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Disclaimer
Notice: The following
information was provided by MD/PhD students,
and is not official data from the MD/PhD
program administration or from APSA. For
official information, please contact the
program administration listed below. If you
are aware of any outdated or incorrect
information on this page, or if you can
think of anything useful to include, please
let us know at
ssh@physicianscientists.org so that we
may improve the page.
University of Texas Medical Branch
(Galveston, TX)
Social
Science/Humanities PhD Field Supported:
Medical Humanities
Description of Program:
The Institute for the Medical
Humanities offers the nation's only M.D.-Ph.D.
training in medical humanities. A
distinguished faculty represents the
disciplines of history, ethics, religious
studies, literature, and law as these bear
on issues of health, medical care,
biomedical research, and policy. The goal of
this program is to train MD-PhD students in
the areas of medical humanities and medical
ethics so that, combined with their
experiences and training as physicians, they
will become leaders and scholars in
furthering these critical areas of medicine.
Students complete an individually tailored
course of study covering a core curriculum
and specific areas of interest.
Structure of Program:
Typically medical humanities
MD/PhD students complete their first two
years of medical school and either one
semester of third year clerkships, or a full
year. They then begin their PhD program in
medical humanities. The medical humanities
PhD involves an interdisciplinary program in
which students will take a group of core
classes as well as courses in one or more
major and one or more minor areas of
specialization.
Areas of specialization
include:
After completion of the PhD,
students return to medical school to finish
their remaining clerkships. The program
takes an average of 7 years.
MD/PhD Program:
http://www.utmb.edu/mdphd/
Institute for Medical
Humanities:
http://www.utmb.edu/imh/
Size of incoming joint
MD/PhD class: 8
Number of students in
the social sciences or humanities:
approximately 1/year
Number of graduates
from the SSH joint MD/PhD program: 4
Current number of
students in the MD/PhD Medical Anthropology
Program: 4
Application Process:
To apply for admission to the
Combined Degree Program for 2008
matriculation, an application should be
requested from and returned to the
Association of American Medical Colleges. A
separate Graduate School application is not
required.
The letters should be sent
to:
Steven A. Weinman, M.D., Ph.D
Director, M.D.-Ph.D. Combined
Degree Program
University of Texas Medical
Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston , TX 77555-1041
Applications will be reviewed
by the M.D.-Ph.D. Combined Degree Program
Admissions Committee. Selected applicants
will be invited for M.D.-Ph.D. Program
interviews. Criteria for selection include
prior academic performance, performance on
MCAT, prior research experience, and
commitment to a career in biomedical
research.
The application must be
received by November 1st of the year
preceding September matriculation. Failure
to be admitted to the M.D.-Ph.D. Program
does not jeopardize admission to the School
of Medicine or the Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences at UTMB. Applicants must
apply separately to the School of Medicine
via the TMDSAS application to be considered
for medical school-only:
http://www.utsystem.edu/tmdsas/
Specific to Applying in
Medical Humanities:
Additionally, applicants to
this program must submit a writing sample
reflecting the applicant’s ability to
develop and sustain an analysis or argument.
The sample should be a minimum of 5 pages in
length. Creative writing samples (poems,
plays, stories, etc.), journalism, and other
nonacademic, non-scholarly writings are
discouraged. Writing samples should be sent
directly to:
Shannon Carroll
Administrator, MD-PhD
Combined Degree Program
The University of Texas
Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston , TX 77555-1041
Phone: 409-772-5446
Fax: 409-772-5420
E-mail:
md-phd.prog@utmb.edu
Funding:
Medical humanities MD/PhD
students receive an allowance for the full
cost of tuition and fees plus a stipend for
both medical and graduate school portions of
the program.
Contact information:
MD-PhD Combined Degree
Program
Shannon Carroll,
Administrator
The University of Texas
Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-1041
Phone: 409-772-5446
Fax: 409-772-5420
E-mail:
md-phd.prog@utmb.edu
The Institute for the Medical
Humanities
Donna Vickers, Administrator
University of Texas Medical
Branch
301 University Blvd.
Galveston, Texas, USA
77555-1311
Phone:(409) 772-2376
Fax:(409) 772-5640
http://www.utmb.edu/imh/
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