Earn Your Doctor of Health Sciences
The Doctor of Health Sciences (DHSc) Leadership in Clinical Practice and Education program at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is a part-time and online 48-credit program.
The program is designed for working Physician Associates and other health care professionals to obtain a terminal degree, gain interdisciplinary knowledge, and develop leadership skills and research.
Advance Your Career
Enhance your leadership potential in your current position or in your trajectory to the next position.
Complete career-applicable coursework, scholarly research, and a leadership track concentrated in either clinical, or educational, practice.
Further Your Expertise
Improve health care outcomes, efficiences, and patient satisfaction through developed skills and research.
Analyze needs and gaps to effectively design programs, or activities, and an accompanying evaluation methodology to test results.
Collaborate Across Disciplines
Gain greater guidance, support, and feedback from a wide variety of health care disciplines with low student-to-instructor ratios.
Engage more with qualified clinicians and educators during the program's two in-person, research-focused, Residency Weekends.
"Because we are not MDs, oftentimes there's a barrier to reaching leadership roles or to moving into education where a doctorate level education is preferred. The best aspect of the GW DHSc program, is learning things that were unexpected, developing in ways that I wasn't anticipating, and the support and engagement I've had with faculty."
- Joshua McFarland, DHSc, MPAS, PA-C
Emergency Medicine Physician Associate
Attend an Information Session
Join us for a live Virtual Information Session to learn about the program or contact us at dhscprog [at] gwu [dot] edu (dhscprog[at]gwu[dot]edu) or 202-994-2144 to learn more.
The Fall 2024 application deadline is July 15, 2024.
Leadership in Clinical Practice and Education Program
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
The George Washington University
e dhscprog [at] gwu [dot] edu (dhscprog[at]gwu[dot]edu) p 202-994-2144
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