Culminating Experience

Culminating Experience

Assemble your final paper to include all identified areas of your Culminating Experience:

  • Abstract (Overview): Provide an overview describing your Culminating Experience, and address the following: 
    • Key points about the who, what, when, where, why, and how of your Culminating Experience. 
    • Strong problem statement. 
    • Discussion of target population(s). 
    • Description of the public health function (agency or organization). 
  • Introduction/Background: Provide background information of your Culminating Experience, include the following items: 
    • Description of public health issue. 
    • Discussion of history and context for health issue. 
    • Literature review. 
    • Description of the epidemiologic burden of public health issue as well as its impact on the greater population. 
  • Methodology: Provide information regarding the methodology of your Culminating Experience, include the following items: 
    • Description of the population demographics. 
    • Additional details about the organization/agency as it relates to the Culminating Experience. 
    • Description of instruments/tools (i.e., surveys, etc.) that are used by the organization. 
    • Description of how the organization achieves its mission, vision, and goals. 
  • Conclusions and Statement related to the Vision of the MPH Program: Summarize your Culminating Experience conclusions and your own professional outlook, including the following items: 
    • Critical analysis of your Culminating Experience and/or accomplishments related to the Culminating Experience. 
    • Discussion of the potential immediate and long-term of impact on the target population. 
    • Implications of professional experience on public health practice. 
    • Statement connecting the Culminating Experience to the Vision of the MPH Program: 
      • Vision: Through a Christian worldview, educate students to strategically address the health needs of populations from the individual to the global level using a variety of health promotion and education strategies. 
      • Education is competency-based in order to comply with current national efforts to improve the quality and accountability of public health training programs. 
  • 6 Tenets of being a Public Health Ambassador 
    • Christian-worldview 
    • Honesty 
    • Resiliency 
    • Integrity 
    • Servant-Leadership 
    • Transformation 

Requirements

  • Citation Requirements: 10 references minimum for the Introduction/Background
    • Word Count: 
      • Abstract (Overview): 150-200 
      • Introduction/Background: 300-350 
      • Methodology: 200-250 
      • Conclusions and Statement: 300-350
    • APA Formatting

Assemble your final paper to include all identified areas of your Culminating Experience:

  • Abstract (Overview): Provide an overview describing your Culminating Experience, and address the following: 
    • Key points about the who, what, when, where, why, and how of your Culminating Experience. 
    • Strong problem statement. 
    • Discussion of target population(s). 
    • Description of the public health function (agency or organization). 
  • Introduction/Background: Provide background information of your Culminating Experience, include the following items: 
    • Description of public health issue. 
    • Discussion of history and context for health issue. 
    • Literature review. 
    • Description of the epidemiologic burden of public health issue as well as its impact on the greater population. 
  • Methodology: Provide information regarding the methodology of your Culminating Experience, include the following items: 
    • Description of the population demographics. 
    • Additional details about the organization/agency as it relates to the Culminating Experience. 
    • Description of instruments/tools (i.e., surveys, etc.) that are used by the organization. 
    • Description of how the organization achieves its mission, vision, and goals. 
  • Conclusions and Statement related to the Vision of the MPH Program: Summarize your Culminating Experience conclusions and your own professional outlook, including the following items: 
    • Critical analysis of your Culminating Experience and/or accomplishments related to the Culminating Experience. 
    • Discussion of the potential immediate and long-term of impact on the target population. 
    • Implications of professional experience on public health practice. 
    • Statement connecting the Culminating Experience to the Vision of the MPH Program: 
      • Vision: Through a Christian worldview, educate students to strategically address the health needs of populations from the individual to the global level using a variety of health promotion and education strategies. 
      • Education is competency-based in order to comply with current national efforts to improve the quality and accountability of public health training programs. 
  • 6 Tenets of being a Public Health Ambassador 
    • Christian-worldview 
    • Honesty 
    • Resiliency 
    • Integrity 
    • Servant-Leadership 
    • Transformation 

Requirements

  • Citation Requirements: 10 references minimum for the Introduction/Background
    • Word Count: 
      • Abstract (Overview): 150-200 
      • Introduction/Background: 300-350 
      • Methodology: 200-250 
      • Conclusions and Statement: 300-350
    • APA Formatting