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What is a preceptor? Preceptors are a combination of professional mentors and educational instructors. They serve to help students ground their classroom theoretical learnings in professional and practical experiences. How to be a good preceptor: Communicate. Ask your student what they want to learn during their time with your organization. This helps students feel empowered…
by Christina Haswood The Center for American Indian Community Health (CAICH) here at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), goes far back to my middle school days. Back when I didn’t even know I wanted to become a public health professional let alone attend graduate school. Our sister organization, American Indian Health Research &…
by Aaron Reinke Workforce inequities were shown in the results from the 2017 PH-WINS, which show the need for change. Future plans for Iowa’s public health workforce development could focus on how to retain the public health workforce, and potentially training leadership. Local boards of health and county boards of health have power over funding…
by Maddie Kemp As I near the end of my time working at Black Hawk County Public Health, I can’t help but think about my experience overall and the wealth of knowledge I have gained. I am so glad I was able to come back to my hometown for the summer and get a better…
by Allyssa Stevens Background Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (CH&MC) is a 145-bed nonprofit facility located in the heart of Omaha, NE. The first Children’s hospital was built in 1948 and set out with a mission to improve the life of every child, while never turning a child in need of medical care away due…
by Louise Hyneman This past week I had the opportunity to work more directly with some of the community members the Saint Louis Area Foodbank serves. On Tuesday I assisted with a food fair in one of the cities in St. Louis County. The food fair started at 11, but when we arrived to set…
by Allyssa Stevens Background Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (CH&MC) is a 145-bed nonprofit facility located in the heart of Omaha, NE. The first Children’s hospital was built in 1948 and set out with a mission to improve the life of every child, while never turning a child in need of medical care away due…
by Cheri Farris The first quarterly statewide lifestyle coach call occurred June 20th. We had a great turnout with 22 lifestyle coaches and/or coordinators on the call. We used Go to Meeting with a share screen for the call. So far, we have received feedback from 10 of them via online survey evaluation. Overall, the…
by Preeti K. Pulluri Hello everyone, I am done with my internship on May 7th 2019 at Generate Health. Let me tell you about the activities I did in the last few weeks of my internship!! Most interesting was Participating in child advocacy day with Deaconess foundation. We all travelled as a big group to…
by Louise Hyneman This past week I continued to work on the SNAP grant to increase the number of eligible seniors who apply for SNAP. One of my responsibilities was ordering the prizes for the events. The prizes had previously been chosen by seniors during a focus group. One of the items cost more than…
by Cheri Farris One of the important activities in the internship placement is to plan and facilitate a minimum of one new National DPP Lifestyle Coach training targeting gap areas that help to reach priority populations. Mr. Coyle and I determined a date and location for the upcoming National DPP Lifestyle Coach Training. As a…
by Allyssa Stevens Background Children’s Hospital and Medical Center is a 145-bed nonprofit facility located in the heart of Omaha, NE. Children’s was built in 1948 and set out with a mission to improve the life of every child, while never turning a child in need of medical care away due to an inability to…