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Hi all,
Was wondering what everyone thought of this before I make a decision:
I am a current full-time health policy consultant in DC who recently enrolled in the part-time/online MPH program at Johns Hopkins last June 2017, hoping to build on my knowledge gained from work over the past 3.5 years and to take rigorous courses in health policy research methodology. I am about 9 months and 8 credits (out of 80) into my program with a perfect 4.0. My ultimate goal is medical school/graduate school with the intention of becoming a primary care doc with a health policy research background, as all of the CMS/CMMI initiatives I work on have further inspired my passion for primary healthcare redesign and payment reform.
Unfortunately, I am seriously considering dropping out of the program for the following reasons:
1) The majority of these said research methods-type courses are only offered on-campus, which is near impossible to do with my work schedule (I tried), and did not realize until after I began the program that the online course selection is actually fairly limited. Reducing my hours at work is not an option because....you know...salary and bills.
2) I don't feel as though I am learning anything due to the survey-course nature of the online courses, and I am completely self-funding this $65,000 degree (my company is not paying for it because they require a commitment if you take their money). The quality of the education is abysmally poor (or maybe I just have high standards coming from a rigorous undergrad science background 😕)
3) The program will take me another three years to finish, as taking more than one course per quarter is too stressful given my insane work commitments.
Any thoughts are appreciated!
Was wondering what everyone thought of this before I make a decision:
I am a current full-time health policy consultant in DC who recently enrolled in the part-time/online MPH program at Johns Hopkins last June 2017, hoping to build on my knowledge gained from work over the past 3.5 years and to take rigorous courses in health policy research methodology. I am about 9 months and 8 credits (out of 80) into my program with a perfect 4.0. My ultimate goal is medical school/graduate school with the intention of becoming a primary care doc with a health policy research background, as all of the CMS/CMMI initiatives I work on have further inspired my passion for primary healthcare redesign and payment reform.
Unfortunately, I am seriously considering dropping out of the program for the following reasons:
1) The majority of these said research methods-type courses are only offered on-campus, which is near impossible to do with my work schedule (I tried), and did not realize until after I began the program that the online course selection is actually fairly limited. Reducing my hours at work is not an option because....you know...salary and bills.
2) I don't feel as though I am learning anything due to the survey-course nature of the online courses, and I am completely self-funding this $65,000 degree (my company is not paying for it because they require a commitment if you take their money). The quality of the education is abysmally poor (or maybe I just have high standards coming from a rigorous undergrad science background 😕)
3) The program will take me another three years to finish, as taking more than one course per quarter is too stressful given my insane work commitments.
Any thoughts are appreciated!
