Preferred Program of Study
| Year | Fall Semester | Spring Semester | Summer |
| Pre-Year 1 | May take 2 MPH courses 6 hours | ||
| YEAR 1 | Medicine Pre-Clinical 1 5 courses, 21 hours 17 weeks, August to December | Medicine Pre-Clinical 2 4 courses, 20hours 18 weeks, January to May | Choose from: Two MPH courses - 6 hours MECO (clinical experience at an Iowa hospital) Research fellowship Global experience Free summer |
| YEAR 2 | Medicine Pre-Clinical 3 4 courses, 20 hours 17 weeks, August to December | Medicine Core Clinical 1 1 week Transition to Clerkships 24 weeks Core Clerkships January to June | |
| YEAR 3 | Medicine Core Clinical 2 24 weeks Core Clerkships July to December | Medicine Advanced Clinical 1 4 weeks USMLE Step 1 20 weeks clerkships possibly one or both parts of USMLE Step 2 January to June | |
| YEAR 4 | MPH courses June to December | MPH courses January to May | Possibly MPH courses and/or Practicum June to August |
| YEAR 5 | Final Medicine Advanced Clinical Year 32 weeks of remaining clinical clerkships/20 if using all 12 hours of credit exchange from the MPH July to May possibly one or both parts of USMLE Step 2 MD and MPH degrees conferred mid-May | Begin medical residency training July 1 | |
Tuition Requirements
MD/MPH students will be assessed MD tuition for 4 years (8 semesters) and MPH tuition for 1 year. If a student takes a MPH course while in their MD assessed years, they will pay a $500 MPH fee in addition to MD tuition.
Graduation Requirements
College of Public Health – 30 semester hours plus 12 hours credit awarded for courses in MD curriculum = 42 semester hours required for the MPH
College of Medicine – 154 semester hours plus 12 semester hours awarded for MPH work = 166 semester hours required for the MD
Contact Matthew Edwards, Registrar, Carver College of Medicine, matthew-c-edwards@uiowa.edu