Program Requirements

General Curricular Requirements
To receive the MD/MPH combined degree, students must fulfill all requirements for graduation from both schools before the graduation deadline.

School of Medicine Curriculum
Courses in the School of Medicine that provide public health content and that MD/MPH combined degree students are required to take include the following:

• Foundations in Medicine I & II
• Family and Community Medicine clerkship
• MD/MPH one-month rotation (3rd or 4th year)
• Medical microbiology
• Genetics
• Clinical diagnosis (evidence-based medicine)

Any changes in the School of Medicine curriculum that reduce the public health content courses may require that MD/MPH combined degree students complete additional credit hours in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine to meet degree requirements.

School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Curriculum
In addition to completing their School of Medicine curriculum, MD/MPH combined degree students must also complete the following requirements:

• Required core and programmatic courses in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (SPHTM)
• Practicum (fulfilled, in part, with MD/MPH rotation)
• Culminating experience
• Additional departmental requirements: each department has specific requirements for programmatic and elective courses, the culminating experience, and—in International Health and Development—a language proficiency requirement.

Students should verify all requirements with their SPHTM department and should make contact with their advisors each semester to verify their progress toward their degrees.