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What is Public Health

What is Public Health. Aylin Drabousky, MA Administrative Director, CWRU MPH Program. Introducing the CWRU MPH Program. Curriculum. Core Curriculum 6 core courses = 18 credits Major Electives 3 courses in major = 9 credits Culminating Experience Capstone Project = 6 credits

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What is Public Health

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  1. What is Public Health Aylin Drabousky, MA Administrative Director, CWRU MPH Program

  2. Introducing the CWRU MPH Program

  3. Curriculum • Core Curriculum • 6 core courses = 18 credits • Major Electives • 3 courses in major = 9 credits • Culminating Experience • Capstone Project = 6 credits • Practicum = 3 credits • Free Electives • 2 elective courses = 6 credits • Seminar (0 credits) Total MPH = 42 credit hours

  4. Core Curriculum Statistical methods in Public Health History & Philosophy of Public Health Introduction to Health Behavior Environmental Health Health Management & Policy Introduction to Epidemiology for Public Health Practice

  5. Majors • Population Health Research –16% • Global Health – 12% • Health Care Policy & Administration – 18% • Health Promotion/Disease Prevention – 25% • Undeclared – 29% (Expected to choose a major and advisor by the end of the first semester)

  6. Dual Degrees • IGS (BA/MPH) • Anthropology (MA/MPH, PhD/MPH) • Medicine (MD/MPH) • Nursing (MSN/MPH) • Bioethics (MA/MPH) • Business (MBA/MPH) • Social Administration (MSSA/MPH) • Dentistry (DMD/MPH) • Law (JD/MPH)

  7. MPH Student Body • MPH students – 122 • 35 new this fall (4 from spring 2012) • 53 in dual degree programs (43%) • 21 Medicine (40%) • 9 IGS (17%) • 8 Anthropology (15%) • 5 Dental Medicine (9%) • 4 Bioethics (8%) • 2 Management (4%) • 2 Social Work (MSSA) (4%) • 1 Law (2%) • About 25% have an advanced degree

  8. MPH Student Body • Gender • Female –70% • Male –30% • Ethnicity • Not Indicated – 46% • Caucasian –30% • Asian –11% • Black or African American –7% • Hispanic or Latino –2% • Native American (Indian/Aleut) – 1% • Other – 3%

  9. Experiences • Capstone • Community • Prevention • Intervention • Research • Public Health Improvement • Nationwide understanding • Statewide perspective

  10. Contact Information • Scott Frank, MD, MS • scott.frank@case.edu • Phone: 216-368-3725 • Aylin Drabousky, MA • drabousky@case.edu • Phone: 216-368-3128

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