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PA/MPH Concentration
The PA/MPH are prepared to pursue careers that are purely clinical, full-time in public health, or in their own unique blend of the two disciplines. The Tufts School of Medicine Physician Assistant (PA) program and the Public Health program offers a combined PA/MPH degree track for interested students that allows students to earn a PA and a MPH degree in just over three years. The goal of this program is to integrate clinical skills learned in training to be a PA with a thorough understanding of public health concepts such as health equity, social determinants of health, global health, epidemiology, and community health needs assessments and interventions.
Skills & Competencies
- Articulate a rationale for bringing public health perspectives and methods to clinical practice
- Identify and utilize applications of quality improvement methods to improve clinical practice
- Apply the clinical tools of physician assistants to address public health problems
- Apply concepts and tools of population health to clinical practice in diverse health care settings
- Explain how the organization, financing, and/or structure of the health care system impacts access to clinical care
Course Requirements Beyond Core Curriculum
- PH 229: Integration of Public Health – Physician Assistant
- PH 231: Health Services Quality Improvement Methods
- PA 213: Professional Practice (Taken in second year as part of PA curriculum)
- PA 218: Nutrition (Taken in second year as part of PA curriculum)
- PA 235: Primary Care 1 (Taken in second year as part of PA curriculum)
- 10.5 credits of electives