The Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) and Doctor of Health Science (DHSc) programs are designed for working health science clinicians and educators who hold a master’s or doctorate in a clinical field. Our program offers curricula in research design and implementation and a choice of healthcare leadership or educational leadership tracks. Alumni are poised for careers as leaders in healthcare and education settings.
The School of Health Sciences offers the DMSc and DHSc to highly qualified applicants seeking career growth in clinical or academic settings.
Earn up to 36 Category 1 CME hours.
Complete an academic doctorate on your schedule. The DMSc and DHSc programs are taught 100% online in an asynchronous format.
The most unique factor of our DMSc/DHSc program is the interprofessional education design. The program admits students from a wide variety of health professions. Students learn with, from, and about other professions during every phase of their training. This model trains health professionals ready to work across disciplinary and professional boundaries in healthcare and education.
The program prepares students to:
Required:
· Graduated from an ARC-PA accredited PA program
· Master’s or doctoral degree
· A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better in all post-secondary coursework
· Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions
· Meet Technical Standards (see below)
· Display graduate-level writing skills
· Explanation of degree alignment with career goals
· Current CV/Resume
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced Placement:
· Advanced placement credits up to 9 units may be applied for students who have taken graduate-level courses in the past to fulfill the Foundations of Behavioral Science, Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice, and Foundations of Professional Practice and Health Systems courses (determined by transcript review)
Program Technical Standards:
Online learning requires only basic technical skills:
The University of the Pacific will provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities otherwise qualified to complete the essential functions of the curriculum. However, such essential functions must be completed by the student in a reasonably independent fashion.
Required:
· Graduated from an accredited clinical program represented at University of the Pacific
· Master’s or doctoral degree
· A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better in all post-secondary coursework
· Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions
· Meet Technical Standards
· Display graduate-level writing skills
· Explanation of degree alignment with career goals
· Current CV/Resume
Preferred Qualifications:
· Proof of active state licensure and/or certification. Emeritus will also be accepted
· Clinical leadership or teaching experience
Advanced Placement:
· Advanced placement credits up to 9 units may be applied for students who have taken graduate-level courses in the past to fulfill the Foundations of Behavioral Science, Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice, and Foundations of Professional Practice and Health Systems courses (determined by transcript review)
Program Technical Standards:
Online learning requires only basic technical skills:
The University of the Pacific will provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities otherwise qualified to complete the essential functions of the curriculum. However, such essential functions must be completed by the student in a reasonably independent fashion.
The mission of the program is to expand the depth and breadth of knowledge of health professionals to facilitate the advancement of their profession. The program will prepare leaders in the health sector, train students in an interprofessional education model, be delivered in an innovative online format, and help the School of Health Sciences (SHS) prepare the faculty we want to hire and retain.
University of the Pacific is fully accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). WSCUC reaffirmed Institutional Accreditation in June 2019. The next accreditation review is scheduled for 2027.
The DMSc and DHSc programs are WASC approved.
In keeping with its long-standing traditions and policies, the university considers students, employees, applicants for admission or employment, and those seeking access to university programs on the basis of individual merit. The university does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex/gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, color, language use, religion, religious creed, age, marital status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, cancer-related or genetic-related medical condition, disability, pregnancy, perceived pregnancy, citizenship status, military service status, or any other status protected by law (including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972).
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