Thread: AUA ANNOUNCES JOINT MD/MPH or MHA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WALDEN UNIVERSITY

AUA College of Medicine working with Walden University

AUA has teamed up with Walden University to enable our students to earn an MPH or MHA online while enrolled at AUA.

Since Walden University is a fully accredited, eligible students are welcome to apply for Title-IV Federal Aid. This aid includes tuition for the Walden University Classes AND may include funds for living expenses while pursuing the MPH or MHA.



Why you should consider an MPH or MHA from Walden:

• Walden University is recognized as one of the leading providers of health education online, with the #1-ranked public health online graduate program by enrollment according to the January 2008 US News & World Report.
• Walden University is regionally accredited and provides courses developed by a team of subject-matter experts.
• Students who earn their MPH or MHA will have countless networking opportunities and a huge advantage on residency applications
• Eligible students who take one course per 6- or 8-week term are welcome to apply for Title-IV Federal Aid. This aid may include tuition for the Walden classes and funds for living expenses while pursuing the MPH or MHA.

If you are interested in learning more about the Walden MPH or MHA programs please e-mail Danielle Hermon at: dhermon@auamed.org for tuition and financial aid information, and application instructions.

Originally Posted by UHSADOC

Walden U ???
Hope this is not another student loan scam, where "Affiliate" school get you to sign off as "walden U" in order to get more private and Gov type student loans....

Please read what is going on in Windsor:
Sign off as a private massage therapy school ???
Windsor University School of Medicine produces profits, few doctors - St. Petersburg Times

Again, buyer be ware !!!

What are you talking about?

Windsor students were forced to claim they were massage-therapy students in Iowa or something (also owned by the owner of Windsor) instead of medical students at Windsor in order to gain access to loans. Walden Univ is a separate school where AUA students can also seek an MPH or MHA among other options to both enhance their professional profile and gain another source for 'cost-of-living' expenses.

I suggest understanding both situtations before trying to compare them.

So, how that is work ? with student loans ?
with regards to the MD/MPH or MD/MBA option ??

Cheers, and my apologize if a mistaken identity was made
Nice AUA Campus though....will definately visit next time I come to Antigua....think our 15 year reunion is coming up

No worries.

Here you go: University Affiliations and Articulation Agreements | AUA

I consider Public Health to be a dangerous pseudoscience. It should not be confused with epidemiology, which is a real and respectable science. Most "public health" work is really a superficial and shallow attempt at legitimizing a left-wing political agenda.

Most importantly, an MPH will not significantly increase your earning capacity. What are you going to do? Run a clinic for indigents in the inner city? Do "public health" research at a university? Sit on one of the newly created "Death Panels" where you can play around with comparative effectiveness research? If you do any of these things, $150K/year will be your glass ceiling, and I'll happily wave to you from above it!

I should clarify that I think an MBA is a perfectly useful degree and it can significantly increase your earning capacity.

Don't let a "Public Health" get in the way of your ability to provide for your family.

Why You should complete MD, MPH while in Clerkship or post MD / pre PGE:
Correction:
I was matched 3 years after obtaining my MD Degree, nothing changed but, the fact that I got MPH degree, in my book, I strongly believe it was the MPH designation on top of my MD Degree that secured me a residency spot......

If you are not matched, do a research fellowship, & ask if the dept, will help you with % of tuition of the MPH, as long as it is affiliated within the same University...if not there are plenty of accredited MPH Programs that you can choose from...

I would highly recommend an MPH Program OVER MBA program, because it is geared towards PUBLIC HEALTH, EPIDS & BIOSTATS, not just BUSINESSS

Do your MBA after you are licensed if you want to start a business or run a practice, but if you are concerned with residency / research MPH is the way to go...

Cheers

Originally Posted by KVarner

I should clarify that I think an MBA is a perfectly useful degree and it can significantly increase your earning capacity.

Don't let a "Public Health" get in the way of your ability to provide for your family.

There are lots of ways to enhance your application for residency positions. I for one woulnd't want to work for a residency director who believes in public health as a science and gives people bonus points for that. He is likely to be emotional and irrational in other areas and as a result he/she would make my life miserable.

Focus on medicine, not on worthless pseudoscience.

Varner? Weren't you the kid who was upset that AMSA was helping locals because it was part of their socialist agenda?

Folks the PSU MBA has a specialization in health administration. I think the degrees are equivalent.

I'm sure you don't understand the logical invalidity of your argument, so I'll explain it.

You attacked what I said not on the basis of what I said but on the basis of the fact that is I who said it. It is an inverted argument from authority, which Aristotle calls the weakest argument. If you think public health is something other than pseudoscience, say so and say why.

The fact that I contend that AMSA is an evil, socialistic organization is neither an argument for or against getting an MPH degree.

Interestingly, it has been nearly two years since I originally posted on this board about AMSA. Plenty of time to read Atlas Shrugged, which I believe I recommended. It is clear that you have not done so. Get to work!

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