PH 161 Independent Internship 1

Part 1 of the Independent Internship. The public health field internship provides students with an opportunity to apply principles and skills learned in the classroom - the measurement, organization, and improvement of population health - to real situations in the field. The placement site can be an agency or organization in any sector – government, non-profit, or for-profit – but any university-affiliated settings must be focused primarily on community engagement, typically with external partners. Students will be provided a selection of TDI-sourced Internship offerings but students may also opt to identify a self-sourced internship site. The project should be scoped such that a minimum of 120 hours will be spent at the placement site. Activities of the internship should be mutually beneficial to both the site and the student, with the student specifying learning objectives for their internship. Students will spend the Winter term contacting internship sites and applying for an internship position. By the end of the term each student will be matched and have developed a mutually agreed upon contract with their Internship Site preceptor that will require approval from the course directors before the start of the Spring term. Typically, the internship series occurs in the winter and spring terms of the year, but other arrangements are possible with permission of the course director(s).

The objective of the internship as public service is to provide skills, knowledge, and work capacity to internship sites as well as to gain personal experience and expertise to forward your career aspirations.

0.25 Dartmouth Units; (HP, P, LP, NC)

*Core Requirement for Residential MPH. Non-MPH students by PERMISSION ONLY

Prerequisites: PH 100, PH 110, PH 117, PH 128, PH 154, PH139, PH140 or consent of course director.

Offered: Winter - Friday 1:05 pm - 1:55 pm.  Students are required to attend several informational sessions in the Summer and Fall terms in order to prepare them for the class.  Attendance at these sessions impacts student timeline and matching with sites. Students who have specific questions about timeline should contact the course directors in the Summer term.

Instructor

Meghan Longacre and Craig Westling