What Is An Applied Learning Experience?
Applied learning, cooperative education, and practice experiences are designed to allow students to demonstrate and practice skills previously learned in the classroom. The School of Public Health (SPH) supports all students in gaining practical experience related to the work they are interested in pursuing. Most organizations outside of academia call these “internships.”
All undergraduate and Master of Public Health students in the SPH required to apply their learning in a professional setting. Undergraduate students complete 120 hours in a work place setting, while Master of Public Health (MPH) students complete a 160-hour Practice Experience (PE).
The intention of these experiences is that the work is not merely an academic exercise, but an application of learning to workplace settings in all of the spaces public health happens.
Undergraduate Cooperative Education
The PHE 404 requirement gives SPH undergraduate students an opportunity to gain professional experience to apply skills and theory in a workplace setting while becoming more socialized into the field of their major.
PHE 404 REQUIREMENTS
Practice Experience (PE)
For MPH Students
The PE is an opportunity for students to demonstrate and apply their competency-based learning in a practice setting.
PRACTICE EXPERIENCEInterested In Hosting a Public Health Intern?
Preceptors play an essential role in the success of our students’ applied learning experiences. Preceptors provide guidance and mentorship to public health students both at the onset and throughout their applied learning experience (Practice Experience or Internship).
Fill out our form to become a preceptor and host an OHSU-PSU School of Public Health intern.
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