Process and Approval Procedures:
Prior to the start of the field experience, the student, faculty advisor, and agency preceptor must complete and sign two forms that will outline their responsibilities and expectations. The student is responsible for completing and returning the forms with appropriate signatures to the MPH Program director.
The student, faculty advisor, and agency preceptor should define and agree upon the nature of the final product(s) before the field experience begins. The number of clock hours worked per week should also be indicated on the Field Experience Description form along with compensation information if it is to be given to the student.
The final written product(s) may be in a variety of forms or a combination of forms including:
The product(s) should be submitted to the major advisor and graduate committee, and the MPH Program director. Once the product is presented as an oral presentation and in its final form with all the changes requested by the student’s graduate committee, an electronic copy of the field experience report (preferable in Word) and slide presentation (preferable in PowerPoint) should be given to the MPH Program office. The program office will be responsible to place a copy of the report and slides in the MPH section of e-repository K-REx.
Students completing a thesis or master’s report are responsible for submitting electronic versions of their thesis or report to K-REx as per the Graduate School guidelines.
At the end of the field experience, both the student and the agency preceptor will complete an evaluation of the experience and return it to the MPH Program director.
The student’s final grade will be assigned by the faculty advisor and based, in part, upon the agency preceptor’s evaluation and the student’s final product(s).
Reference: MPH Graduate Handbook 12.11.5