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Hi guys,
I'm about to graduate pharmacy school within the next year and have long been interested in doing a masters in public health. I am doing my experiential rotations at a hospital right now and realize that my passion is definitely in physiology. Though we learn pathophysiology in school, I am wondering whether or not a human physiology degree is really necessary or practical and if I may be able to focus on some physiology with public health studies. Only very few schools offer human physiology as a masters and I am wondering if most applicants do it as a precursor to getting into med school rather than with a research or educational focus in mind. Any insight to any similar programs would also be great.
Cheers!
Pharmacy major considering masters in nutrition + public health
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I'm a pharmacy student at a public state school that does not offer the MPH and I spoke to my school's nutrition department on possibly getting a masters of science in nutrition with a concentration in exercise science (as the nutrition and kineseology department work together). I am not 100% sure what kind of pharmacy I will be practicing yet (mostly clinical) but I personally have an interest it having the knowledge and opportunity to research the effect of exercise and diets on drugs and clinical outcomes. I wanted to pursue the MPH later mostly for the social and behavioral science aspect but also to compliment the possible MS in Nutrition. However, I don't know if there will be considerable overlap with the MS and MPH curriculum, so I'm not sure if I should just drop the idea of the MS in nutrition. With both degrees, my goal is policy development, education, intervention and research. Insights?