Preventive Medicine & Community Health

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE RESIDENCY

Our Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health offers residency training in General Preventive Medicine/Public Health, one component of the medical specialty of Preventive Medicine. The specialty requires two years of training after one or more years of clinical residency. The two years consist of academic course work leading to an MPH degree; and practicum rotations offering experience in preventive medicine and public health. Successful completion of this training allows residents to apply for certification by

the American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Physicians trained in preventive medicine pursue a variety of career opportunities such as work within federal, state or local public health agencies, work in the managed care or pharmaceutical industry, accountable care organizations, academic positions in schools of public health or medicine, or research careers in other settings where public health research skills are valued.