Fairfield University Low-Res DrPH

Fairfield University is launching a low-residency Doctor of Public Health. There is one residency in each of three years, rotating between Washington DC, Fairfield’s main campus in Fairfield CT, and Fairfield’s nursing extension campus in Austin TX. The program is accredited by the CEPH, and is open to holders of a master’s in any discipline.

 

Married to a nurse for almost 30 years. The only way to advance past the daily grind of practice is to get into adminstration. This is the kind of degree that can help do that, especially for practitioners with a practicing master's (like an MSN).

My wife was an RN for 15 years. Then she did a 4-year master's (while also working in an ER) to become what they're now calling an APRN--advanced practice registered nurse. (For her career, she was a family nurse practitioner, or FNP.) But it was still practice. I believe this is a major cause of burnout. I know she burned out seeing 40-50 patients a day (or more). And there was nowhere to go. You could hardly call it a career. It was a job. Perhaps if this kind of thing was more available, she would have taken this route back when she still could.

 

I just noticed that multiple healthcare practitioners have gone the route of administration by picking up their DHA. Oklahoma state has a program that's fairly generous with transfer credits and not too expensive.