Primary Care Population Medicine
Primary Care Population Medicine Program
An innovative curriculum that prepares students for the medical field while providing comprehensive training in population medicine.
Primary Care Population Medicine Program
An innovative curriculum that prepares students for the medical field while providing comprehensive training in population medicine.
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This four-year program, the first of its kind in the United States, results in the awarding of both a Doctor of Medicine and a Master of Science in Population Medicine.
The PC-PM program integrates preparation for the MD and ScM degrees into a seamless 4-year curriculum.
The Primary Care-Population Medicine (PC-PM) program is an innovative, dual-degree curriculum that prepares students for a career in medicine while providing comprehensive, longitudinal training in population medicine. Graduates are awarded both an MD degree and a Master of Science in Population Medicine.
Curriculum Details
As Rhode Island's only school of medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School is uniquely positioned to offer PC-PM students a rich and and dynamic medical education -- from some of the best educators in the field.
Specialty coursework for this degree examines the intersection of population and clinical medicine and imparts an in-depth understanding of the U.S. healthcare system.
This clerkship allows students to follow a panel of patients over time as they move through various health care settings, observing the continuum of patient services at all levels of health care.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to some of the most pressing questions about the Primary Care-Population Medicine (PCPM) program.