MPH

The purpose of the School of Public Health is to prepare individuals to become effective health practitioners, health professionals, healthcare managers and administrators who will competently engage with communities to identify public health needs, develop effective mechanisms to address those needs, and translate services and interventions into actions for the protection of human health. The School of Public Health is actively involved in education, research, and outreach programs in public health; we strive to be nationally recognized as innovative, comprehensive in nature and scope, cooperative in character, and to ensure that graduate can serve as catalysts to promote population health in Nevada, the nation, and the world.

At a minimum, the following criteria should be met to assure each student:

• Develop an understanding of the areas of knowledge that are basic to public health.
• Acquire skills and experience in the application of basic public health concepts and of specialty knowledge to the solution of community health problems.
• Demonstrate integration of knowledge through a capstone experience.

MD

• Apply principles of the sciences integral to medicine (biomedical, clinical, and cognate) to determine the etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of significant human diseases.
• Demonstrate clinical reasoning to develop and narrow a differential diagnosis by systematically merging clinical information with knowledge of mechanisms and epidemiology of disease.
• Display critical judgment by formulating clinically relevant questions, identifying and appraising salient evidence in a self-directed manner, and combining this knowledge with patient contextual factors, characteristics, and values in medical decision-making.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, peers, and other healthcare personnel.
• Share knowledge with others in an organized and effective manner.
• Conduct and document a situation-appropriate patient history and physical examination.
• Identify and propose an appropriate shared treatment plan for acute and chronic diseases that reflects medical knowledge, patient contextual factors, and the best available evidence.
• Correctly perform basic procedural skills with attention to patient comfort and safety.
• Provide appropriate patient-centered counseling to promote disease prevention and optimize health outcomes.
• Apply principles of integrative medicine, wellness, hospitality, nutrition, and pain management to patient care.
• Demonstrate the self-reflection necessary to identify personal strengths and weaknesses in the learning and practice of medicine.
• Address personal weaknesses and continuously work to improve the learning and practice of medicine through personal change and utilization of appropriate educational and other resources.
• Apply an understanding of the scientific method to appraise data, research, and evidence relevant to the effective care of patients.
• Demonstrate professional conduct and accountability in learning and patient care.
• Display respect and empathy for patients as humans and awareness of their diverse and unique qualities.
• Recognize ethical issues that arise in clinical cases and research, apply the principles of medical ethics, and explain ethically justifiable options.
• Advocate for the improvement of public health outcomes through community engagement and the analysis of social determinants of health and disease.
• Recognize the key elements of the healthcare system in the United States, and describe how these elements interact to impact the delivery of healthcare.