Admission Eligibility to MSHS/PHD in Health Sciences
Definition and Concept of a Health-Related Professional
Statement:
Applicants must be health related professionals with training or experience in the application of scientific principles to health care delivery and/or research.
“Health related professional”
A health related professional is an individual trained by education and/or experience in the delivery of health care or related services, to include but not limited to the following areas: communication disorders sciences; community health services; dentistry and allied dental services; dietetic services and nutrition science; diagnostic imaging; emergency medical and acute care/life support technologies; epidemiology; health care informatics; health services and health research management and administration; health and medical assisting; medical laboratory technologies; medicine; mental health services; nursing; optometry; pharmacy; public health; physical, vocational and psychosocial rehabilitation therapies; speech language pathology; and veterinary medicine. (adapted from U.S. Department of Education, definition of health professions and related sciences, Digest of Educational Statistics, 1996 and Association of Schools of Allied Health, Definition of Allied Health)
“Training or experience in the application of scientific principles to health care delivery and/or research”
Shall include at least one of the following:
· education and, where applicable, credentialing in a recognized health care profession (e.g., medical technologist, physical therapist);
· education and/or experience in the health-related social sciences (e.g., medical social work/sociology; medical anthropology; medical economics; psychosocial rehabilitation, clinical psychology);
· education and/or experience in the collection, analysis and reporting of health-related data (e.g., medical/health informatics; epidemiology; clinical research management)
· education and/or experience in managing or administering health care or health care related services delivery