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Medical Master's Institute

Welcome to health workforce development 


Whether you are a student who dreams of becoming a nurse or doctor, a medical student or clinician seeking specialized training, a current health professional looking to reskill or upskill, or an aspiring community health worker, the Medical Master's Institute at Arizona State University can help you find the program that's right for you. The ASU Health Medical Master's Institute makes it easy for you to find, explore, and pursue educational opportunities - from continuing education credits and certificates, to formal degrees - across the full spectrum of health and health care.

Arizona State University is committed to addressing critical health profession shortages in Arizona and beyond, and believes that everyone should have access to affordable health education across their lifespan. 

We invite you to use this tool to explore ASU's many offerings or use the filters to find content curated just for you.

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Communication Sciences and Disorders

The postbaccalaureate certificate in communication sciences and disorders is for students who have already received a bachelor's degree in another discipline and wish to pursue...

Undergraduate certificate In-person
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Disability Studies

As a vibrant and diverse focus of academia, disability studies uses a cross-disability, intersectional and interdisciplinary approach to understand disability as a social and cultural...

Undergraduate certificate In-person
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Domestic Violence and Evidence-based Practice

The certificate program in domestic violence and evidence-based practice provides students with the experience and knowledge they need to intervene safely and effectively on behalf...

Undergraduate certificate In-person Online - Self Paced
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The certificate program in entrepreneurship and innovation engages students, challenging them to discover new ways of thinking while approaching business in a new way. Students...

Undergraduate certificate In-person
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Evolutionary Medicine

In the evolutionary medicine certificate program, students discover a burgeoning new field that is improving human health and transforming our understanding of disease by merging...

Undergraduate certificate In-person Online - Self Paced
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Family Communication

The certificate program in family communication focuses on issues that affect communication within the family. It complements the communication program by bringing together an array...

Undergraduate certificate In-person
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Health and Wellness Coach

The health and wellness coach certificate program brings together coursework from the disciplines of exercise and wellness, nutrition, behavioral health and coaching psychology. Students develop...

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Health Care Policy and Delivery

The health care policy and delivery certificate program offers students a comprehensive overview of key principles in health systems, including management, economics and program oversight...

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Health Education Specialist

Health education and health promotion professionals fill a critical role as they teach individuals how to stay well by living healthy lifestyles. They also help...

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Hospice and Palliative Care

The certificate program in hospice and palliative care provides future health and health care workers with the skills they need to lead and manage chronic...

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Human Rights

The certificate program in human rights provides students with interdisciplinary tools and perspectives from history, law, political science, sociology and philosophy that can serve as...

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Innovation for Impact

The innovation for impact certificate program enables students to cultivate the knowledge, skills and critical dispositions necessary to leverage the power of innovation and achieve...

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Interdisciplinary Health Humanities

The interdisciplinary health humanities certificate program brings humanities methodologies to analyses of health and medicine to address challenges in health policy and health care practice...

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Personal Fitness Training

The personal fitness training certificate program provides the foundational knowledge and basic competencies for developing evidence-driven physical activity programs for the general population to use...

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Recreational Therapy

Students enrolled in the recreational therapy certificate program gain knowledge and requisite competencies to lead recreation-based therapeutic programs as a strategy to improve individual and...

Undergraduate certificate In-person Online - Self Paced
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Risk Communication

The rising importance of the field of risk communication stems from the need to name, understand and manage physical and social risks as society is...

Undergraduate certificate In-person
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Risk Management

In the certificate program in risk management, students acquire a solid foundation in the theory and practice of modern risk management.

The concept of enterprise...

Undergraduate certificate In-person
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School Nutrition

The certificate program in school nutrition provides students with a strong foundation in topics such as:

  • development of healthy cuisines
  • eating for lifelong health
  • food...
Undergraduate certificate In-person
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Speech-Language Pathology Assistant

The speech-language pathology assistant certificate program prepares students with the educational and clinical experience needed to become speech-language pathology assistants. The curriculum is focused on...

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Working with Military Families

Students in the working with military families certificate program complete academic coursework to enhance their knowledge of human development, marital and familial relationships, and family...

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