222.810.01
Human Nutrition Practicum
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
Variable Credit
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
In-person
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
The field placement is an activity in which the student, the placement agency, and the faculty share responsibility for the provision and acquisition of practical experience in a nutrition-related public health area of the student’s interest. All three parties must be involved in developing work objectives to guide the student's field placement experience.
Complements and reinforces the didactic portion of the MSPH program. Provides students with an opportunity to apply the knowledge gained during the first year, to develop field, laboratory, or clinical skills related to nutrition research or programs according to individually designed learning objectives, and to work as part of a team in an applied research or practice project. Places students in a variety of professional settings, which may include: government, non-government organizations (NGOs), university projects, and multi-lateral, private, and/or for-profit sector. Practicum locations exist in the US and typically most regions of the world. Provides opportunity for feedback for student performance and placement experience.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Integrate and apply methods and skills learned in courses taken on the first year of the MSPH in a practical setting.
- Develop new skills essential for functioning as an effective global health professional, in assuming responsibility on the ground and becoming a reliable and collaborative member of a project team, an effective communicator, writer, trainer and implementer.
- Evaluate a program or field project as it relates to public health nutrition
- Integrate and understand knowledge through critical literature reviews, and analysis and interpretation of scientific data
- Develop a proposal, take initiative, provide direction, and participate in the implementation, evaluation and/or analysis required to establish and achieve project goals.
- Communicate effectively, manage relationships and participate in teams
- To allow for the seamless transition from student to public health professional.
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 100% Participation