Michigan State University (MSU) is responding to a future nationwide nursing and health care shortage by offering a master’s degree in public health.
“The majority of workers, upwards of 50 percent in some specialty areas, are expected to retire from the profession in the next 10 years without sufficient replacement of trained practitioners,” says Michael Rip, with MSU’s Epidemiology Department.
The program will be tailored to those who are already in the health care industry. It’s scheduled to start this fall. The Colleges of Human Medicine, Nursing, Osteopathic Medicine and Social Science, as well as the International Studies and Programs and the Graduate School are working together to launch the program.
“It’s not just doctors and nurses who work in public health, but veterinarians, epidemiologists, dietitians, social workers and others,” Rip says. Because the public health profession is so multidisciplinary, it’s extremely important to include all facets of public health in the new program.
Source: Michael Rip, MSU
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