Applied Practice and Integrative Learning Experience for Clinical Effectiveness (Academic Year)

EPI 946S Subject & Catalog Number

Description

All students completing a Master of Public Health degree must complete an Applied Practice Experience (“Practicum”) and an Integrative Learning Experience (ILE). This required course is designed to meet both these degree requirements.

EPI 946S, SECTION 1 Sachin Shah (Primary Instructor), Heather Baer (Co-Instructor),
This seminar course fulfills the Applied Practice Experience (APE, or “practicum”) and Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) requirements for Academic-Year MPH in Clinical Effectiveness (MPH CLE) students. For their practicum, all MPH CLE students develop and conduct an applied analytic project that includes aspects of epidemiology, biostatistics, decision sciences, or other quantitative aspects of public health. The practicum culminates in a final presentation about their project during EPI 946, an on-campus seminar that meets on Friday mornings from 8-9:30 am. Students are required to attend the seminar to hear and comment on other students’ presentations. Students will present on their own project during one of their two semesters in EPI 946, and during the other semester, they will write two critiques of other students’ presentations. Students are exposed to a variety of research designs, analytic strategies, and content areas, and there is active class discussion. Faculty emphasize methodologic issues pertinent to the class research presentation. In addition to the presentation, there is also a final paper about the project (the Integrative Learning Experience) that all students will submit in the Spring semester. This paper is written in the form of a draft manuscript for publication. Before registering for EPI 946, students should review the detailed information about the MPH CLE practicum included on this website: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/public-health-practice-resources/for-students/mph-practicum-information/mph-practicum/clinical-effectiveness-practicum/
 
Course Activities: Student presentations and written assignments (e.g., analysis plan, critiques)

Course Note: Must register separately in each appropriate semester (Fall and Spring); separate grade given at the end of each semester. Instructor approval required for all NON-MPH CLE students.​

Course Note: You must register in each appropriate semester (Fall and Spring, 2 semesters total); separate grade given at the end of each semester.