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The public health internship is a planned, approved, supervised and evaluated field experience in a professional agency involved in the delivery of public health related services. The internship is designed to integrate theory and practice in an applied setting under supervision. Students It is expected that students have significant contact with the agency and its personnel, and that most of the internship work is conducted on site. Internships conducted solely under faculty supervision, such as research or laboratory work, are not acceptable for PHP 422. Clinical internships are also not allowable
The public health internship settings are generalist in nature and provide students opportunity to develop skills in one if not more roles essential to public health practice with individuals, groups, organizations, and communities. Student internship work is planned within the limits imposed by a given site’s mission, structure, and the modes of intervention that characterize its service delivery. Internships have been developed at sites within Central New York; however, not all are always available as agency resources to support the student intern vary each semester.
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PHP 422 Senior Capstone Internship carries two (2) to nine six (96) academic credits based on concentration: 2 2 credits (90 100 hours) for Addiction Studies, 3 credits (135 150 hours) for Health Care Management and Health & Society, and 9 6 credits (400 300 hours) for Community Health Education . The (depending on the semester of study). The internship is completed over one (1) 15-week semester or one (1) combined, 12-week summer session.
Preparing for PHP 422 Senior Capstone Internship
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Pre-planning: During 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.
, which begins with an orientation meeting held in January.
Step 1: Prepare or update a professional resume. Consider making an appointment on Handshake to see with your College of Arts & Sciences/Maxwell academic advisor, your public health advisor, or the University Career Services staff who offer assistance with resume creation.
Step 2: Register for Tevera. You will need to visit the "PHP 375" course on your Blackboard. Click the link labeled "Tevera" and activate your student account. This will bring you to our internship tracking system where you will complete the following planning steps.
Step 3: Complete the PHP 422 Internship Application on Tevera and upload your academic transcript. Do not upload your resume yet.
To access the application and planning tasks: Tevera -> Site Placements -> Pre-application tasks -> apply for internship.
The submitted copy will be sent to your advisor’s Tevera account, and they will be notified via email.
Step 4: Make an appointment to meet with your advisor to discuss semester of preference for PHP 422, your resume, your interests, and your plans post-graduation.
Step 5: Upload your advisor approved resume to Tevera. Additionally, make any corrections Complete the PHP 422 application. This application can be found on the PHP 375 blackboard page.
When completing the form: on the final page labeled “Affirmation,” select the box labeled “Send me an email receipt of my responses” so you have an easily accessible copy of you response saved to your email. After you submit, you may also select “Save my response to edit later” as another means of saving your response. You can always access your response at forms.office.com.
Step 3: Make an appointment to meet with your advisor to discuss semester of preference for PHP 422, your resume, your interests, and your plans post-graduation.
Step 4: Upload your advisor approved resume to the PHP 375 Blackboard. Additionally, make any correction needed on the PHP 422 application and resubmit (if necessary).
Step 6: Once you have met with your advisor, have uploaded your advisor approved resume and academic transcript, have completed any revisions to the application as necessary, your advisor must sign your application using the Tevera system.
Step 7Please note that if a resume that is not suitable to applying to an internship is submitted, you will be asked to make edits until it meets expectations.
Step 5: Once you have met with your advisor, they must submit the “PH Advisor Approval Form” via Microsoft Forms. Advisors have access to this form.
Due Dates for steps 1-5 will be provided to students at the start of the planning process each January. Failure to complete these steps by the dates provided will result in a delay of your internship to a later semester.
Step 6: You will be contacted by the Internship Coordinator via email when it is time to make an appointment to discuss potential internship sites. Individual meetings with 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 do not contact sites themselves without prior approval from the internship coordinator.
Step 87: 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. guarantee acceptance to intern with the agency.
Step 8: Once an internship is secured, the student and supervisor will complete a learning agreement. A valid Letter of Agreement or Contract must be secured from the placement organization prior to the internship start. Depending on the placement, additional paperwork may be required.
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 agreement422 until all planning steps for the internship are complete, including a finalized contract or letter of agreement. Students who do not complete the required planning steps at least 4 weeks in advance of the intended semester of enrollment will automatically be delayed to the next semester,.
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.
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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. health focus.
Internship Sites
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Internship Outcomes
At the completion of the public health internship, the student will demonstrate competency in entry-level public health generalist skills:
As demonstrated in the practice setting:
Demonstrate Complies with workplace professional workplace behavior expectations.
Communicate in oral and written formats appropriate to professional and academic settings.
Interact Demonstrates awareness, respect, and sensitivity to diverse cultural perspectives when interacting with individuals, groups, and /or communities across diverse settings.Participate as a member of a professional workplace team.
As demonstrated by the capstone paper:
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Plan an orientation for the intern to the agency’s physical setting, policies, services, and links with other service delivery systems in the local community, region, state, or nation.
Provide clear communication to the intern regarding day-to-day expectations.
Enrich the intern’s learning opportunities through carefully selected educational experiences.
Hold a supervisory conference (with the student) of at least one hour of “protected time” per week, in addition to “normal” interaction throughout the weeks.
Assess regularly Regularly assess the intern’s level of knowledge, educational needs and interest in collaboration with the internship placement coordinator.
Review and sign the student’s time sheets.
Participate in the evaluation of Intern Performance:
Situations in which the student’s performance brings into question the student’s ability or willingness to meet minimally acceptable standards are communicated to both the student and the internship placement coordinator. Obvious examples are erratic attendance patterns, failure to keep appointments or other obligations, inappropriate behavior in the professional role, violation of the ethics or laws, and refusal or failure to carry out policies or procedures that are vital to the organization’s functioning. It is especially crucial that any performance deficiency be brought to the student’s attention as soon as it has been observed. Only in this way do the student and the site supervisor and internship placement coordinator have full opportunity to initiate timely corrective steps.
Provide the internship placement coordinator with a written evaluation of the intern’s performance at the mid- and end of term. PHP 422 Internship Evaluation Forms will be provided in advance to the site supervisor.
Discuss the mid-term evaluation with the intern and internship placement coordinator at a scheduled meeting.
Intern activities which may be evaluated may include but are not limited to review of work products (brochures, education materials, literature reviews), oral presentations, participation in group meetings, and fulfillment of daily responsibilities.
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Internship Planning Timeline
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January
Orientation meeting for Summer, Fall, and following Spring internships.
February & March
Meeting with academic advisor. Internship application , and resume , and transcript submitted to Teverasubmitted. Advisor approval received.
April
Confirmation of eligibility for Summer and Fall registrants. Follow-up meeting with internship placement coordinator scheduled for all Summer and Fall internship students. Agency interviews completed.
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