PUB (0304) 579 - Practicum in Public Health

Students will complete a 180-hour field placement experience in an organization that addresses public health issues.  Students apply public health principles and theories to practice.  Working with a qualified preceptor and faculty mentor, students synthesize and integrate core knowledge and skills in a professional practice setting.

Free Note:  

Advisor’s permission should be contingent on student satisfactory completion of at least 24 credits, including course

- Defining and addressing a public health problem 

- Systems thinking about how a public health organization operates within the larger public health landscape

- Identifying internal and external challenges to public health organizations

- Interpreting data to define risks to a community

- Supporting and/or advocating for policy development and/or change

- Effectively communicating with public health practitioners

- Developing a community health assessment document

- Developing a program proposal and/or budget