Preventive Medicine and Public Health Careers
The majority of our UMMS Preventive Medicine Residency Graduates have leadership positions covering a wide array of Preventive Medicine and Public Health practices. Our training program provides a balance between the requisite core experiences for all preventive medicine and public health practitioners and individualized experiences that focus on each trainee’s unique goals and objectives. We maintain sufficient flexibility in our curriculum to accommodate trainees who develop new career interests as they explore the myriad exciting possibilities in our specialty.
Positions of UMMS Preventive Medicine Graduates
|
Agency or Institution |
Number (%)Graduates |
Titles* |
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Public Health Agency: Federal, state and county public health agencies including CDC, HRSA, Office of Homeland Security, State Health Department Bureaus, Divisions and Programs, County Health Department Programs , Indian Health Service, Commonwealth Medicine
|
14 (22%) |
Deputy Director, Program Director, Minister of Health, Bureau Chief, Assistant Deputy, Division Chief, Medical Director |
|
Academic Medicine: Serving as faculty and/or administrators at medical schools |
12 (19%) |
Department Chair, Dean of Students, Residency Program Director, Assistant Dean of Students, Associate Program Director, Director of Office of Medical Education, Assistant Director Pre-Doc Programs |
|
Community Health Center, Community Mental Health Center
|
10 (15%) |
Medical Director, Program Director, Chief Medical Officer |
|
Integrative Medicine/Lifestyle Medicine: Wellness centers, group practice, private practice |
8 (12%) |
Medical Director, Director of Educational Programs, Staff Physician |
|
Research: Primary focus is research in an academic or research institute setting |
7 (11%) |
Vice Chair, Center Director, Program Director, Faculty Member |
|
Occupational Medicine |
4 (6%) |
Medical Director |
|
Clinical Practice: Family medicine |
3 (5%) |
Group Practice Staff |
|
Quality Improvement/Pharmacovigilance |
3 (5%) |
Medical Director, LLC Principle, Physician Advisor |
|
HMO/Insurance Company |
1 |
Director of Wellness Programs |
|
Professional National Medical Organization |
1 |
President |
|
Correctional Health |
1 |
Medical Director |
|
Total |
64 |
|
*Leadership positions are held by 78% of program graduates