Background
In Europe and Australia, the degree is awarded after completion of two to three years of coursework and research beyond the Master's degree. The degree found its place in the United States in April 2002, under the leadership of Dr.s Richard Davis and Guy Nehrenz of the College of Allied Health at Nova Southeastern University, the largest independent institution of higher education in the southeastern United States and seventh-largest not-for-profit, independent university nationwide, began to offer the D.H.Sc. degree to clinician and non-clinician health professionals. Like its European counter-parts, an individual typically has to complete three to four years of study beyond the Master's degree. In order to be accepted into the program a person must possess a Master's degree from a regionally accredited United States university, and have prior health care experience.
To bolster academic rigor, many prospective students have been required to take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) prior to admission. In addition to completing two to four years of intensive course work, candidates must complete one to three on-campus institutes, internships, and an applied research project or practicum. In 2008, the Arizona School of Health Sciences of A.T. Still University, the first Osteopathic medical school in the nation, began to offer the D.H.Sc. degree.
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