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Physical Therapy and Public Health
Degree Types: DPT/MPH
The combined DPT/MPH degree is available to physical therapy students in the Feinberg School of Medicine. Students in the combined degree program can earn both the DPT and MPH degrees in three years.
The program is designed for students desiring to:
- Be high-quality, public health-oriented practitioners for people and communities with potential or existing movement dysfunction
- Contribute to the knowledge base in population health through nationally recognized research
- Drive efforts to improve population health and reduce health disparities.
Students in the Dual DPT/MPH degree program complete coursework and clinical requirements to satisfy the requirements for each degree. DPT courses are scheduled during the day while MPH courses are offered in the evenings. Students begin MPH coursework the summer before matriculation into the DPT program and then take one or two MPH courses each term along with the regular DPT courseload. The required professional experiences for each degree coordinate so that MPH field and culminating experiences coincide and complement DPT clinical education and the synthesis research project.
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Program Contact
Contact Kisha Nelson
Senior Program Coordinator
312-503-4873
Degree Requirements
The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Core and Required Courses (5.5 units) | |
BIOSTAT 301-0 | Introduction to Epidemiology |
PUB_HLTH 302-0 | Introduction to Biostatistics |
PUB_HLTH 303-0 | Environmental Health Sciences |
PUB_HLTH 350-0 | Dual Degree Seminar: Topics in Public Health for the Physical Therapist |
PUB_HLTH 418-0 | Applied Practice Experience I |
PUB_HLTH 419-0 | Applied Practice Experience II |
PUB_HLTH 420-0 | Introduction to US Health Care System |
PUB_HLTH 560-0 | Culminating Experience |
| Intermediate Selective (1 unit) | |
PUB_HLTH 421-0 | Intermediate Biostatistics |
PUB_HLTH 422-0 | Intermediate Epidemiology |
| Methodology Selective (1 unit) | |
PUB_HLTH 416-0 | Program Evaluation |
PUB_HLTH 425-0 | Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis for Public Health |
PUB_HLTH 438-0 | Survey Design & Methodology |
PUB_HLTH 439-0 | Qualitative Research Methods |
or PUB_HLTH 421-0 or PUB_HLTH 422-0 | |
| Electives (5 units) | |
PUB_HLTH 323-0 | Health Equity |
PUB_HLTH 390-0 | Introduction to International Public Health |
PUB_HLTH 393-0 | Introduction to Health and Human Rights |
PUB_HLTH 412-0 | Infection Disease Epidemiology and Prevention |
PUB_HLTH 417-0 | Public Health Law: Promoting Healthy Youth Development |
PUB_HLTH 435-0 | Health Services Research Design & Analysis Strategies: Technology Assessment |
PUB_HLTH 445-0 | Writing and Peer Reviewing for Scientific Publication |
PUB_HLTH 446-0 | LGBTQ Health |
PUB_HLTH 447-0 | Structural Racism in Public Health |
PUB_HLTH 448-0 | Introduction to Maternal Child Health |
PUB_HLTH 449-0 | Public Health Policy |
PUB_HLTH 520-0 | Artificial Epidemics and Changes in Human Culture |
PUB_HLTH 521-0 | Artificial Epidemics and Changes in Human Culture II |
PUB_HLTH 524-0 | Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology |
PUB_HLTH 499-0 | Independent Study |
PUB_HLTH 525-0 | Cancer Epidemiology |
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