MD - MHA Dual Degree

The University of Scranton and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to offer a dual degree program in Medicine (MD) and Health Administration (MHA). The Doctor of Medicine and the Master of Health Administration (MD-MHA) is an innovative dual degree program that combines the strengths of two highly-specialized degree programs to train future physicians for roles as healthcare administrators and leaders in the delivery of healthcare services. As healthcare organizations respond to the dynamic changes in healthcare, the dual MD-MHA degree program will integrate leadership and management functions in the medical and clinical environment to meet the demand for delivering the most efficient and highest quality healthcare. The MD degree will be conferred by Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and the MHA degree by The University of Scranton.

Generally, students will apply first to GCSOM. Accepted CGSOM students will then apply to The University of Scranton. A MHA student may make application to the MD program at GCSOM. MHA students who are admitted to the MD program may be required to develop an alternate MHA program of study.

Preferred Course Sequence:

		TCMC	University of Scranton
Year 1	Fall	Medical Courses
	Spring	Medical Courses
	Summer		HAD 522 - Health Care Operations and Quality , HAD 523 - Health Care IT Management , HAD 525 - Health Care Ethics
Year 2	Fall	Medical Courses	HAD 519 - Health Services and Systems
	Spring	Medical Courses	HAD 500 - Health Care Organization and Administration
	Summer		HAD 582 - Directed Study
Year 3	Fall		HAD 501 - Health Care Financial Management I , HAD 502 - Health Care Law , HAD 504 - Human Resources Management , HAD 508 - Leadership in Health Care Organizations , HAD 515 - Health Care Planning and Marketing
	Spring		HAD 505 - Health Care Statistics and Research Methods , HAD 506 - Health Care Economics and Policy , HAD 509 - Administrative Issues , HAD 521 - Health Care Financial Management II
	Summer	Medical Courses
Year 4	Fall	Medical Courses
	Spring	Medical Courses
	Summer	Medical Courses
Year 5	Fall	Medical Courses	HAD 581 - Administrative Residency
	Spring	Medical Courses	HAD 581 - Administrative Residency

Financial Aid

Students will apply for financial aid with GCSOM in Years 1, 2, 4, 5. Students will apply for financial aid with The University of Scranton in Year 3. The amount of aid eligibility for year 3 will be different from the other years. The aid awarded in Years 1 and 5 may be insufficient to cover the cost of tuition at the University of Scranton in those years.

For information about the MHA program at the University of Scranton, go to academic.scranton.edu/department/HAHR/mha/

For information about the combined MD-MHA program, please visit www.geisinger.edu/education/academics/md-program/md-mha-dual-degree