accept applicants who are currently enrolled in med school?

Do successful applicants submit MCAT or GRE scores?

Not uncommon at all. I'm in a slightly different boat as I'm graduating med school late and doing an accelerated MPH this year while I apply to residencies. I'll be receiving both degrees in May 2012 (hopefully).

They accepted my MCAT scores (2005) even though I also submitted GRE scores that were way old (1995) from when I was in college. I took GRE then b/c I applied and went to grad school for a masters long before med school.

There are several schools that have accelerated MPH programs (since the traditional MPH is at least 2 years) that you can do in a year or less: Hopkins (11 mo), Harvard (9.5 mo), Columbia (~10 mo), I think also Berkeley, UNC, Duke...I think if you search, someone asked about 1 year MPHs and that question was answered before. Sometimes, the requirements are less or waived as transfer credits if you have a medical degree or took relevant grad level courses before that did not count toward a degree.

 

[Dextrocardia]

Not uncommon at all. I'm in a slightly different boat as I'm graduating med school late and doing an accelerated MPH this year while I apply to residencies. I'll be receiving both degrees in May 2012 (hopefully).

They accepted my MCAT scores (2005) even though I also submitted GRE scores that were way old (1995) from when I was in college. I took GRE then b/c I applied and went to grad school for a masters long before med school.

There are several schools that have accelerated MPH programs (since the traditional MPH is at least 2 years) that you can do in a year or less: Hopkins (11 mo), Harvard (9.5 mo), Columbia (~10 mo), I think also Berkeley, UNC, Duke...I think if you search, someone asked about 1 year MPHs and that question was answered before. Sometimes, the requirements are less or waived as transfer credits if you have a medical degree or took relevant grad level courses before that did not count toward a degree.

Thanks for the great info!

 

[loveboatdoc]

The MPH at Tulane is offered with a Tropical Med emphasis...their program is fairly unique with regard to international health. All but 5 students in my MPH class were M4 or had already finished med school. (5 were "pre-professional"; just had a BS or RN)

 

[fortitude]

Johns Hopkins says that students typically apply between M3 and M4

http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/degr...egree_Programs.html#Note_for_Medical_Students