Seminars, field studies. Addresses the professional training needs of MPH students who plan to pursue leadership positions in the public sector or in community health. Students, in small groups, undertake fieldwork in public or community health agencies. They apply managerial and analytic techniques developed in the concentration to the solution of problems confronting these agencies. Student groups meet with advisers from HSPH and their host agency throughout the field placement.
Seminars explore the practice of public and community health through case studies and readings.
Field work, written and oral project report. HPC506a also required. Dr. M. Testa, Dr. R. Monson 2.5 credits Lectures, seminars, case studies. Two 2-hour sessions each week. Explores practical and conceptual issues in the design, conduct, analysis and evaluation of human studies through the discussion of current research and methodologies.