About This Major
A residency training program that prepares physicians to promote health, prevent disease, and manage the health of communities and defined populations; combines population-based public health skills with knowledge of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention-oriented clinical practice in a wide variety of settings. One of three general certificates in the area of preventive medicine. Note: this medical specialty merges the previous subspecialties of preventive medicine and public health medicine. This CIP code is not valid for IPEDS reporting.
Program Examples
- Public Health Medicine Residency Program
- Preventive Medicine Residency Program
At a Glance
- CIP Code
- 61.2301
- CIP Family
- 61
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