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BEAM (formerly mini-MBA)

Unique and exciting educational offering created along with colleagues from the Rady School of Management called Business and Entrepreneurship Acumen in Medicine - BEAM (previously known as the Mini-MBA).

This highly acclaimed program has been developed specifically for UC San Diego Health Sciences clinicians and covers core aspects of innovation, entrepreneurship, management, negotiation, leadership, strategic planning and related topics. BEAM offers a great opportunity to explore the healthcare-business-innovations space and provides a starting point for getting your ideas off the ground. This course also provides a chance to network with like-minded individuals from the worlds of healthcare, business and engineering.

BEAM will be Zoom based, delivered live and occurring over 10 sessions, 6:00–9:00 pm on selected weeknights, October 3-November 9, 2023. The cost of $490 for UC San Diego Residents and Fellows is steeply discounted compared to the rate for faculty, or for similar offerings elsewhere, which would run $4,000–8,000. Sessions will be recorded, so you can catch up if you miss any.

Registration will be limited to 30 people. Register today: Beam Registration

Masters of Public Health Degree at UC San Diego

Road Map for Fellows doing MPH at UC San Diego:

Program Details

1-year version for medical students/trainees

  • 48 credits (includes 8 credits of research/capstone, that likely overlap with what fellows are already doing)
  • If want to do a concentration (epidemiology, health behavior, technology & precision health, etc.) would need 4 more credits (52 credits)
  • Each course is ~4 credits, 3 hours per week in class, in-person, on UCSD campus (MET)
  • The credits can be part time spread over fellowship term
    • The first quarter however includes full time course work (required 13 credits)
    • If want to concentrate in Epidemiology, the epi and biostats courses are in the second quarter
  • Visit UCSD MPH website Curriculum tab for useful information (https://ph.ucsd.edu/mph/curriculum/index.html)

Application

  • Application opens early September, due February
  • Enroll students by April/May to start the following September
  • Visit Prospective Students (ucsd.edu) for more information

Cost

  • ~$600/credit + fees, ~$30,000-$35,000 total
  • Recommend applying to Rady Physician Development Fund (attach application) – up to $10,000

Contacts

Michael Pratt, MD, MSPE, MPH
Director, Institute for Public Health and MPH Program
mipratt@health.ucsd.edu

Dr. Deepa Sannidhi, MD
General Public Health Concentration Lead
dsannidhi@ucsd.edu

Rosemarie Subala, MPH
Program Coordinator
rsubala@health.ucsd.edu

*Disclaimer – participating in the MPH program may not be available to all fellowships. Please talk with your Fellowship Program Director to determine if feasible.