550.864.01
Baltimore Community Practicum
Course Status
Cancelled
Course Status
Cancelled
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Extradepartmental
Credit(s)
Variable Credit
Academic Year
2021 - 2022
Instruction Method
In-person
Tuesday, 12:00 - 1:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
None
Conducts a project involving a defined denominator population at a community-based organization or local health department. Participates in seminar sessions that cover basic methods of outreach to community organizations, attitudes and values about the role of professionals in community-based work, the social contract required of service professionals, and the attitudes required for effective public health practice.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe in detail, as well as summarize, the development and operation of an on-going community-based public health project
- Describe the organizational structure of one particular public health practice site and its relationship with its community
- Demonstrate practical methods for promoting partnerships between communities, public health agencies, academic institutions, and community-based organizations
- Explain the basic concepts of community-based participatory research, service-learning, and civic professionalism
- Articulate their values and attitudes about community engagement and ways of developing partnerships
- Demonstrate effective communication and presentation skills, as well as how to give and receive constructive feedback from peers, supervisors, and community members
- List and briefly describe in their final presentation and paper, the ten most important items of content learned from their faculty and preceptors and documented in their journal