University of North Carolina Hospitals Program

Preventative Medicine (Gen Prev Med, Occ Med, Aer Med, & Pub Hlth) Analyst Verified · Jul 1, 2022

University of North Carolina Hospitals Program

University of North Carolina Hospitals Program is a residency program specializing in Preventative Medicine (Gen Prev Med, Occ Med, Aer Med, & Pub Hlth), located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, directed by Shannon Aymes and coordinated by Amanda Harvey. The program accepts applications through November 1, 2027. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (984) 974-5102. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

UNC's Preventive Medicine Residency is one of the oldest and largest such programs nationally, structured as a two-year post-residency training pathway combining a full-time, in-person MPH at the Gillings School of Global Public Health with a practicum year built around public health agency rotations, a Durham VA population health rotation, and a quality-improvement project at the FQHC partner Piedmont Health Services. The program is explicitly designed for physicians who have already completed a primary care residency (family medicine or internal medicine) or transitional year, and it emphasizes a resident-driven research project intended to culminate in publishable work alongside rotations at sites such as the Sheps Center, CDC, NCDHHS, and various county health departments. Career orientation is toward population health leadership—roles in federal/state/local public health agencies, academic public health, healthcare administration, and policy—rather than direct patient care, and the curriculum explicitly trains residents in epidemiology, biostatistics, health services management, and policy communication. The program values applicants with a defined clinical background and articulated public health/administrative career goals, individualizing each resident's practicum year around their specific area of interest.

Who it fits

A primary care-trained physician (family medicine or internal medicine) with clear public health, health policy, or population health leadership goals who is seeking formal MPH training and agency-based experience to pivot toward a career in public health practice, administration, or policy rather than continued direct clinical care.

Research intensity

Strong - a resident-designed research project intended to produce publishable work is a required, structured component of the academic year, supported by extensive university research center rotations.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Academic Medicine, Other (public health agency and health policy leadership)

Important

Applicants must have completed at least one year of clinical residency in a primary care specialty (or transitional year) prior to matriculation, and letters of recommendation must include one from the program director of the applicant's clinical residency program plus two from staff at that same training institution.

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