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Future Preceptor and Practicum Site Resources

Future Preceptor
Skilled practitioners who are willing to serve as preceptors or practicum supervisors represent a critical component of the practicum experience.

Effective preceptors are those that possess the following qualifications:

  • Extensive experience in public health, health care or a related discipline;
  • Engaged in work that fulfills the requirements of the practicum;
  • Experience as a mentor or supervisor;
  • Ability to spend the required time with the student; and
  • Ability to provide periodic feedback and guidance to the students through formal evaluations, regularly scheduled meetings and other means as described in the practicum plan.

How do I become a preceptor?

Practicum Sites
Exposure of future public health professionals to practice relies to an important extent on the collaboration of a diverse set of public, private, and not-for- profit organizations engaged in public health and other related disciplines.

Eligible organizations are those that offer practice settings with the following characteristics:

  • Field experiences that are commensurate with the student’s specialty track;
  • Well-defined activities that enable students to apply academic theory in real world situations;
  • Engagement of experienced preceptors or practicum supervisors as outlined in the practicum plan; and,
  • A work environment, including work space, conducive to successful performance.