PMB Graduate Programs Orientation: MPH Practicum

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PMB Graduate Programs OrientationMPH Practicum
Independent Project 5 July 2011

• Tomoko I. Hooper, MD, MPH
• Professor and Director, MPH Program
• Director, Graduate Research Practicum Programs
• Deputy Director, Graduate Programs
• Department of Preventive Medicine Biometrics

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PIP

• Practicum and Independent Projecttwo separate
  requirements for the MPH degree
• Different requirements for the MTMH, MSPH, and
  MHAP degree programs
• Opportunities for application of newly acquired
  knowledge and skills

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MPH/MTMH Independent Project

• Guided, sequential process for project
  development and implementation over three
  academic quarters
• Weekly PIP seminars PM0671 (Fall),
• PM0672 (Winter), PM0673 (Spring)
• Basic research methods
• Compliance with institutional and federal
  regulations pertaining to research
• On-line research ethics traininghttp//www.citipr
  ogram.org
• Co-Course Directors Drs. Gibson and Hooper

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Independent Project Deliverables

• Fall Quarter (PM0671, 1 credit P/F)
• Documentation of CITI training
• Draft research question
• Winter Quarter (PM0672, 1 credit P/F)
• Office of Research (REA) forms and proposal
• Spring Quarter (PM0673, 1 credit P/F)
• Notice of project approval (REA) and IRB approval
  for human subjects research
• Summer (PM0674, 3 credits graded)
• Oral presentation and written report

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MPH Practicum

• Planned, supervised, evaluated activity
• Proposal with learning objectives
• In specific cases, requirement for interagency
  MOU
• Total of 108 hours (PM0670, 3 credits P/F)
• Written report and two evaluation forms
• Practicum Project Fairs and/or in-class
  speakers during Fall Quarter

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End of Year Capstone Events

• Poster presentation at USU Research Week
• Project oral presentations over two days
• Scoring by 5-member faculty panel
• CAPT Richard Hooper Memorial Award
• Project written report evaluation
• Primary project mentor
• Secondary review by PMB faculty member

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Keys to Success

• Start earlymake appointment to see me or Dr.
  Gibson
• Consult your academic advisor and other faculty
  members with expertise in your area of research
  interest
• Keep to timeline for project milestones
• Take advantage of peer review
• For experienced researchers, think of public
  health perspective
• Aim for peer-reviewed publication

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Other PMB Masters Programs

• MTMH (restricted to physicians)
• Overseas experience (PM0563, Clinical Tropical
  Medicine) satisfies the practicum requirement
• MSPH
• Two-year, thesis-based program
• Field experience (PM0942, Directed Rotations)
• MHAP
• Two-year program with full-year placement at
  outside agency

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Questions?

• Looking forward to meeting and working with each
  one of you!
• Strongly encourage you to make an appointment by
  email to discuss project areas of interest during
  the Pre-Fall session
• First day of PM0671 (Monday, 22 August 2011)
• Contact information
• Office Rm A1040G (Hooper) and A1040H (Gibson)
• Phone [phone] (Hooper) and 295-0305
  (Gibson)
• Email thooper_at_usuhs.mil and roger.gibson_at_usuhs.mi
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