What is Public Health

Aylin Drabousky, MAAdministrative Director, CWRU MPH Program

Introducing the CWRU MPH

Program

CurriculumCore Curriculum– 6 core courses = 18 creditsMajor Electives– 3 courses in major = 9 creditsCulminating Experience– Capstone Project = 6 credits– Practicum = 3 creditsFree Electives– 2 elective courses = 6 creditsSeminar (0 credits)

Total MPH = 42 credit hours

Core Curriculum

Statistical methods in Public HealthHistory & Philosophy of Public HealthIntroduction to Health BehaviorEnvironmental HealthHealth Management & PolicyIntroduction to Epidemiology for Public Health Practice

Majors

Population Health Research –16%Global Health – 12%Health Care Policy & Administration – 18%Health Promotion/Disease Prevention – 25%

o Undeclared – 29% (Expected to choose a major and advisor by the end of the first semester)

Dual Degrees

IGS (BA/MPH)Anthropology (MA/MPH, PhD/MPH)Medicine (MD/MPH)Nursing (MSN/MPH)Bioethics (MA/MPH)Business (MBA/MPH)Social Administration (MSSA/MPH)Dentistry (DMD/MPH)Law (JD/MPH)

MPH Student Body•MPH students – 122▫35 new this fall (4 from spring 2012)▫53 in dual degree programs (43%)

21 Medicine (40%) 9 IGS (17%) 8 Anthropology (15%) 5 Dental Medicine (9%) 4 Bioethics (8%) 2 Management (4%) 2 Social Work (MSSA) (4%) 1 Law (2%)

▫About 25% have an advanced degree25% have an advanced degree

MPH Student Body•Gender▫Female –70%▫Male –30%

• Ethnicity▫Not Indicated – 46%▫Caucasian –30%▫Asian –11%▫Black or African American –7%▫Hispanic or Latino –2%▫Native American (Indian/Aleut) – 1%▫Other – 3%

Experiences

CapstoneCommunityo Preventiono Intervention

Researcho Public Health Improvemento Nationwide understandingo Statewide perspective

Contact Information

Scott Frank, MD, MSo scott.frank@case.edu o Phone: 216-368-3725

Aylin Drabousky, MAo drabousky@case.eduo Phone: 216-368-3128