During their field training experience, MPH students develop or co-develop two public health products that are meaningful to their placement site, such as health promotion messages, project reports, or data analyses graphs and charts.
The products students develop during their experience should demonstrate five (5) public health competencies, at least three (3) of which are foundational, and the remaining two (2) of which may be foundational or concentration-specific.
Review details for acceptable products from field training experiences, and the competencies to select from. Please note that one product a student creates can demonstrate more than one competency.
Students will have opportunities to develop at least two public health products during their experience that are useful to the site. Products allow students to demonstrate competencies learned in their MPH, and are important field training components.
Products can take many forms including, but are not limited to:
Products may change any time based on needs of the site or project. Sites may have other product ideas that would also allow students to demonstrate competencies below. Contact us to learn more about student product requirements.
Products should be materials or documents the student created themselves. This can be done in collaboration with others at the placement site. However, products completely developed by another person or organization, such as a questionnaire previously developed by a health department, can not be used for students to demonstrate MPH competencies.
We prepare graduates to address the most critical public health issues our world faces. Essential skills in addressing health disparities are the ability to work with diverse populations; understand issues of equity; recognize and appreciate cultural values; and improve health communication, advocacy and policy making. Applying these skills can help to mitigate health inequities.
Students must address at least one diversity-related foundational competency from the list as one of the three foundational competencies addressed in their culminating project, which is the final requirement to earn the MPH degree:
Ethical practice in the field of public health is essential. Public health professionals are charged and entrusted with preventing disease and protecting the public’s health. To do so, we must engage in ethical practice. These principles (link the attached to “These principles”) will guide your ethical decision-making, actions and implementation and serve as your roadmap to guide ethical public health practice throughout your time in the MPH.
