**[Wright State University School of Medicine -- Master of Public Health
Degree with Emergency Preparedness Concentration]{.underline}**

Wright State University School of Medicine is offering a Master of
Public Health Degree with an Emergency Preparedness Concentration. The
concentration is designed to provide a graduate level education to the
public health workforce and includes: public health professionals,
physicians, registered nurses, allied health care providers, hospital
executives, public safety personnel and emergency management officials.
The Emergency Preparedness Concentration program will use the multiple
and diverse educational programs at the University to highlight the
educational interface between public health, emergency medicine, the
"science" of bioterrorism, politics, and organizational needs required
to understand and prepare for disasters and associated potential mass
casualties. The concentration curriculum covers twelve to fourteen
credit hours.

**Emergency Preparedness Concentration curriculum:**

Core Courses (all seven core courses must be completed by all students
admitted to the program):

Introduction to Public Health (4 credits)

Health Systems Management (4 credits)

Biostatistics for Health Professionals (4 credits)

Environmental Health (4 credits)

Public Health Epidemiology (4 credits)

Socio-Behavioral Science (4 credits)

Economics of Health and Health Policy (4 credits)

**Total: 28 credit hours**

**Concentration Curriculum (twelve to fourteen credits):**

Public Health Aspects of Disaster (4 credits)

Principles of Toxicology: Application to Medical

Chemical Defense -- Part A (3 credits)

Principles of Toxicology: Applications to Medical

Biological Defense -- Part B (3 credits)

Students may select from any of the following courses currently being
offered at the University to complete concentration requirements:

Environmental Management and Risk Communication (3 credits)

Environmental Medicine (3 credits)

Organizational Communication (3 credits)

Survey of Management (2 credits)

Managing People in Organizations (3 credits)

Systems Management (3 credits)

National Security Politics (4 credits)

Public Safety Administration (4 credits)

Issues in Urban Administration (4 credits)

Public Planning (4 credits)

**Total credit hours required: 52**

Wright State University is accredited at the doctoral degree-granting
level by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The
School of Medicine is accredited by The Liaison Committee on Medical
Education.

For more information:

> Contact: Petra Weaver, Program Coordinator
>
> Division of Health Systems Management
>
> Wright State University School of Medicine
>
> 3139 Research Blvd, Suite 205
>
> Kettering, OH 45420-4019
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> Ph: (937) 258-5547
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> Fax: (937) 258-5544
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> Email: <petra.weaver@wright.edu>
>
> Or
>
> Bill Mase, Associate Director
>
> Master of Public Health Program
>
> Wright State University School of Medicine
>
> 3139 Research Blvd, Suite 205
>
> Kettering, OH 45420-4019
>
> Ph: (937) 258-5555
>
> Fax: (937) 258-5544
>
> Email: <william.mase@wright.edu>
>
> Or
>
> Mark Gebhart, MD, Concentration Director
>
> Master of Public Health Program
>
> Wright State University
>
> 3139 Research Blvd., Suite 205
>
> Kettering, OH 45420-4019
>
> Ph: (937) 395-8839
>
> Fax: (937) 395-8387
>
> Email: mark.gebhart@wright.edu
>
> Additional Information: website: <http://www.med.wright.edu/mph>
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> Additional Phone:
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> Update: 8/2/05