At the completion of their graduate studies, students then reenter medical school. Students who are in their second year of medical school may also apply to this program. The School of Medicine and the Public Policy Institute offer a program to meet the growing demand for persons who combine medical skills and training with a capacity for analytic public decision-making. It aims at training those persons with requisite talent to be leaders in the development and implementation of health policy at all levels of government. Students may apply to this program in their first or second year of medical school.
Students then complete their final year of medical school.
J.D. Students must apply and be admitted to both the School of Medicine and the School of Law. Usually this is done concurrently, however, medical students in residence may apply in their first or second year to the School of Law. Training leading to the J.D. begins in the third year and is completed in three years. Students then complete their final two years of medical education. Interested students must obtain written approval from the M.D.-M.P.H. advisor at the beginning of the second year.