Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine/Master of Business Administration D.O./M.B.A.

Since June 2001, Rockhurst has provided its Master of Business Administration as a featured component in a DO/MBA Dual Degree Program offered with Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCUMB). The MBA in Health Care Leadership is designed to complement KCUMB students’ medical education by helping develop physician-managers of competence and conscience, with the business management skills necessary to provide quality holistic care in a dynamic health care environment. In 2018, the Helzberg School of Management began offering the dual degree at KCUMB’s Joplin campus as well.

KCUMB students are accepted into the DO/MBA Dual Degree Program during their first year of medical school. DO/MBA students complete their coursework as a cohort over the next three years, they taking 36 hours of prerequisite and MBA coursework.

All DOMBA students must adhere to the Helzberg School of Management  Graduate Business Programs Standards and Policies.

Admission Requirements

In addition to the Helzberg School of Management  Graduate Business Program Admission Requirements, a DOMBA applicant will provide:

• Authorization Form to allow KCUMB and Rockhurst to share educational records and information
• MCAT score report in lieu of the GMAT/GRE 

Programs

• Health Care Leadership, D.O./M.B.A.