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MD Master of Health Science
Yale University School of Medicine has established a joint degree, the M.D.-Master
of Health Science (M.D.-M.H.S.) for students completing a competitively funded
full fifth year of research and other requirements (see below). This program
was approved by the Yale Corporation in January 2006.
There are two pathways to the M.D.- Master of Health Science degree for medical
students. These are a clinical research pathway and a laboratory/translational
pathway. The M.D.-Master of Health Science degree is centered around a fifth
year pull out supported by a fully funded one year medical student research
fellowship at Yale (currently funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation,
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Yale Program, Yale NIH T32 grant, NIH-NIDDK
fellowships, and Yale Endowment Fellowships).
The independent research project in the fifth year is the centerpiece of the
M.D.-Master of Health Science degree program. In addition the following requirements
apply:
- The project mentor and a three person thesis committee must be approved
by the Office of Student Research and the M.D.-Master of Health Science Advisory
Committee.
- Additional coursework is required:
- Clinical research pathway – Courses: Principles
of Clinical Research;
Introduction to Biostatistics;
Organization and Leadership;
Ethical
and Practical Issues in Clinical Investigation (during Masters
year)
- Laboratory/Translational research pathway – Courses: Intensive
Pedagogical Experience in Techniques and Strategies
for Laboratory Research or Translational Research
and Molecular Tools or Functional Genomics in
Translational Research; Organization and Leadership; Ethical and Practical
Issues in Clinical Investigation(during Masters year)
- These courses can be taken prior to the research year or during
the research year except the Ethical and Practical Issues in Clinical
Investigation course and seminars below must be taken during the
Masters year.
- These courses can be taken prior to the research year or during
the research year except the Ethical and Practical Issues in Clinical
Investigation course and seminars below must be taken during the
Masters year.
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