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Applied Practice Experience

The applied practice experience (APE) is an opportunity for students to demonstrate public health competencies within a public health practice organization. All students must demonstrate at least 5 competencies during their APE, 3 of which will be foundational and 2 (or more) will be selected by the student. Students will demonstrate competency attainment using a portfolio approach in which they work with public health-related practice organizations to develop at least two products that will be mutually beneficial to the student and organization. Examples of work products include but are not limited to project plans, grant proposals, training manuals or lesson plans, surveys, memos, videos, podcasts, presentations, spreadsheets, websites, dashboards, photos (with accompanying explanatory text), evaluation reports, needs assessments, interview guides, infographics, logic models, quality improvement plans, community health assessments, SWOT analyses or other digital artifacts of learning.

Applied Practice Experience Resources

 

APEX Resources

 

Applied Practice Experience Competencies

 

Finding an Organization

 

Memorandum of Agreement  

Each practice organization must have a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in place before the student begins contact hours at the organization. In order to see if the organization has worked with the ASPH in the past and currently has an MOA, review the “Past Applied Practice Experience Sites” link. If the organization is not listed, please have your preceptor fill out the fillable Memorandum of Agreement Template and email it to Brittany Sutton. If the site has a different MOA that they wish to use, please contact Brittany Sutton to process the MOA.  

 

Important Applied Practice Experience Information for F1 Visa Holders

 

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