Application Information

Eligibility

For admission to certificate, masters or non-degree track the applicant must meet the following requirements:

• Applicants must have acquired an MD, MD/PhD, DO, DDS, DMD, DC, PharmD, OD, or an ND; have a PhD with clinical responsibilities or interest in patient-oriented research; or be a doctorally-trained nurse. Graduate students already enrolled in doctoral programs at OHSU (PhD, MD, DMD) may apply with approval from student's program director.
• Applicants should be faculty or staff at OHSU, Kaiser Permanente, Portland VA Medical Center or at other health care facilities in Oregon or the Northwest.
• Applicants for the MCR degree program must be enrolled in the certificate track and in good standing or have completed the certificate track.

Deadlines

Certificate or Non-degree track:

All applications materials are to be submitted to the HIP program coordinator by July 15th. Applications will be considered on a space available basis after this date. All applications are reviewed at one time and applications will be notified of admission decisions by mid-August.

Master of Clinical Research track:

Only currently enrolled students in the HIP certificate track may apply for the MCR Track.   Applications may be submitted in the summer after completion of the first year as a certificate degree candidate in the HIP program and then on a revolving admission cycle after that. Application materials are to be submitted to the HIP program coordinator by July 15th for Fall term or on the opening date of registration for every other term after that based on the OHSU Graduate Academic Calendar (typically early November, February and May). Applicants will be notified of admissions decisions as soon as possible before the end of the registration window for the starting term.

Application Instructions

Certificate Track:

Submit the following material online:  Online Application is closed for 2008-09.  Contact HIP office for more information.

1. Completed online application.

When completing the online application, you must choose Certificate Track as planned course of study even if your long-term plans include the Master of Clinical Research.   Applications to the MCR track are only accepted after completing the first year curriculum.  Graduate students currently enrolled in a PhD program at OHSU should contact the HIP program office before submitting an online application.

2. A current CURRICULUM VITAE, which includes education, residencies and fellowships. 

3. A SUPPORTING DOCUMENT answering the following questions (please keep each question to under a page in length).

1. What are your professional responsibilities for the next 2 years? (Specify clinical, administrative and research time.)
2. What are your career goals for the next 5-10 years and how will this course help you achieve these goals?
3. Please discuss your research focus for the next two years, including specific proposals you plan to submit or implement. (If you have a research mentor, please note this.)
4. List all research proposals or grants that you have submitted, including those that have not been funded.
   
5. List all publications (if any) in journal format. Do not list abstracts.

Submit the following material by mail or personally deliver to:

4. COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS.You must provide an official transcript from the university or college that granted your doctoral degree. The transcripts must arrive in a sealed envelope and should be mailed directly to the HIP program. Alternatively, If you submit the transcripts personally, they must be in a sealed (unopened), original envelope. 

5. LETTER of RECOMMENDATION. A letter of recommendation from your Department Chair or Training Director is required. In addition to requesting comments that will assist us in evaluating your application, we will also ask for a commitment of protected time to complete the program. 

Please download the Letter of Reference waiver form and send to the person providing the letter of reference. The letter of recommendation may be sent directly to the program office. If the letters are delivered by the applicant, the recommender should return the completed letter to you in a sealed envelope with their signature across the flap. Alternatively, the recommender may attach the letter in an e-mail to hip@ohsu.edu.

 

Non-degree track Track:

Submit the following material online:  Online Application is closed for 2008-09.  Contact HIP office for more information.

1. Completed online application.   

2. A current CURRICULUM VITAE, which includes education, residencies and fellowships.

Submit the following material by mail or personally deliver to:

3. COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS.You must provide an official transcript from the university or college that granted your doctoral degree. The transcripts must arrive in a sealed envelope and should be mailed directly to the HIP program. Alternatively, If you submit the transcripts personally, they must be in a sealed (unopened), original envelope.

Master of Clinical Research Track:

Submit the following material online only if you are currently enrolled in the certificate track or have permission from the program.  Contact HIP office prior to application at (503) 494-3095.

1. Completed online application.  Apply Now

2. A current CURRICULUM VITAE, which includes education, residencies and fellowships.

3. A SUPPORTING DOCUMENT answering the following questions (please keep each question to under a page in length).

1. How will the MCR degree help you to meet your short and long term career goals?
2. What course work and mentoring experience do you plan for the MCR to help you meet those goals?