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School of Public Health
3545 Lafayette Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63104
800-782-6769
Fax: 314-977-8150
E-Mail: sphinfo@slu.edu
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Within
the School of Public Health, students' professional
and career development activities are managed by Coordinators
- one within each Department. They work to build
and cultivate mutually beneficial relationships among
the School's faculty, students and staff with leaders
in the field, including: · Internship preceptors ·
fellowship sponsors · potential employers in both
the public and private sectors · public health, health
services, health policy and research leaders in the
local and national communities · school alumni and
other professionals who share the School's mission
and commitment to excellence.
The Coordinators are:
| Maxine
Lax
MHA
Internship Coordinator
314-977-8112
laxm@slu.edu |
Catherine
Nolan, MPH
Community
Health Practice Experience Coordinator
314-977-8220
nolanca@slu.edu |
Professional
and Career Development
The student development coordinators present a schedule
of professional and career development seminars
and activities during a dedicated time on Tuesdays
from 4:15 - 5:50 PM, also known as "Tuesdays at
Salus," which brings together activities designed
to grow and develop students' professional and career
search skills, and to expand students' knowledge
and appreciation of the fields of Public Health,
Health Management and Health Policy beyond the classroom.
The Series includes professional rounds in Health
Management, Health Policy and Community Health,
and activities such as: · Résumé
development guidance · Professional interview
training and practice · Communication and
Networking Skills · Annual Professional Etiquette
dinner. Please consult the current schedule
or the School
of Public Health Event Calendar for
times and locations, or download a copy of the schedule
below:
Each
year the School also publishes and distributes résumé
books for upcoming HMP, MPH and MSPH graduates,
sponsors the annual MHA Recruitment Day and Community
Health Career Day, hosts on-campus recruiting visits
by employers and fellowship sponsors from throughout
the nation, manages a job posting system for students
and employers, runs the School's in-house Career
Resource Center, provides one-on-one career advising
for students and much more.
Field
Experience in Health Management, Health Policy and
Public Health
One
of the most important aspects of student development
is the required internship and practice experience
programs for the MHA
and MPH students. For
both programs, the field placement is among the
most critical and formative experiences in the curriculum.
Students gain enormous benefits from their experiences
by testing their classroom learning in the "real
world," taking on new responsibilities and
enhancing their professional knowledge and skills.
Additionally, students work with experienced preceptors
who can provide guidance, career perspective and
advice, as well as mentoring and links to post-graduate
opportunities. It is not unusual for a student's
internship to lead to a permanent position, either
with the organization itself or with an employer
encountered through networking while doing the field
experience.
All
MHA, MHA/MBA, MHA/JD and MPH/Health Policy students
are required to complete a professional health services
management internship during their course of study.
Students typically complete the required minimum number
of credit hours in their core curricula, including
all specific course prerequisites, and must obtain
the approval of the MHA internship director or the
Health Policy program advisor before enrolling in
the internship program. All students who anticipate
completing the internship requirement in the coming
academic year are required to attend the program’s
fall orientation session in early September and participate
in all subsequent internship training activities sponsored
by the Office of Student Development throughout the
academic year in preparation for placement in the
field.
Most
HMP internships consist of a 13-week, full-time, paid
placement in a privately owned health care organization.
Health policy internships take place in an organization
or office concerned with health and/or public policy.
Full-time MHA and MHA/MBA students usually do their
internships during the summer before their final year
of academic course work, while most MHA/JD students
do so after completing two years of their required
four year program. Placements are made by the MHA
faculty, who match individual students’ experience
and career interests with the nature and preferences
of available placement sites each year.
For
information about the MHA and MPH/Health Policy internship,
contact Program Coordinator, Maxine Lax, at 314-977-8112
or laxm@slu.edu.
- COMMUNITY
HEALTH PRACTICE EXPERIENCE (INTERNSHIP)
A
critical component of the curriculum at Saint Louis
University School of Public Health is the opportunity
for MPH students to integrate their classroom learning,
which provides a broad spectrum of public health skills,
into experiential learning. This planned, supervised,
and evaluated experience improves competence in public
health practice relevant to the field of study. The
practice experience provides a dynamic environment
for students to work with experienced professionals
in public or private organizations that address significant
public health issues.
The
newly redesigned Community Health practice experience
underscores the importance of placing students in
the community for this crucial component of the curriculum.
All MPH students, except students in the MPH/MS in
Nutrition and Dietetics, MPH/MSN and MPH/MSW degree
programs are required to complete an approved practice
experience in a local, state, federal, or international
organization that addresses significant public health
issues.
Click
HERE
for forms required for the Community Health Practice
Experience/Internship.
[Students
in the MPH/MS in Nutrition and Dietetics, MPH/MSN
and MPH/MSW programs meet their internship requirements
by a course/practice experience within their non-MPH
program.]
Students
are also encouraged to pursue competetive, national
internship programs for graduate students in public
health. These programs are listed on a separate
table with links to contact information:
Click
HERE for
a partial list of national internship opportunities
for students in public health programs.
For
information about the Community Health Practice Experience
contact Program Coordinator, Catherine Nolan, at 314-977-8220
or nolanca@slu.edu.
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