Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM)
Preventive Medicine Residency Program
The Preventive Medicine Residency (PMR) Program trains physicians to practice public health and preventive medicine competently and independently. It is a two-year program, which combines academic courses and practical experience and prepares residents for careers in various settings, including public health, research, and academic preventive medicine.
The residency program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for both the academic and practicum components, to train physicians General Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Following the successful completion of this two-year integrated training curriculum residents are eligible to apply for certification by the American Board of Preventive Medicine
Please download a letter (PDF) from our Residency Program director with updated information (8/18/05). Download the application for residency (MSExcel). Please follow the submission instructions at the bottom of the form. For more information, contact Dr. Amr. New: the Residency Handbook is available (in PDF format, last updated 7/06).
The Preventive Medicine Residency Program in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine prepares physicians for leadership careers in health departments, academic institutions, regulatory agencies, international organizations and industrial firms.
Epidemiology, biostatistics, survey techniques, and information science are increasingly relevant in the evaluation of clinical services as well as in disease prevention and health promotion. Epidemiologists are exploring the preventable nature of disease processes, assessing the effectiveness of medical technology, and designing systems to maintain the quality and control the costs of medical care.
A shift in the focus of the health care system from diagnosis and treatment to health promotion and disease prevention has created the demand for a new breed of preventive health scientist. The result is a large and growing shortage of physicians skilled in epidemiology, biostatistics and related preventive medicine sciences.
For more information about available careers in preventive medicine, please see the American College of Preventive Medicine slide show at their web site (www.acpm.org).
For more information contact:
Sania Amr, M.D., M.S.
Director, Residency Program
Phone: (410)706-1466, Fax:(410)706-8013
E-Mail epi_PrevMedResidency@epi.umaryland.edu
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