In addition, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health offers an M.P.H. program in conjunction with the M.D. program. School of Medicine administrators enthusiastically support students interested in pursuing advanced degree programs. D. is targeted to train physicians to meet, respond to and solve the broad diversity of problems and dilemmas facing current and future health care. Students are encouraged to seek degrees in any of the campuswide Ph.D. programs, including those in social sciences and humanities. Selected students will embark upon a six-year course that will result in a degree in Medicine from the UC Davis School of Medicine and an M.B.A. in Health Services Management from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.
Students receive funding for tuition and fees for the full six years of the program.
The following listing is the typical sequencing of all courses required for earning the M.D. degree. Course descriptions are given under the individual departmental course offerings. Clinical selectives are chosen by the student in consultation with, and with approval of, the Fourth Year Oversight Committee. Of the 18 weeks of selective time, at least eight weeks must be in medicine, four weeks in surgery, and four weeks in an ambulatory setting. The ambulatory requirement can be met concurrently while taking medicine or surgery.