masters in public health

[Inspector Jihad]

I am considering going in this direction while I work on getting into medical school.

 

[Kadarin]

has anyone does this?

You might first consider an undergrad in English..

 

[snoopdoug1]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

has anyone does this?

You might first consider an undergrad in English..

I'll second that motion

 

[Shaotai]

YHPM...

 

[GasX]

I have never understood what the degree means or enables you to do.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I have never understood what the degree means or enables you to do.

My sister just got a Masters in Public Health. She just got a job with the CDC in Hawaii working on bioterrorism.

She plans to go to medical school in a year or two.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: yowolabi

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I have never understood what the degree means or enables you to do.

My sister just got a Masters in Public Health. She just got a job with the CDC in Hawaii working on bioterrorism.

She plans to go to medical school in a year or two.

wow...that sounds like a great job. That would be awesome on a resume... "Saved your ass from the terrorists"

 

[WolverineGator]

Like most Master's degrees, an MPH degree is fairly easy to get. I got mine in 1.5 years and the job market is good in both the public and private sector. You can work for local/state/federal health departments, U.N., CDC, health related agencies like the VA, Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs, etc. The high demand field is biostatistics/statistics. Here are two recent job postings that a recent grad is unlikely to get, but with a few years experience can achieve:

Duration: Contract to Hire
Start Date: immediately
Location: Chicago, IL
Travel: none
Rate: $80K-$100K
Primary and secondary research techniques for marketing. * SAS or SPSS * Power Point Presentations * Segmentation and Tracking Studies

Location: Washington, DC
Rate: to $60K
Job duties of the SAS Programmer include, but are not limited to, the construction and manipulation of large-scale and complex datasets using SAS and the production of aggregate data sets and reports driven by project specific needs and reporting requirements.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: WolverineGator
Like most Master's degrees, an MPH degree is fairly easy to get. I got mine in 1.5 years and the job market is good in both the public and private sector. You can work for local/state/federal health departments, U.N., CDC, health related agencies like the VA, Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs, etc. The high demand field is biostatistics/statistics. Here are two recent job postings that a recent grad is unlikely to get, but with a few years experience can achieve:

Duration: Contract to Hire
Start Date: immediately
Location: Chicago, IL
Travel: none
Rate: $80K-$100K
Primary and secondary research techniques for marketing. * SAS or SPSS * Power Point Presentations * Segmentation and Tracking Studies

Location: Washington, DC
Rate: to $60K
Job duties of the SAS Programmer include, but are not limited to, the construction and manipulation of large-scale and complex datasets using SAS and the production of aggregate data sets and reports driven by project specific needs and reporting requirements.

YGPM

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
I am considering going in this direction while I work on getting into medical school.

as an alternative to med school "just in case"?

or

masters in PH then go to med school?

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
I am considering going in this direction while I work on getting into medical school.

as an alternative to med school "just in case"?

or

masters in PH then go to med school?

the latter.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
I am considering going in this direction while I work on getting into medical school.

as an alternative to med school "just in case"?

or

masters in PH then go to med school?

the latter.

man you must really like school! i can't imagine a master's in PH looking bad on a med school app.

 

[Turnpike]

Get into med school and do an MPH/MD track at your program.

Unless you can't get into med school then you're better off dedicating 6mo of your life to taking KAPLAN courses and raping the MCAT.

 

[WolverineGator]

As with any job, you'll need experience. So try to take advantage of any internships/fellowships/whatever that you'll hear about. For example, having a tropical disease internship in a foreign country looks favorable. If you plan to go to med school then an MPH is definitely a bonus, especially if you're marginal. Many colleges of public health are closely allied with medical schools and you may find that some of the faculty are on med school admissions committees. If they are not then they know people who are.

Also, there are several tracks you can take within public health and they are generally: 1. social/behavioral (social work), 2. health management (usually mid-career change/management people), 3. epidemiology, and 4. statistics. If you have experience #2 can potentially be high pay (it is hospital management after all), otherwise it can be tough. #4 is highly desirable by pharmaceuticals/biotechnology/marketing/banking/insert any big company needing-data-mining-and-analysis-here and is high pay even with zero experience. If med school doesn't work out, you can fall back on your MPH degree as a safety.