Director: Sania Amr, MD, MS
Associate Program Director: Wendy Lane, MD, MPH
Dept of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine
660 West Redwood St.
HH 109
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410.706.1466
Fax: 410.706.8013
E-mail:  epi_PrevMedResidency@epi.umaryland.edu
Internet: http://medschool.umaryland.edu/Epidemiology/residency.html

Total Number of Residents: 8

Tracks/Areas of Emphasis:
Biostatistics
Epidemiology (EIS, academic career, clinical research)
Public health practice

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

Academic Year: Partial to full tuition support

Degree(s) Awarded: Master of Science in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

Combined Training with Other Specialties:
Potentially with Internal Medicine

Program Description: For over three decades the program has trained physicians who are represented in all fields of the specialty, including public health, research, academia, local, state and federal government, industry, managed care, and clinical practice. The course work for the Master's degree and the practicum rotations may be completed either sequentially or concurrently. Residents typically have both didactic and practicum experience during their first summer, spend the next eleven months completing Master's degree requirements, and then resume practicum rotations for the remaining eleven months. The core competencies of preventive medicine as articulated by a consensus statement of the American College of Preventive Medicine are the major reference point for residents as they plan their programs.

During the academic phase, residents are enrolled in the University of Maryland, Baltimore Graduate School as candidates for the Master of Science degree in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Core courses in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Care Administration, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Preventive Medicine (including behavioral aspects of health) are supplemented with electives that provide opportunities to acquire the knowledge and skills that will be applied in practicum rotations.

Residents may select from a broad array of practicum rotation experiences, with the resident's interests and intended area of practice driving the development of an individualized schedule. Rotations may include Federal agencies (e.g. OSHA, HCFA, AHRQ, ODPHP), state and local health departments, and private companies. All residents spend at least two months in a local or state health department and also carry out a longitudinal preventive medicine research project at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Additional activities that span both training years include the weekly journal club, weekly departmental seminar series, and resident seminars (self-learning opportunities that address such topics as careers in preventive medicine and preparation for the certification examination in Preventive Medicine). The program is located within the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the School of Medicine, one of the largest such departments in the country. Residents have access to faculty through the School of Medicine as well as the other professional schools on campus (Law, Pharmacy, Nursing, Dental, and Social Work).