Program Overview
The MD/MBA Dual Degree Program provides medical students with advanced business education and prepares them to assume responsible management and professional positions in private practice, corporate health care industry such as hospital management (i.e. Chief Medical Officer), HMOs, or academic medicine. Students will enter residency with enhanced competencies, improved professional networks, and increased employment opportunities.
augusta.edu/mcg
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Program Contacts
Christopher Fly, MD
cfly@augusta.edu
Mark Thompson, PhD
HullMBA@augusta.edu
Patricia L. Cameron, PhD
pcameron@augusta.edu
Admissions Information
To apply and continue in the MD/MBA Dual Degree Program, MD students must be in good academic standing per MCG MD standards. MD students must then apply and be accepted by the MBA program which includes the submission and approval of a program of study.
Prior to applying to the MD/MBA Dual Degree Program, students must have submitted a letter of intent by April 15 of their first year in the MD program. Students must apply to the MD/MBA Dual Degree Program MCG by April 30 of their second year in the MD program with the understanding that acceptance and enrollment in the MBA program is contingent upon approval of The Medical College of Georgia, The Hull College of Business, and The Graduate School.
Progression and Graduation Requirements
The MD-MBA Dual Degree Program includes both a period of time in which students enroll in the MD program only and then enroll in courses in the MD and MBA programs concurrently. Students accepted into the Dual Degree program will start their MBA program toward the end of their first two years of the MD program. In the standard plan of study/schema, the MBA program courses will be spread over two years. The expectation is that the MD-MBA Dual Degree Program will be completed within four years from the start of the MD program.
Students must complete all degree requirements of each program before Augusta University can confer separately these two degrees upon the students.
Degree Requirements
A standard plan of study/schema has been developed for the MD-MBA Dual Degree Program. The MBA program is delivered 90% in person/on campus and 10% online/asynchronous (one course). As part of the application process, students will review the plan of study/schema with the MD program to carefully select clerkships and electives to best accommodate the MBA courses. The plan of study/schema will be reviewed and approved by the MBA program representative, MD program representative, and The Graduate School. Students must complete all degree requirements for both the MD and MBA programs.
Doctor of Medicine (MD) Requirements
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Requirements
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