Student Practicum as a Bridge to Governmental Public Health Practice

Burke, Emily; Biberman, Dorothy

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“…The practicum experience also serves as a bridge to a student’s career in a governmental public health workforce (Burke & Biberman, 2017; Crowell, 2018). According to the 2014 National Centre for Universities and Business Student Employability Index, 92% of students agree that it is important to have opportunities for placements, work experiences, or internships (Porter, 2014).…”

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Facilitation of Competency-Based Learning With a Practicum Administration Software: The User Experience

Arinze,

Lokker,

Slifierz

et al. 2023

Pedagogy in Health Promotion

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Objective Technology is essential in the facilitation of many operations in higher educational institutions. The use of web-based platforms to deliver academic content, including practice-based training, has gained popularity. However, their use in practicum process administration is not well studied. In the 2020/2021 academic year, a graduate program in the Faculty of Health Science within a public university in Ontario incorporated the InPlace platform to streamline the administration of the practicum process, including goal setting. This study aimed to understand the user experience of the platform in facilitating competency-based learning. Methods Twelve students participated in two focus group sessions that lasted approximately 1.5 hr each. Two staff members participated in one-on-one semi-structured interviews. The System Usability Scale (SUS) was used as a measure of the platform’s usability. Other outcomes included staff and students’ user experience. Result Overall, the students and staff believe the platform is good for facilitating competency-based learning. The SUS score was 61.8 (95% confidence interval, [56.7, 66.9]). Eight students (66.7%) indicated that the platform was useful in helping them navigate their learning goals. Staff expressed appreciation of the program with respect to communication, practicum process, and overall program administration. Some suggestions for improving the platform were made. Conclusion The practicum placement platform has shown some initial benefits in communication and practicum process administration. In a future configuration of similar platforms, the implementation of the suggestions provided in this study may be necessary to improve usability and enhance the facilitation of competence-based learning.

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confidence: 99%

Facilitation of Competency-Based Learning With a Practicum Administration Software: The User Experience

Arinze,

Lokker,

Slifierz

et al. 2023

Pedagogy in Health Promotion

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Understanding epidemiologists who serve as preceptors

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Shah

Jones

et al. 2018

Annals of Epidemiology

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Strengthening Academic Public Health Programs and Workforce Development Through Fieldwork: Insights From a Novel Partnership Between New Mexico’s Two Major Universities

Wu,

Latz,

Estrada Ulibarri

et al. 2024

Health Promotion Practice

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Our collaboration to strengthen applied practice in public health training between two public universities in New Mexico has offered us insight into the types of institutional, administrative, and programmatic support beneficial for navigating work with limited resources and varying geographic considerations. We share some lessons from this burgeoning partnership between University of New Mexico’s (UNM) College of Population Health and New Mexico State University’s (NMSU) Department of Public Health Sciences which began in 2022. The main areas of learning focus on exchanging resources to extend relationships with fieldwork sites and site supervisors, engage and support students in their planning and implementation of their fieldwork, and identify institutional resources to maintain and grow programmatic quality. Implications from this work include efforts to reinforce the public health workforce pipeline, especially to ensure the participation and success of students from underrepresented backgrounds.

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Student Practicum as a Bridge to Governmental Public Health Practice

Cited by 3 publications

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Facilitation of Competency-Based Learning With a Practicum Administration Software: The User Experience

Facilitation of Competency-Based Learning With a Practicum Administration Software: The User Experience

Understanding epidemiologists who serve as preceptors

Strengthening Academic Public Health Programs and Workforce Development Through Fieldwork: Insights From a Novel Partnership Between New Mexico’s Two Major Universities

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