MPH Practicum. 1-

Catalog description

Semester course; 1-2 practicum hours. 1-2 credits. May be repeated for a maximum of two credits. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Master of Public Health program. Students typically work 120 practical hours over one semester (8 hours per week on average) in a professional public health setting and engage in selected training to develop a foundation of basic skills in areas such as communication, leadership and professionalism. The practicum placement will be made according to the student's area of interest. Students will work as members of collaborative public health teams fulfilling varied missions. Each student will have a personalized experience, which could include team tasks, shadowing public health professionals, attending meetings, data entry, descriptive data analysis, transcription of focus group discussions, creation of health promotion materials, and participating in other organizational activities that will provide a basic foundation of knowledge and experience in public health research and/or practice. Graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory.