"I Was Learning Every Step of the Way": Student Perceptions About a New Required Foundational Master of Public Health Program Planning Course.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine created a program planning course required for all master of public health (MPH) students to address the revised 2016 Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) foundational competencies. The objective of this study was to examine students' feedback on this new class based on their reflective writing.

Methods

Students across 3 class sections during 3 semesters (fall 2018, spring 2019, and fall 2019) wrote a reflection paper as a final assignment about their course experience (N = 102). We conducted a conventional qualitative content analysis of deidentified student responses to systematically examine themes in the overarching areas of what students found valuable about the course and what they would

SUBMITTER: Stolow J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031826 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature