MPAS-MPH
The Master of Physician Assistant Studies-Master of Public Health (MPAS-MPH) dual degree program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health allows students to integrate the Physician Assistant (PA) clinical and didactic work with the core competencies of public health, resulting in a greater understanding of the impacts of population-focused health. This innovative approach promotes understanding of the value of community partnerships and interprofessional skills.
Applicants applying to the MPAS-MPH program apply directly through the Physician Assistant program, so it is important to be aware of the MPAS application process and timeline.
Interested students should apply for the dual degree directly through their CASPA application when they apply to the School of Medicine and Public Health. Students select the option to apply to the MPAS-MPH dual degree and submit a supplemental personal statement that addresses their public health experience and/or goals. Both the PA and MPH programs review the applicants separately for admission. The admissions process also includes an interview with PA and MPH faculty and/or staff. Applicants must be admitted by each program separately.
Upon admission to the MPAS-MPH program, students will spend one year completing the majority of the MPH requirements, followed by one didactic year and one clinical year in the PA program.
Students will complete all required PA program courses. The MPAS-MPH Course Schedule lists PA courses that count towards MPH requirements.
MPAS-MPH Course Schedule
Fall
- PUBLHLTH 780 Evidence-Based Decision-Making
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 782 Determinants of Health and Health Equity: A Systems Approach
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 783 Quantitative Approaches to Public Health
4 credits - PUBLHLTH 791 Strategic Health Communication-Theory and Practice
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 792 Policy and Public Health
3 credits
16 total credits
Spring
- PUBLHLTH 784 Quantitative Approaches to Public Health II
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 785 Public Health and Health Care Systems
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 786 Planning and Management to Promote Health
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 790 Social Justice and Public Health: Tools and Models
2 credits - PUBLHLTH 777 Public Health and Primary Care
2 credits (meets Leadership Requirement)
13 total credits
During MPAS-MPH Program
- PA 729-769 Elective Preceptorship V
6 credits
(meets PUBLHLTH 788 Applied Practice Experience Requirement) - PUBLHLTH 787 Applied Practice Experience Seminar
(taken in fall of clinical year)
1 credit - PA Didactic Courses
6 credits- MM&I 704 Infectious Diseases of Human Beings
3 credits - PA 610 Clinical Prevention and Community Practice I
1 credit - PA 611 Clinical Prevention and Community Practice II
1 credit - PA 616: Professional Seminar I
1 credit
- MM&I 704 Infectious Diseases of Human Beings