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Harvard Medical School Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery

Boston, Massachusetts, United States • 7 Employees
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The MMSc-GHD is a degree-granting master's program that offers a rigorous cross-university curriculum focused on developing the tools needed to perform social and delivery science and policy research in resource-limited settings. The core component of the MMSc-GHD is a field-based mentored research project in global health, culminating in a master's thesis.Program DetailsThe MMSc-GHD program spans two years. During year one, students take classes across Harvard University. During year two, students complete an on-site mentored research project.CoursesThe MMSc-GHD includes courses at Harvard Medical School as well as at other Harvard schools. Students take core course as well as electives as noted below.Year 1Summer-Epidemiological Methods for Global Health (2 credits)-Introduction to Global Health Delivery (2 credits)-Value-Based Management in Global Health Delivery (1 credit)Fall-Quantitative Methods for Global Health (4 credits)-Social Medicine and Global Health (4 credits)-Qualitative Methods for Global Health (4 credits)-Ethnographic Methods for Global Health Research (4 credits)-Program Seminar (0 credits)Spring-Conceptual and Practical Ethics in Global Health Delivery (2 credits)-Mixed Methods for Global Health Research (4 credits)-Electives in policy, management (10 credits)-Program Seminar (0 credits)Year 2-Mentored Thesis Project (32 credits): Students are in the field from June-January and then return to Boston to write their thesis, then graduate in May of year 2