MPH MPH vs CPH for Medical School (MD)

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With rise of educational programs and certificates, I have noticed that there increase number of programs for Certificate in Public Health. I am looking to go to med school while concentrating in public health. I was wondering whats are thoughts on someone who is MD/CPH vs MD/MPH. I understand MPH is a master level degree that allows for broader scope of understanding of public health. However, it is definitely more time consuming ( usually adding 1-2 years to medical school) and money consuming. I was wondering if I can still do similar scope of work with CPH as I would with MPH?

 

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I've mostly seen the CPH acronym as the "Certified in Public Health (CPH)" credential, which if I'm correct requires an advance degree anyway.

For what it's worth, I haven't met any employer who cares about the CPH.