Download Combined dual degree MD/MS in Global Health Program

MD /MS of Global Health Integrated Dual Degree Program
Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend/University of Notre Dame
Proposal:
The MD/MS in Global Health is a unique and innovative integrated dual degree
program of Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend (IUSM-SB) and the University of
Notre Dame’s (UND) Eck Institute for Global Health (found at http://globalhealth.nd.edu/). The
program is for students who plan a career practicing medicine in an underserved setting or
working with non-governmental organizations (NGO), governments or government coalitions
that address the health issues of the world’s most needy—in the United States and elsewhere..
This integrated dual degree program is specifically offered to those medical students selected to
matriculate at the IUSM-SB campus during their clinical rotations.
Purpose:
Graduates of the MD/MS in Global Health program are expected to be highly
competitive candidates for positions in UN organizations—such as with the World Health
Organization and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees; within the US government—such
as with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health;
with international Non-Governmental Organizations—such as with Catholic Relief Services,
Oxfam, and CARE; and, with organizations within industrialized countries dedicated to
underserved populations (such as immigrants).
Program Description
The MS in Global Health degree is obtained in one calendar year (12 months) through
the UND’s Eck Institute for Global Health. The Master’s degree program requires course work
to be completed over two semesters (fall and spring sequentially), followed by 6-8 weeks of
field experience in a resource-poor location where access to health care is limited. Students are
required to submit and present a Master’s Research Project, which is a scholarly report based on
original research or literature-based research.
Any medical student enrolled at the IUSM may apply for acceptance into the Master’s
degree program from the UND’s Eck Institute for Global Health during their first or second
year of medical school. They will complete the first two years of medical school as usual and
begin the third year of clinical rotations at the IUSM-SB campus (of the four-year total medical
education program) with consecutive clinical clerkship rotations in June, July and August.
During the first and second years of medical school, interested students are encouraged to build
relationships with the Eck Institute community and consider a summer of international
experience between first and second year such as with the IUSM Kenya Ambassador Program
(though this would not fulfill requirements for the MS in Global Health degree). Medical
students in their first or second year would apply for admissions to the Master’s degree
program
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http://graduateschool.nd.edu/admissions/.
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It is recommended that MD/MS students be
officially enrolled in the IUSM-SB campus for both third and fourth clinical clerkship years.
Currently there are no financial scholarships or stipends to support either the medical school or
the Master’s degree matriculation costs.
In August of the third medical school year, the medical student would take a leave from
the IUSM and begin the 12-month, 30-hour MS in Global Health program culminating with an
international fieldwork placement. Upon completion of fieldwork, MD/MS students resume
third-year clinical education rotations the following August, finishing all requirements and
seeking a residency in year five.
MS in Global Health Description:
The Program provides science-centric training— both natural and social sciences
involving laboratory research, survey research, and mathematical modeling—in the emerging
field of global health. Global health is a field of study, research and practice that places a
priority on achieving equity in health for all people especially those in resource-poor locations
around the world. The program allows students to make connections between classroom
training in global health topics and the real health needs of the world’s poor and underserved
through hands-on experience. Beyond recognizing the burden of disease, students are prepared
to make a positive contribution to alleviating this burden, through research, training or service.
The uniqueness of the program is its focus on science, health and the poor.
Master’s degree requirements include:
Required Core Courses—22 Credits Total
GH60545
GH60563
Bioethics
Topics in Epidemiology - Research Methods in Global
Health Science
2
Spring
3
Fall
GH60563
Topics in Epidemiology - Global Health Challenges
3
Fall
GH60601
Global Health Colloquium
1
Fall
GH60601
Global Health Colloquium
1
Spring
GH68550
Master's Project Research 1
1
Fall
GH68551
Master's Project Research 2
2
Spring
GH68552
Master's Project Research 3
1
Summer
GH75101
Field Experience
8
Summer
3
Fall
3
Fall
Approved Electives – At least 8 credits
GH40440
GH50545
GH60320
A.I.D.S. (BIOS40440)
Bio-Medical Ethics, Scientific Evidence and Public Health
Risk (PHIL43708)
Aquatic Conservation: Global Freshwaters, Science and
Policy (BIOS40320)
3
GH60350
Environmental Microbiology (CE40350)
3
Fall
GH60355
Water, Disease, and Global Health (CE40355)
3
Spring
GH60412
Intro Systems Biology (EE40432)
4
Fall
GH60415
Medical and Veterinary Parasitology (BIOS40415)
3
Spring
GH60416
Virology (BIOS40416)
3
Spring
GH60419
Immunology (BIOS60419)
3
Spring
GH60423
Genomics: Sequence to Organism (BIOS60423)
3
Spring
3
Spring
3
Spring
GH60427
GH60435
The Epidemiology and Ecology of Infectious Diseases
(BIOS40427)
Cellular and Molecular Basis of Human Disease (BIOS40435)
GH60450
Developing Health Networks in Rare and Neglected
Diseases (BIOS40450)
3
Spring
Fall
GH60455
Medical Microbiology (BIOS30455)
3
GH60507
Genomics and Bioinformatics (BIOS60507)
3
GH60527
Stream Ecology (BIOS60527)
4
GH60529
Population and Disease Ecology (BIOS60529)
3
GH60530
Immunobiology of Infectious Diseases (BIOS60530)
3
GH60544
Environmental Justice (PHIL43308)
3
GH60560
Topics in Microbiology (IUSM60556)
V
Spring
3
Fall
GH60563
Topics in Epidemiology - Modern Infectious Disease
(BIOS37361)
Fall
GH60565
Topics Rare Neglected Diseases (BIOS60565)
3
Fall
GH60566
Topics in Immunology (IUSM60556)
V
Spring
V
Fall
GH60569
Topics Infectious Diseases: Ecological and Evolution
(BIOS60569)
GH60570
Topics in Cell Biology (BIOS60570)
V
Fall
GH60571
Topics in Physiology: TBA (BIOS60571)
V
Fall
GH60577
Topics in Genetics/Molecular Biology (BIOS60577)
3
Fall
GH60579
Topics in Parasitology and Vector Biology
V
GH60810
Geographic Information Systems (ENVG40810)
4
Fall
GH60817
Healthcare Analytics (CSE60817)
3
Fall
GH60850
Applied Probability (ACMS60850)
3
Fall
GH60860
Stochastic Analysis (ACMS70860)
3
Spring
GH46497
Directed Readings
V
Fall/Spring
Start Date:
We plan for August 2013 to be the initial transition of current incoming IUSM second
year medical students to begin the integrated dual degree in the MD/MS Program. Interested
students apply to the UND’s Eck Institute for Global Health Master’s degree program in
January 2013. Interested students should contact Mary Pell Abernathy (Director of Graduate
Medical Education at the IUSM-SB campus) directly at [email protected].