This experience is intended to give students the opportunity to develop professional skills in an actual public health practice setting. Students work in a public health subject area or discipline in order to further or complete their graduate education in public health. This experience must involve a minimum of 200 hours of service. You will register for this experience and it will appear on your transcript. However, no credit is granted, and you do not pay tuition for the practicum.
Individual departments are responsible for approving projects as worthy of practicum status.
Jobs that are strictly clerical in nature would generally NOT be accepted. Click here for some sample practica . Obviously, your practicum must involve working in your area of concentration. Serving on a team of students to plan, create, and implement a health promotion campaign for Emory University. Analyze cost effectiveness to assess the value of program interventions, learn various models and methodology, and use decision analysis software, design and present workshops to colleagues and staff members about project.