PharmD/MPH (merged threads)

[talkingdonkey]

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As one earns more degrees the job market opens up a lot more. I am also going for a MPH after the PharmD and in talking with professors and others there seems to be a lot more you can do. Personally drug outcomes is interesting along with the field of pharmacoepidemiology. One professor had a previous career in industry and biostatistians and epidemiologist are in demand.

There is also the public health service, FDA, CDC, VA, among other agencies where a MPH would come in handy. I also think a community pharmacist with an MPH could be beneficial with MTM services, setting policies, data collection, and so forth.

 

[Farcus]

simple

MPH - government role, business
MBA - business

 

[GamecockPharmD]

if you have a professional doctorate already, why not go for the DrPH instead of MPH? you can get a DrPH in 3 years, MPH in 2. UNC has a 3 year DrPH program. It requires a dissertation but year 3 is mainly reserved for that.

 

[rxlea]

Do any of you have any experience (or know anything about) doing an MPH while in pharmacy school but NOT as part of a dual program? My school has a new MPH program (with different concentrations) and I am highly interested. I was thinking (and I don't know how much this is true) that since there is a cap on resident tuition, if I completed an MPH while in pharmacy school, it would essentially be free. The MPH program offers some evening courses and some online so I am thinking it would be possible to do it during the regular semesters and the summers. It is a 42 credit program. Or...maybe I am just nuts? And if so, should I not bother with an MPH or wait until I get my PharmD and then try to do an MPH while I am working somewhere? The latter scenario would obviously be more expensive and perhaps useless, but I am hoping that an MPH will give me some mobility into other competitive sectors (some of which are mentioned in this thread- like the CDC). Furthermore, I know one of the faculty members in the Public Health programs/department and she said some PharmD students take some electives that are part of the MPH core curriculum. I wonder if they would count as dual credit... ??

EDIT: I am also not opposed to working in academia and I would enjoy research if that is where I should end up.

 

[RxWildcat]

simple

MPH - government role, business
MBA - business

Actually a MPA would be the "government" equivalent of a MBA. A MPH is completely different.

 

[PharmaTope]

UF has both PharmD + MBA and PharmD + MPH programs depending on what type of management you wish to go into. You can read about them on their website www.cop.ufl.edu

that univ of florida is ridiculous. they offer pharmd;s from satelite campuses where you show up and watch video of lectures, then i see them advertise on websites with their distance/online pharmd. what a joke

 

[Farmtastic]

that univ of florida is ridiculous. they offer pharmd;s from satelite campuses where you show up and watch video of lectures, then i see them advertise on websites with their distance/online pharmd. what a joke

I don't know if I would call it a "joke." But yes, it's worrisome to say the least!

 

[PharmaTope]

if you have a professional doctorate already, why not go for the DrPH instead of MPH? you can get a DrPH in 3 years, MPH in 2. UNC has a 3 year DrPH program. It requires a dissertation but year 3 is mainly reserved for that.

why waste time and money on something that wont change where you will be?

it is like getting an Rph vs a pharmd . it had NO BENEFIT

 

[talkingdonkey]

Do any of you have any experience (or know anything about) doing an MPH while in pharmacy school but NOT as part of a dual program? My school has a new MPH program (with different concentrations) and I am highly interested. I was thinking (and I don't know how much this is true) that since there is a cap on resident tuition, if I completed an MPH while in pharmacy school, it would essentially be free. The MPH program offers some evening courses and some online so I am thinking it would be possible to do it during the regular semesters and the summers. It is a 42 credit program. Or...maybe I am just nuts? And if so, should I not bother with an MPH or wait until I get my PharmD and then try to do an MPH while I am working somewhere? The latter scenario would obviously be more expensive and perhaps useless, but I am hoping that an MPH will give me some mobility into other competitive sectors (some of which are mentioned in this thread- like the CDC). Furthermore, I know one of the faculty members in the Public Health programs/department and she said some PharmD students take some electives that are part of the MPH core curriculum. I wonder if they would count as dual credit... ??

EDIT: I am also not opposed to working in academia and I would enjoy research if that is where I should end up.

My situation is very similar. The Pharmacy and MPH programs are separate. I am taking online classes and trying to complete the "core" MPH classes while in pharmacy school, they count toward elective credits for pharmacy. I still have to apply to the MPH program however. After pharmacy school it is just another year of course work for the MPH not too bad. The only hang up might be the practicum course, but that is still a few years away.

 

[owlegrad]

that univ of florida is ridiculous. they offer pharmd;s from satelite campuses where you show up and watch video of lectures, then i see them advertise on websites with their distance/online pharmd. what a joke

That is not what we do, I assure you. I hate those distance/online PharmD ads also. They are for practising pharmacists though, so they are not quite as bad as they first appear. But I still hate them. I also hate how many students they take, far to many. Of course I am a complete hypocrite, seeing as how I am directly benefiting from the expanded admissions.