MD/MHA Program

Application Information

ABOUT OUR MD/MHA PROGRAM

The joint Doctor of Medicine/Master of Health Administration (MD/MHA) program with the Keck School of Medicine and the Price School of Public Policy seeks to train leaders in medicine who can function as managers and administrators for health care systems. Graduates will have the opportunity to transform health care through the innovative and collaborative evidence-based approaches they learn in this dual degree program.

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Program Description

The MD/MHA program spans five years. After the successful completion of the third year of medical school, students take one year off to complete the MHA program. Upon completion of the MHA program, students will return to medical school. The remainder of the program is devoted to doctor of medicine program requirements. At the conclusion of the program, students will have completed 36 units in the Price School of Public Policy and eight semesters in the doctor of medicine program at the Keck School of Medicine.

Students who are enrolled in the Keck School of Medicine MD Program must apply to the Master of Health Administration program no later than February 1st of their third year. All requirements for admission to the regular MHA program must also be fulfilled by dual degree applicants.

The MD and the MHA degrees are awarded simultaneously upon completion of the Keck School of Medicine and the Master of Health Administration program requirements.

Curriculum

MD?MHA Curriculum
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Years 1-3

  • Medical School Curriculum

Year 4

  • Health Administration Required Courses (Total units: 36)
    • Summer:
      • PPD 517 Concepts and Practices in Managing Health Care Organizations (Units: 2)
      • MHA Electives (Units: 4)
    • Fall:
      • PPD 506 Introduction to Microeconomics – Applications in Health (Units: 2)
      • PPD 513 Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery (Units: 2)
      • PPD 516 Financial Accounting for Health Care Organizations (Units: 4)
      • PPD 545 Public and Nonprofit Organizational Behavior or PPDE 614 Behavioral Insights for Health Policy (4 units)
      • PPD 558 Multivariate Statistical Analysis (Units: 4)
    • Spring:
      • PPD 510a Financial Management of Health Services (Units: 4)
      • PPD 514 Economic Concepts Applied to Health (Units: 4)
      • PPD 515 Strategic Management of Health Organizations (Units: 4)
      • PPDE 613 Analytics and Operations for Healthcare Management (Units: 2)

Year 5

  • Medical School Curriculum

Additional Requirements

Statistics: The statistics requirement for dual degree students is the same as those that apply to the Master of Health Administration (MHA).

Program Adaptation: The Price School of Public Policy will waive the following courses from the stand-alone MHA program, since students develop the necessary competencies through the MD curriculum: PPD 509, PPD 512, and PPD 518, along with 4 units of electives. Students in the MD/MHA program are also waived from the 1,000-hour residency requirement.