Medicine — M.D. with Population Medicine — M.P.H.

Program director, Population Medicine, School of Public Health
Lori Wilber

Program liaison, School of Medicine
Jaime Lopez-Rivera

Faculty

The faculty for the combined degrees Population Medicine with Medicine Program is drawn from Loma Linda University’s Schools of Public Health and Medicine.

Admissions

Students are selected through a process involving both the School of Medicine and School of Public Health. Selection is based on standard admission criteria for the M.P.H degree in Population Medicine—especially alignment of professional goals with the population medicine program learning outcomes.

The program

The program is designed for physicians seeking to improve health on both the individual and population levels. The curriculum includes applied practice of risk assessment and communication, prevention, leadership, physician well-being, and evidence-based practice.

An M.P.H. degree in Population Medicine taken as a stand-alone degree requires 56 units in public health and related courses. However, the M.D./M.P.H combined degree student is able to reduce the total units required by sharing 10.5 units between the two programs in the following manner:

NONCOURSE REQUIREMENTS

Completion of a portfolio that includes the Applied Practice Experience and Integrative Learning Experience.