HPM PRACTICUM for GPH Students
Guiding Questions
Practicum Position
- Identify the unit, project, grant, or part of the organization to which you were assigned
- Provide unit mission, structure budget, performance measures
- Define your role or position – place in organization; reporting line
- What were your major duties or responsibilities?
- Provide job or position description
- Were you assigned to a specific project or task? Describe.
Practicum Assignment
- What were the primary results or outputs of your project or your position? Discuss in detail and give examples of content (research results, management decisions, actions, etc).
- To whom were the results of your efforts reported and what use was made of them? Give example.
Curriculum Connections
- How, and in what ways did your Practicum position/experience relate to your academic program?
- Applicable concepts, theories, research findings
- Provide specific examples of analytical tools and techniques, models, and so on used in your work
- Connections to specific courses
Personal Development
- How has your Practicum experience affected your professional development?
- How has your experience affected your interest in your Practicum organization and in other organizations in similar or different situations and sectors/industries?
- How has or is your experience affecting your career choices and issues?
- How has your experience affected your personal development?
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