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MD/MPH Dual Degree Program

This dual degree is offered by the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. In addition to receiving a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree, students concurrently receive the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in a concentration of their choice: Applied Biostatistics; Community & Behavioral Health; Environmental & Occupational Health; Epidemiology; Health Systems, Management & Policy; Maternal and Child Health; or a custom concentration. Only students already in or accepted into the University of Colorado MD program are eligible to apply.

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Quick facts, careers, and skills

When you leave this program, you’ll have a population-level perspective on issues affecting the health of patients.

Quick facts

Program location: CU Anschutz
Credit hours: 42


Sample careers

Clinician
Professor
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& more

Skills you'll gain

Public health
Communication
Translating research to practice
& more

Curriculum


Up to nine credits hours from the MD program will count toward completion of the 42-credit hour MPH. In order to help students select courses and successfully complete the dual degree, students are assigned faculty advisors from both the School of Medicine and ColoradoSPH.

Students pursue the MPH between years three and four of their medical education. The program requires an official leave of absence from the CU School of Medicine. Leave lasts three consecutive semesters (summer, fall, and spring). During this official leave, medical school loan obligations are waived. Students are assessed public health tuition rates for ColoradoSPH courses taken in the completion of the dual degree.

​It is possible that some of the activities in the School of Medicine Mentored Scholarly Activity might be used to partially meet these requirements.

 

Course requirement
 Course #
 Credits
Applied Biostatistics I​  BIOS 66013
Epidemiology  EPID 66303
Social & Community Factors in HealthCBHS 66103
Health Systems Management PolicyHSMP 66013
Environmental & Occupational HealthEHOH 66143
Foundations in Public HealthPUBH 6600 2
PracticumPUBH 66062
MPH Project/CapstonePUBH 6991 (or equivalent)2
Public health concentration requirements 12
Public health electives from the School of Medicine curriculum 9
Clinical experience for MD/MPH students (optional)* PUBH 6640
 

 

*Optional course: Students enroll for at least one credit per semester to have the same liability coverage as SOM students for work with clinical preceptors (these credits do not count toward meeting MPH requirements)

Medical school credits are calculated differently than MPH credits. Each medical school credit is equivalent to 0.54 MPH credit. Medical school credits are thus counted towards the MPH with this conversion, so an MD/MPH student would need 17 eligible medical school credits in order to fulfill 9 MPH credits.

The following medical school courses have been approved:

Course name
 Course #
School of Medicine creditsColoradoSPH credits
Climate Change & MedicineEMED 801021.08
Stout Street Health ClinicFMMD 66241
0.54
PCMH Concept & PracticeFMMD 80412
1.08
Infectious DiseaseIDPT 60044.5  2.43
Culinary MedicineIDPT 66134
2.16
Refugee & Immigrant Health IIDPT 6623
4
2.16
LEADS IIDPT 6637
42.16
Health Care in Public PolicyIDPT 6639
10.54
Intro to Women's HealthIDPT 6642
10.54
Intro to Global HealthIDPT 6655
10.54
Global Health SeminarIDPT 6669
10.54
Urban Underserved Care

IDPT 6671

10.54
Urban Underserved Care 2

IDPT 6672

10.54
Rural & Community Care

IDPT 7061

10.54
Refugee Health II

IDPT 8023

42.16
Race in Medicine

IDPT 8027                   

21.08
Physician as Health Care Improver

IDPT 8040  

10.54
Quality Improvement Practicum

IDPT 8041

21.08
Social Medicine

IDPT 8540

21.08
Longitudinal ScholarshipIDPT 8640
2 or 4
1.08 or 2.16
Mission Medical Clinic MEDS 6050
10.54
Care for the UnderservedMEDS 8015
42.16
AIDS & American CultureMEDS 8039
10.54
Vaccination in PediatricsPEDS 8030
2 or 4
1.08 or 2.16
Interprofessional Education/Ethics I

PRMD 5000

10.54
Interprofessional Education/Ethics II

PRMD 6000

10.54
Ethics/Humanities

PRMD 8006

42.16
Denver CARES Elective

PSYM 6632

10.54
SUD in Medical Practice

PSYM 6633 

10.54

 

Total program credits: 42

Competencies


In addition to achieving the core MPH and concentration competencies, graduates of the MD/MPH will be able to:

  1. Integrate public health skills and knowledge into the practice of medicine 
  2. Apply biostatistical and epidemiological methods to assess the effectiveness of medical treatments 
  3. Identify the mutual commonalities of medicine and public health and be able to facilitate communication among professionals in both fields 
  4. Identify diseases with public health impacts and methods for minimizing their effects on populations
  5. Facilitate the translation of medical science discoveries to the provision of public health services

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13001 East 17th Place

3rd Floor

Mail Stop B119

Aurora, CO 80045


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