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The University of South Florida, College of Public Health and the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine offer a MD/MPH dual degree to qualified applicants.  The College takes a multidisciplinary approach to Public Health – exploring social, behavioral, legal, medical and economic factors affecting public health.  Through classroom work, field experience and research projects, students and faculty tackle public health issues from the local level to global communities.

COPH Departments

  • Community and Family Health
  • Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Global Health

  • Health Policy and Management
  • Public Health Practice College-Wide Programs

The MPH degree is a minimum of 42 credits in length and 9 credits are shared between the programs.  Therefore, USF MD/MPH dual degree students will enroll in a minimum of 33 total College of Public Health course credits. Students in the five year joint MD/MPH degree program may begin the MPH portion of the program at any time prior to the beginning of their fourth year in the MD program. Students are strongly encouraged to begin their MPH studies the year prior to entering the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.

Tuition Requirements

The dual degree student will be responsible for 36 credit hours of tuition to the USF College of Public Health. The student will also be responsible for all of the tuition and fees associated with the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine MD program.

Program of Study

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Program of Study

You should complete your program of study electronically using Archivum at https://usf.appiancloud.com/.

Information on how to use Archivum is available on the Archivum Student Resources page. You may use the program of study links below as a reference.  Note: You may choose a program of study that corresponds to the academic year of your admission or any year thereafter.  Please see the guidelines below.

Program of Study by Year:2010/112011/122012/132013/142014/152015/16

Final Semester of MD Program:

6 MPH credits

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MPH Beginning Summer Prior to Medical School – Year 1  

MD/MPH Program

Year  1

Year  2

Year  3

Year  4

Year  5

MPH Credits per year

Summer Prior to Year 1:

6 MPH credits

Summer Prior to Year 2:

6 MPH credits

 No MPH credits

Leave of Absence from Medical School:

18 MPH credits

 

Final Semester of MD Program:

6 MPH credits

MPH Beginning Summer Prior to Medical School – Year 2  

MD/MPH Program

Year 1

Year 2

Year  3

Year 4

Year 5

MPH Credits per year

No MPH credits

Summer Prior to Year 2:

6 MPH credits

 No MPH credits

Leave of Absence from Medical School:

24 MPH credits

 

MPH Beginning Medical School – Year 3

 

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MD/MPH Program

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Year  1

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Year 2

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Year 3

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Year 4

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Year 5

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MPH Credits per year

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No MPH credits

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No MPH Credits

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Leave of Absence from Medical School:

27 MPH credits

Final Semester of MD Program:

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Competencies

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