Adaptation of an In-Person Internship to a Virtual Format for Public Health Undergraduates

Kernan, William D.; Basch, Corey H.

doi:10.2196/35252

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“…The virtual project offered a remote learning opportunity in a time where over 50% of in-person internship opportunities across the nation were cancelled [43]. Internships have historically been inaccessible to low-income students and students that live far from campus or businesses because travelling, working for free, and scheduling can pose obstacles [43,44]. The migration to remote learning offers a more equitable opportunity for students that typically cannot access these opportunities [43].…”

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Training to Teach: Exploring the Feasibility of Service-Learning Projects to Prepare Undergraduate Learners to Be Community Health Educators

Gerdes,

Jones,

Fetter

et al. 2023

Trends in Higher Education

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Undergraduate learners are ideal candidates for participation in service-learning projects, which allow learners to apply course concepts in a community setting where both the university and community benefit. In pre-health fields, undergraduate students can serve as teachers for concepts such as food literacy. This study examined whether a rigorous virtual professional development model would improve self-efficacy of undergraduate participants to teach food literacy to adolescents. A purposive sampling of participants (n = 12) from two universities participated in a yearlong virtual service-learning project and a community of practice professional development model. Tasks included virtual lesson modeling and virtual development of short, learner-centered activities for an adolescent food literacy curriculum. Informal interviews were conducted at the end of the academic year. Participants reported that the virtual service-learning project connected to their coursework, improved their confidence and professional communication, and was a safe space for growing their teaching practice. Findings were not generalizable due to the small n and purposive sampling, and participants were unable to teach adolescents during the pandemic. The service-learning project may be transferable to local health departments as there is a demonstrated need of alternative implementation models for health education interventions.

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Training to Teach: Exploring the Feasibility of Service-Learning Projects to Prepare Undergraduate Learners to Be Community Health Educators

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Jones,

Fetter

et al. 2023

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BackgroundPublic health students enrolled in residential in-person programs had to shift to remote learning in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a field that emphasizes experiential learning, which often include didactic components and supervised field placements (Kernan & Basch, 2022), instructors and graduate students enrolled in residential in-person programs transitioned to remote learning with limited knowledge of the impact this shift would have on students. The sudden shift to remote learning was not unique to students within the field of public health, with remote learning serving as the primary learning approach for all levels of higher education across the world.

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Impact of Transitioning to Remote Learning on Student Learning Interactions and Sense of Belonging Among Public Health Graduate Students

Zamora

August

Fossee

et al. 2022

Pedagogy in Health Promotion

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Student learning interactions and a sense of belonging are imperative to academic success within distance education settings. In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, students who intended to be educated through in-person learning environments had to shift to remote learning suddenly. In public health, a field that emphasizes experiential and interactive learning, instructors and graduate students enrolled in residential in-person programs transitioned to remote learning with limited knowledge of how this transition would impact student learning interactions and a sense of belonging. To address these gaps, we examined how remote learning impacted Master of Public Health students’ learning interactions with peers, instructors, course content, as well as their sense of belonging in an overall sample and stratified by program year. We found that students perceived challenges interacting with peers, content, and instructors, such as a lack of community and an inability to interact with instructors during course discussions. Students reported not feeling a sense of belonging when engaging with peers and instructors. Findings from this study shed light on the challenges that emerged after students transitioned to remote learning, namely disrupted student learning interactions and a decreased sense of belonging. The study provides recommendations for future remote teaching, which may be of utility to university instructors and administrators tasked with creating and implementing an interactive remote learning curriculum that provides students with a community to foster learning.

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Virtual sub-internships in otolaryngology: a scoping review of the transformation, implementation, and future directions amid and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

LA MONTE,

YOUSEF,

WATSON

2024

Otorhinolaryngology

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Adaptation of an In-Person Internship to a Virtual Format for Public Health Undergraduates

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Training to Teach: Exploring the Feasibility of Service-Learning Projects to Prepare Undergraduate Learners to Be Community Health Educators

Training to Teach: Exploring the Feasibility of Service-Learning Projects to Prepare Undergraduate Learners to Be Community Health Educators

Impact of Transitioning to Remote Learning on Student Learning Interactions and Sense of Belonging Among Public Health Graduate Students

Virtual sub-internships in otolaryngology: a scoping review of the transformation, implementation, and future directions amid and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

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