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What can I do with a MPH?

What can I do with a MPH?. Darcy McMaughan, Phd MPH Orientation August 21, 2013. Career Options. Academic Government Industry. Research, Management (project/clinics), education (health education, outreach)… etc ! . Academic. Continue your academic training PhD Academia Gov’t

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What can I do with a MPH?

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  1. What can I do with a MPH? Darcy McMaughan, Phd MPH Orientation August 21, 2013

  2. Career Options • Academic • Government • Industry Research, Management (project/clinics), education (health education, outreach)…etc!

  3. Academic • Continue your academic training • PhD • Academia • Gov’t • Industry • Medical School • Academia • Gov’t • Industry

  4. Government • Government agencies • Federal • NIH (National Institute for Health) • State • DSHS (Department of State Health Services) • Local • Brazos County Health Department

  5. Industry • Non-profit/non-governmental organizations • AIR (American Institutes for Research) • TMF (TMF Health Quality Institute) • RAND (RAND Corporation) • RTI (Research Triangle International) • Private industry • Pfizer • Consulting firms • American Healthcare Solutions

  6. Public Health Job Sites • Public Health Jobs (Association of Schools of Public Health) • Public Health Career Mart (American Public Health Association) • Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) • National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO

  7. Social Media • Twitter • NIH: @NIHforJobs • AIR: @Health_AIR • Facebook • NIH: Discover a Career at NIH • LinkedIn • National Institutes for Health • American Institutes for Research • RTI International

  8. Social Media • Other organizations to consider: • American Public Health Association • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services @CMSGov • Kaiser Health News @KHNews • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality @AHRQNews • Commonwealth Fund @commonwealthfnd • CDC @CDCgov • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation @RWJF_PubHealth

  9. How Do I Get There?Join /Follow Associations Professional Associations • American Public Health Association (APHA) • World Health Association (WHO) • National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) • AcademyHealth • Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)

  10. How Do I Get There?Build A Professional Resume! Resume: A summary of your professional life • Personal Mission: What drives you? • Personal Vision: What do you want to be at a set point in your career? • Personal Values: What “core” values motivate you? • Length of time by recruiter/hiring officer to read it? • How stand out among 300 similar resumes? Professional Portfolio • Valuable tool for preparation and maintenance of this • Accomplishments oriented; not just that you were there and made notes Your “Brand” • Who you are and what you stand for Cover Letters • Tailor for each submittal References • Protocol for academic references • Prepare your non-academic references You can use the TAMU Career Center , your advisor, Mr. Buckley as resources. Slide from Mr. Buckley’s presentation

  11. How Do I Get There?Network! • Meet, Meet, Meet • Note a characteristic about whom you meet • Keep in contact; stay “top of mind” • Not so much who you know, but when you know them • Reach out on your own • Business cards: How you use them counts • Ask if you can keep in touch with the person • Use alerts to keep you posted about progress, changes, developments • Introduce your contacts to others (new ones) • Want them to introduce you to their expanded network • Professional Meeting Participation • Faculty - Other attendees • Fellow TAMU Students • Other Schools • Interview processes Slide from Mr. Buckley’s presentation

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