Overview

MPH Degree Program Overview

MD/MPH Online Application

Eastern Virginia Medical School, offers an MD/MPH dual degree program for students who have been admitted to Eastern Virginia Medical School. The program takes five years to complete. At the end of that time, students will receive both Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees.

Medical school provides skills and knowledge to diagnose and treat individual patients. The Master of Public Health degree supplements that medical education by providing physicians with skills in population-based research, design and evaluation of health promotion and disease prevention programs, and management of the health-care delivery system. The MPH Program focuses on the diseases, health status and system of health-care delivery for population groups.

Educational Format

Two pathways exist for completion of the degree. The student chooses which best meets his/her needs.

• Epidemiology includes courses in study design, use of data from small and large populations, disease and injury surveillance and control, survey methods, biostatistics and outcomes research.

• Health Management/Policy includes courses in health-care strategies, politics and policy, program evaluation, process improvement in health-care and human resource management.

Class Schedule

Classes are held on weekday evenings and/or on Saturdays and do not conflict with the medical school courses. Classes are held on the EVMS campus in Norfolk, Virginia.

Tuition (may increase proportionately with inflation)

• In-state: Students pay the in-state medical school tuition yearly and pay $639 per credit hour for each M.P.H. course taken.
• Out-of-state: Students pay the out-of-state medical school tuition and pay $639 per credit hour for each M.P.H. course taken.

Application Information

Complete the online application to apply for enrollment in the Graduate Program for Public Health.

MD Program | MPH Program