Professional Rounds are regularly scheduled on Tuesdays from 4:30 - 5:50 p.m. (CMH) and Thursdays from 4:15 - 5:50 p.m. (HMP).  The seminars are a required part of the curriculum for the Master's programs and include guest speakers in Health Management, Health Policy and Community Health, as well as activities such as: résumé writing, professional interviewing, networking, and the annual Professional Etiquette dinner.  Please contact the coordinator for each department for the current schedule.

 

INTERNSHIPS

The field placement experience is among the most critical and formative experiences in the professional curriculum. Students work with experienced preceptors who can provide guidance, career perspective and advice, as well as mentoring and links to post-graduate opportunities.

Health Management and Policy Internships

All MHA, MHA/MBA, MHA/JD and MPH/Health Policy students are required to complete a professional health services management internship. Health management 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.  Students usually do their internships during the summer before their final year of academic course work. Placements are made by the faculty, who match individual students' experience and career interests with the available placement sites each year.  For information contact Program Coordinator, Maxine Lax, at 314-977-8112 or laxm@slu.edu .

Community Health Practice Experience (Internship)

The Practice Experience in Community Health is a planned, supervised, and evaluated experience that improves competence in public health practice relevant to student's concentration.  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 public health issues. [Students in the MPH/MS in Nutrition and Dietetics, MPH/MSN and MPH/MSW programs meet their internship requirements by a course/practical experience within their non-MPH program.]  Students are also encouraged to pursue competitive, national internship programs for students in accredited public health master's programs. 

Although a student may explore opportunities on his/her own, all practice experiences MUST BE APPROVED by the Practice Experience Faculty Advisor before a student begins an internship. 

For information about the Community Health Practice Experience contact Program Coordinator, Catherine Nolan, at 314-977-8220 or nolanca@slu.edu. 

Click HERE for forms required for the CMH Practice Experience.