Department:
Extradepartmental
Academic Year: 2012 - 2013
Description: Public Health Applications for Student Experience (PHASE), offers students the opportunity to gain real world public health practice experience. PHASE internships require students to synthesize, integrate and apply academic theory in public health practice settings. By working on-site, students see first-hand how public health agencies function and engage in public health decision-making on a daily basis.
Student Evaluation: Students are evaluated on their field placement efforts, attendance and participation in PHASE seminars, a concept paper, and a final paper and presentation
Learning Objective: Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
1.Apply academic knowledge and theory in a real world public health practice setting.
2. Participate in public health practitioner meetings.
3. Write a concept paper outlining the project aims, objectives and specific deliverables.
4. Perform background research and data analysis as necessary.
5. Summarize their PHASE experience and project findings in a final paper and
6. Present the project at the PHASE symposium
Enrollment Minimum: 10
Enrollment Restriction: undergraduate students not permitted
Instructor Consent: Consent required for all students
all students must obtain consent.
Prerequisite:
340.751 Epid Methods I, 340.601Principles of Epidemiology, or equivalent.
Grading Restriction: Pass/Fail
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Special Comments: PHASE is a non-paid, for-credit two or three term internship program sponsored by the JHSPH, the Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DHMH), and the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center (MAPHTC). Students must apply and be accepted for a PHASE internship.
