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These steps explain the internship planning process:
Pre-planning: During Fall Spring of Junior year, student enroll in PHP 375, a zero-credit pre-planning course needed to access PHP 422 planning tasks. The student will be notified via email when to begin the PHP 422 planning process.
Step 1: Prepare or update a resume that is grammatically correct and free of spelling errorsprofessional resume. Consider making an appointment on Handshake to see Career Services staff who offer assistance with resume creation.
Step 2: Register for Tevera. To access Tevera, You will need to visit the "PHP 375" Blackboard Course and click course on your Blackboard. Click the link labeled "Tevera" and activate your student account. This will bring you to our internship tracking system . Please use your SU email to where you will complete the following planning steps. register for the site.
Step 3: Complete the PHP 422 Internship Application on Tevera and upload your academic transcript. Do not upload your resume yet.
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Step 4: Make an appointment to meet with your advisor to discuss eligibility semester of preference for PHP 422, your resume, your interests, and your plans post-graduation.
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Step 6: Once you have met with your advisor, have uploaded your advisor approved resume and academic transcript, have and completed any revisions to the application as necessary, your advisor must sign your application using the Tevera system.
Step 7: You will be contacted by Megan Snow (the Internship Coordinator ) via email when it is time to make an appointment to discuss potential internship sites. Individual meetings the internship coordinator for summer and fall intern candidates will occur in March and April. Individual meetings for Spring internships will occur in September and October. All internship placements go through the Internship Coordinators, and only the Internship Coordinators can approve a placement. Students are asked to do not contact sites themselves without prior approval from an the internship coordinator.
Preferred semester of completion (noted on application):
Students whose anticipated graduate date is the same as the semester of PHP 422 completion are guaranteed registration in the course, provided the student completes the planning tasks as required.
Registration will be cancelled if:
a) The student has not met with an internship coordinator to secure a placement. Individual meetings with an internship coordinator are held in March and April for summer and fall internships. Individual meetings for Spring internships will occur in September and October.
b) The placement site does not have a finalized contract or Letter of Agreement with Syracuse University by these dates:
Summer PHP 422 – May 1st, Fall PHP 422– August 1st, Spring PHP 422 – December 15thStep 8: After meeting with the internship coordinator, they will speak with and send your resume to agencies which match your interest area(s), current knowledge and skills, experience, etc., to determine which agencies are available to host and are interested in interviewing you for an internship. An interview is required for most placements. The opportunity to interview does not guarantee acceptance to intern with the agency.
Registration for PHP 422
Registration for PHP 422 is by permission only. Students cannot register for PHP 422 until all planning steps for the internship are complete, including a finalized contract or letter of agreement.
Internship Experience
Internship work varies by site. Some sites are looking for interns with specific knowledge and skills and therefore placements are dependent on public health coursework completed and experience. Additionally, some sites have specific criteria related to GPA, concentration, and otherwise.
Students are guaranteed a generalist public health internship. Opportunities specific to degree concentrations vary by semester. Broadly, site availability also varies by semester, and is dependent on community partners capacity to host and project availability during the anticipated internship semester.
Not all work is appropriate for this internship. The internship must focus on public health practice. Some examples of appropriate internship work and deliverables include:
- Health education and outreach [Leading education sessions, developing flyers]
- Public health messaging and communications [creating social media posts]
- Advocacy [writing policy briefs, planning town halls]
- Needs assessment [survey development, data collection and analysis]
- Surveillance [data management and analysis, writing data reports]
- Program Planning and Evaluation [Intervention work plan, evaluation work plan]
Clinical and laboratory work are not allowable for this internship. Hospital and clinical settings are limited, competitive, and the internship work must have a public health focus.
Internship Outcomes
At the completion of the public health internship, the student will demonstrate competency in entry-level public health generalist skills:
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