Our Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency program, located at The Mount Sinai Hospital, offers a combination of coursework through the Graduate Program in Public Health with population health projects, clinical experience, and didactics.
All residents are enrolled in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The master's program is integrated into both years of the residency program.
Didactic Curriculum
We enhance MPH coursework with an additional didactic curriculum throughout the two years of your residency, including journal club, Environmental Medicine and Climate Science Grand Rounds, and a weekly Applied Preventive Medicine Seminar. You also attend additional seminars both within and outside of the Mount Sinai Health System.
Population Health Rotations
Our mix of population health activities is tailored to reflect your own individual background as a Resident. You meet with the Residency Director at the start of the program to develop an educational plan, discuss goals and identify suitable sites and projects for achieving them. As we encourage you to identify an area of interest to pursue in depth, we also require you to diversify your experience.
Population health activities are varied and reflect your own clinical experiences and fields of interest. Faculty in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science are available as preceptors, as are faculty from other departments across the Mount Sinai Health System.
Clinical Experience
You are also required to do a longitudinal preventive medicine practice rotation at the James J Peters Bronx VA Medical Center. Here, you participate in public health, clinical, and quality improvement activities to improve the health of the veteran population including tobacco cessation, nutrition and PrEP clinics. You first learn tobacco cessation and weight management techniques in tobacco cessation clinic and MOVE! weight loss program, respectively. You then apply these skills in resident Prevention Clinic. As a resident, you are part of the continuous quality improvement team and are required to participate in and lead quality improvement projects. This rotation is continuous throughout the two years of your residency.
Department of Health Rotation
You are required to complete a two month practicum rotation at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). The NYC DOHMH is one of the largest public health agencies in the world and offers our residents an opportunity to work alongside the nation’s leaders in public health. This also fulfills your practicum requirement for the MPH program. This rotation is usually completed in the second year of the residency.
Health Equity, Health Literacy and Communication Rotation
In the first year of the program, all residents participate in an intensive summer course in health literacy, communication and data analysis skills to address health disparities. Residents then apply these skills during a longitudinal population health rotation at one of several Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).