Student Toolkit

Orientation
MPH Curriculum
MPH Thesis
MPH Practicum
MCH Certificate
MCH Capstone Project
MCH Research Festival
MCH Leadership Competencies
Writing
Financial Aid
Career Development
Certification in Public Health

Orientation

Student orientation manual (PDF)

MPH Curriculum

Required courses for epidemiology majors (PDF)

Sample 2-year curriculum for epidemiology majors (PDF)

Required courses for health services majors (PDF)

Sample 2-year curriculum for health services majors (PDF)

MSW/MPH concurrent degree majors (PDF)

Suggested elective courses (PDF)

List of classes meeting MCH core competencies (PDF)

MPH Thesis

MCH thesis guidelines (PDF)

Mater's Proposal Requirements (both health services and epidemiology students use these guidelines but health services students send their signed proposals to Carmen Velasquez. Epidemiology students also send their signed proposals to Carmen Velasquez in addition to the Department of Epidemiology)

MPH thesis plan (PDF) (to be filed with Carmen Velasquez spring quarter of first year)

MPH thesis timeline (PDF)

List of program thesis titles (PDF)

MCH Program policy: support of student research expenses from training grant funds (DOC)

Department of Epidemiology program guidelines, including guidelines for Master's thesis (PDF)

Department of Health Services guidelines for completing the MPH thesis

Department of Health Services human subjects review procedures

UW Human Subjects Division

MPH Practicum

MPH Practicum Program

Graduate Student Internship Program, Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center

MCH Certificate

Checklist of certificate requirements (PDF)

MCH Capstone Project

Description of capstone project

Guidelines for capstone posters (PDF)

MCH Research Festival

MCH Research Festival guidelines (PDF) for formatting abstracts and presenting thesis projects.

MCH Leadership Competencies

Competencies for MCH Leaders: A Self Assessment (PDF)

Maternal and Child Health Leadership Competencies, version 3.0

Maternal and Child Health Competencies (PDF) developed by the Association of Teachers in Maternal and Child Health. February 2001.

Maternal and Child Health Leadership Skills Development Series (5 on-line training modules designed for use in small groups). Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

Writing

How to properly use citations and avoid plagiarism. The School of Public Health and Community Medicine's Web site that defines plagiarism and provides links to information on the topic. It also provides links to information on the proper use of citations.

UW Health Sciences Library Writer's Guide. A selected collection of resources to use when writing.

Preparing a Successful Manuscript: Research Writing Advice. Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, this webinar covers how to prepare a manuscript for publication, organization and key elements of a research paper for both quantitative and qualitative research, and submission process.
Presenters are: Donna Peterson, Editor-in-Chief of the Maternal and Child Health Journal, and James M. Perrin, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and Founding Editor, Academic (Ambulatory) Pediatrics.

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chaptel Hill

Writing resources from the UW Institute for Public Health Genetics.

Presenting Your Work: Sharing Your Story (DOC) (Power Point Presentation)
Information on how to develop and structure a dynamic presentation, use audio visual aides, and answer questions. By Jan Carline, PhD, Professor of Medical Education, University of Washington.

Ten Tips for Talking Public Health (DOC) Created for Turning Point by the Sutton Group, December 2001.

Using Slides Effectively in Communications. Nancy Duarte, Duarte Design.
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice's archive of Nancy Duarte's January 2009 presentation, with links to additional materials.