Transcript ARE YOU READY TO BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS?

Are You Ready to
Broaden Your Horizon?
Consider a Career in Preventive Medicine
Physicians with Populations as their Patients
Outbreak
Investigation
Infectious Disease
Surveillance
Epidemic Intelligence Service
Global Health
Humanitarian
Assistance
Travel Medicine
Tropical
Medicine
Homeland Security
Disaster Preparedness & Response
Policy
Development
Safety Regulations
International
Negotiations
Media
Relations
Clinical Screening Programs
Health
Promotion
Patient
Education
Public Health Campaigns
Occupational
Medicine
Environmental
Medicine
Toxicology
Aerospace
Medicine
Hyperbaric
Medicine
Informatics
Research &
Academia
Teaching & Education
Are you ready to:
Earn a Masters of Public Health degree?
Prevent disease, illness, and injury?
Work on a population level?
Collaborate with other disciplines?
Be a leader?
… then join a medical
specialty boarded since 1948
Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine
has three main
subspecialties:
Public Health &
General
Preventive
Medicine
Occupational
Medicine
Aerospace
Medicine
Preventive Medicine
physicians work in a
variety of arenas . . .
Government
U.S. Surgeon General
Medical Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
Senior Advisor, Public Health Services
Public Health Policy Analyst
Chief, Cancer Control Branch, State
Health Department
Health Commissioner, County Health
Department
Workplace/Private Sector
Occupational Physician for a corporation
or company
Medical Director in a health-related
industry (i.e. pharmaceuticals, insurance,
biotechnology)
Vice President for Health Technologies
Director of Medical Product Development
Academia/Research
Professor of Epidemiology
Clinical Faculty for Chronic Disease
Prevention & Treatment
Research Associate of Preventive
Measures and Efficacy
Teaching Faculty for School of Public
Health/College of Medicine
Research Scientist for Infectious
Disease and Immunology
Preventive Medicine Residency Director
Clinical Preventive Medicine
Director of community-based prevention
programs
Physician for outbreak response teams
Clinical Director of mobile emergency
operations center
Medical Director for poison control center
Chief of global emerging infections
surveillance
Chair of committee to develop clinical
guidelines for prevention
Environmental Health
Medical Toxicologist for hospital or company
Supervisor of Environmental Services at public or
private hospital
Professor of Occupational & Environmental
Health
Environmental Services Team Leader, health
care consulting firm
Physician, Environmental Protection Agency
Medical Director for bioterrorism preparedness
International Health
 Medical Officer, World Health Organization (WHO)
 Medical Officer, Epidemic Intelligence Service, CDC
 Public health physician, infectious disease surveillance
 Prevention Policy Director, Institute for International
Medicine
 Public Health Officer, International Medical Corps
 Professor of Global Health
 Clinical services director for vaccination programs
 Physician, Doctors Without Borders
 International medical liaison, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security
Public Health Practice
 Director for tobacco control program
 Clinical preventive services coordinator
 Physician researcher conducting clinical trials
 Director of public health preparedness center
 Public health researcher on health disparities
 Administrator of violence prevention programs
 Division chief for program evaluation and
development
 Instructor of practice-based continuing education
Military
 Chief of Preventive Medicine
 Commander, Regional medical command
 Preventive Medicine officer
 Occupational Medicine officer
 Flight surgeon
 Physician, Service Headquarters
 Physician, Armed Forces Medical Intelligence
 Physician, Armed Forces Health Surveillance
 Public Health Emergency Officer
 Medical Officer, Medical Research Institute
… And much, much more
Preventive Medicine is
something new and
exciting every day!
How can you get started?
Preventive Medicine is a 2-year residency that follows either a PGY1 year or a clinical residency.
Over the two years of training, you may complete an MPH or
equivalent degree as part of your program. Core courses include
epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy, community & behavioral
health, health systems administration, environmental health, etc.
You will also complete various clinical and public health practicum
rotations to gain hands-on skills and practice your preventive
medicine competencies.
There are three main ways to enter Preventive Medicine training . . .
How can you get started?
Route 1: Medical School --> PGY-1 year (transitional year or
prelim year) --> Preventive Medicine residency; 3 years total
Route 2: Medical School --> clinical residency (Family Medicine,
Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, etc.) --> Preventive Medicine
residency; 5 years total
Route 3: Medical School --> Combined clinical residency and
Preventive Medicine Residency; 4-5 years total
Most Preventive Medicine residency programs now use ERAS.
Then you apply directly to the program the year before you want to
start (most programs do not use NRMP, aka “the match”).
Example PM Practicum Activities
Original research projects
Public Health Department rotation
Health Policy rotation
Vaccine research
Overseas research opportunities
Occupational medicine rotations
State or Federal agency projects
Risk communication or media relations rotation
Environmental Medicine field placement
Tropical Medicine experience
Many other opportunities . . .
There are
Over 70 residency
Programs Nationwide
Want to learn more?
• American College of Preventive
Medicine (ACPM): www.acpm.org
• Medical Student Section (MSS):
www.acpm.org/MSS
• Resident Physician Section (RPS):
www.acpm.org/RPS
“I will prevent disease
whenever I can,
for prevention
is preferable to cure.”
Hippocratic Oath
Modern Version
Choose Preventive Medicine
The road less traveled . . .
. . . that will open many doors