Director: Miriam H. Alexander, MD
Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe Street
Room WB602
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 410.614.4567
Fax: 410.614.8126
E-mail: gpmr@jhsph.edu
Internet: http://www.jhsph.edu/GPMR/

Total Number of Residents: 23

Tracks/Areas of Emphasis:
Epidemiology
Health Policy & Management
International Health
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Mental Hygiene
Population & Family Health Sciences

Post Graduate Prerequisites: Completion of an ACGME accredited clinical year (PGY1)

Academic Year: Residents receive full scholarships

Degree(s) Awarded: MPH

Combined Training with Other Specialties:
Not available

Program Description: The General Preventive Medicine Residency Program of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2004 and has graduated over 500 preventive medicine physicians. The mission of our program is to prepare physicians in the theoretical, practical, and clinical knowledge and skills essential to leadership roles in the design, management and evaluation of population-based health.

During the academic phase of the program, first year residents receive strong didactic training in the core areas of public health, health promotion and disease prevention, and population-based medicine and research. Residents are enrolled in the school's MPH program, where they may follow sequences of courses in any one of the nine academic departments or may build on the core curriculum with a sequence of courses that uniquely meets their professional needs. The MPH academic requirements are enhanced by a yearlong residency seminar series that provides leadership and management training. In addition, residents participate in teaching an undergraduate public health course and undertake a management project evaluating a department or program in the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.

In the practicum phase of the program, second year residents participate in four to six rotations that systematically expose them to a wide variety of settings in which preventive medicine is practiced. Residents select rotations in the areas of biostatistics and epidemiology, managements and administration, and either clinical preventive medicine or occupational and environmental health. All residents spend a minimum of two full months in a public health agency.

The Preventive Medicine residents benefit tremendously from the wealth of talent among the school's faculty and from the rich variety of opportunities available through seminars, classes, and research projects. The program also is enhanced by its proximity to Washington, D.C. and the federal health agencies and private consulting firms located in the region as well as the public health and private agencies located in the mid-Atlantic region. Our program utilizes all of these opportunities to provide residents with the knowledge, skills, and tools to become leaders in the field of preventive medicine.