DNP Executive/ MPH Dual Degree

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program outcomes are based upon:

1. The Essentials of Master's Education in Nursing (AACN, 2011)
2. The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice (AACN, 2006)

A graduate of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program:

1. Integrates the art and science of nursing, with ethics and the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, organizational, and public health sciences to improve patient and population health outcomes
2. Demonstrates organizational and systems leadership for quality and safety in health care systems
3. Critically appraises clinical scholarship and analytical methods for evidence-based practice
4. Applies information systems and technology for the provision and/or transformation of health care
5. Leverages interprofessional collaboration for the improvement of individual and population health outcomes
6. Utilizes population health strategies of risk reduction/illness prevention, health promotion, and health maintenance to reduce healthcare disparities and improve outcomes for diverse individuals and populations
7. Develops leadership for health care policy and advocacy that shapes health care financing, regulation, access, and delivery
8. Demonstrates mastery of the advanced nursing practice/advanced practice nursing role and population competencies

The Master of Public Health (MPH) program outcomes are based upon the:

1. Accreditation Criteria for Schools of Public Health and Public Health Programs (CEPH, 2021).

A graduate of the Master of Public Health (MPH) program will attain grounding in foundational public health knowledge as measured by the following  learning objectives:

Profession & Science of Public Health

• Explain public health history, philosophy and values
• Identify the core functions of public health and the 10 Essential Services
• Explain the role of quantitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a population's health
• Explain the role of qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a population's health
• List major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the US or other community relevant to the school or program
• Discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion, screening, etc.
• Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge

Factors Related to Human Health

• Explain effects of environmental factors on a population's health
• Explain biological factors that affect a population's health
• Explain genetic factors that affect a population's health
• Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population's health
• Explain the social, political and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities
• Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease
• Explain an ecological perspective on the connections among human health, animal health and ecosystem health (e.g., One Health)

And demonstrate achievement of the following competencies:

Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health

• Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice
• Select quantitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context
• Select qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context
• Analyze quantitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate
• Analyze qualitative data using computer-based programming and software, as appropriate

Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice

Public Health & Health Care Systems

• Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings
• Discuss how structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels

Planning & Management to Promote Health

• Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities' health
• Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs
• Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention
• Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management
• Select methods to evaluate public health programs Policy in Public Health
• Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence
• Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes
• Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
• Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity

Leadership

• Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making
• Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges

Communication

• Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors
• Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation

Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content

Interprofessional Practice

• Perform effectively on interprofessional teams

Systems Thinking

• Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue

Hopkins invests in developing global perspectives so students can be engaged citizens wherever they are.

As a global university with students from all over the world, we welcome all kinds of experiences and new ways of thinking. We’re here to connect international students with the resources you need to become leaders and active members in our community and beyond. 

Please email [email protected] with any general international admissions questions. You can also email your regional admissions counselor if you have any questions specific to the area where you live or study.