Student Toolkit

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

Orientation

Student orientation manual (PDF)

MPH Curriculum

Sample 2-year curriculum for epidemiology majors (PDF)

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

Suggested elective courses (PDF)

List of classes meeting MCH core competencies (PDF)

MPH Thesis

Master's Proposal Requirements (Both health services and epidemiology students use these guidelines. Send signed proposals to Colleen Huebner and either the Department of Epidemiology or the Department of Health Services)

MPH thesis plan (PDF) (to be filed with Colleen Huebner 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

UW Graduate School information and instructions for Electronic Thesis or Dissertation

MPH Practicum

UW School of Public Health MPH Practicum

Graduate Student Epidemiology Program (formerly 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.

Communication

UW School of Public Health Plagiarism. Describes what behaviors are considered plagiarism and consequences of suspected or proven plagiarism. Provides resources on detecting and avoiding plagiarism and 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.

Writing Policy Briefs: A Guide to Translating Science and Engaging Stakeholders The Women's and Children's Health Policy Center, Johns Hopkins University

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.

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chaptel Hill