The Harvard School of Public Health offers a Summer-only option for the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program. The Summer-only MPH is offered in two MPH concentrations only: Quantitative Methods and Clinical Effectiveness.  The program is completed over three consecutive summers and is available to physicians or persons with relevant doctoral degrees.

The Summer-Only MPH Quantitative Methods program is open to individuals with an MD or PhD. The Clinical Effectiveness concentration is available only to physicians who have completed their residency and have the financial sponsorship of their home hospital or university. Individuals holding only a Bachelor's or Master's Degree are not eligible for the Summer-only MPH program.

2008-2009 Summer-only MPH Brochure

Quantitative Methods (QM)

The Quantitative Methods concentration is designed to prepare health care professionals whose key strength will be in the application of numeric analysis to the health needs of communities large and small.  Students pursue courses in a variety of areas, such as the distribution of diseases, behavior, the environment, health policy, and health care.  Students may tailor course sequence in accordance with individual needs and prerequisites.

Clinical Effectiveness (CLE)

The Clinical Effectiveness concentration is intended to prepare clinicians for leadership roles in evaluating and improving all aspects of health care delivery. Clinical Effectiveness is concerned with identifying the most appropriate, ethical, and cost-effective means of providing health care through prevention, early-detection and treatment. 

Students in this program must be admitted to and attend the Program in Clinical Effectiveness (PCE), an intensive seven-week 15-credit summer program during their  first summer. Students interested in the Summer-only MPH program in Clinical Effectiveness must file a separate application to the PCE program in addition to their application to the School to be considered for degree candidacy. Please be sure to review the requirements for the PCE program. 

For addition information about the Program in Clinical Effectiveness program, please contact:

Barbara C. Rosen, Administrator
Phone: (617) 732-5648
Fax: (617) 732-5344
E-mail: brosen@partners.org
Website: www.hsph.harvard.edu/clineff

The deadline for application to the summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness (PCE) is February 1, 2008.

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