Coming to the public health forum “ARV Assistance and Implications for HIV Treatment Programs in Africa”on February 12th? Join the guest speaker for a catered lunch after!
For students attending the February 12th Public Health Forum, you are invited to a catered lunch with special guest Tobias Rinke de Wit. Come learn more about his work with ARV’s and HIV treatment in Africa, and more about his work at the PharmAccess Foundation and as the Principal Investigator at AMC.
Lunch will be held from 1:30-2:30 after the forum in the Talbot Board Room (Room 302).
Spots are limited! RSVP to Emily Morin at emorin@bu.edu by Monday, February 10th with “RSVP to PH Forum Lunch” in your subject line.
Follow-up information from the IH Concentrator’s Meeting “Practicum Nuts and Bolts”
IH Concentrator's Meeting on Practicums - follow-up
More than 50 IH Concentrators came out to hear alum and fellow students share about their experience of finding a practicum. Special thanks to our presenters: Dana Longobardi (Ghana), Samera Akhtar-Zaidi (Pakistan), Hubert Zirimwabagabo (Boston), Leslie Pierce and Samantha Xia (India)!
Below please find the slides from the event. In addition, see two handouts that were provided: 1) the IH Practicum Primer - a compact outline of links, resources and process information, and 2) Seven Years of BUSPH IH Practicum Organizations (2006 - 2013).
Student Practicum Presentation 1
Student Practicum Presentation 2
Student Practicum Presentation 3
Student Practicum Presentation 4
IH_Practicum_Primer (updated Spring 2014)
Here’s some additional information regarding practicum requirements:
There are a number of things to do to complete the practicum requirement. For an overview of the practicum process check out this graphic: http://sph.bu.edu/otlt/practicumDiagram/
You can also go to the Practice Office website, where you can download a practicum handbook and search current and past practicum opportunities: http://sph.bu.edu/practicum/
Enhancing your Cross-Cultural knowledge will increase your ability to work effectively in a different cultural setting. This online, Cross-Cultural training course can help you whether you are working across cultures at home or abroad. Please prioritize some time to work through this training program before going on your practicum: http://sph.bu.edu/otlt/culturalawareness/
If you have secured a placement, you are ready to:
1) Request Approval from IH Faculty Representative, either Jim Wolff or Joe Anzalone. You’ll need to provide us with the name of the agency & field supervisor's information, dates of practicum, the credits you wish to register for (0 to 4). Before submitting, you should connect with Wolffy or myself to inform us about your practicum plans. Begin by going to the Practice Web: http://sph.bu.edu/practicum/practiceweb/student/studentwelcome.aspx
You will also need approval from the Practice Office, which allows you to register for your intended credits. (You'll need to comply with add/drop deadlines for the semester in which you are doing your practicum.) After you complete the registration process for your practicum, you can proceed with:
2) Submitting your Learning Contract & Scope of Work
3) Complete a Waiver & Checklist (when going outside of US; be sure to have both medical & evacuation coverage.)
4) Mid-Point review; Field Supervisor Evaluation; and the Student Evaluation (typically completed during the Practicum Finale seminar).
5) Abstract & Poster Guides - in preparing for the Practicum Finale Poster & Seminar day.
6) Submit a Practicum Report to the IH Blast, due two weeks after completing your practicum. A suggested outline is further below.
(A number of Practicum Reports are posted online via: https://bu.digication.com/GoIH/ ; If you cannot access, you many need to activate an account before you can go to this URL.)
7) In addition to your practicum, you need to attend two professional development seminars to complete your MPH practicum requirement. Those sessions are run by the practice office - see
http://sph.bu.edu/images/stories/scfiles/practice/how_to_workshops.pdf These do not need to be done prior to your practicum, but must be done to complete your practicum requirement.
USEFUL PRACTICUM LINKS:
Practice Office Blackboard site - deadlines / resources / Printable Forms
http://blackboard.bu.edu/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_2185_1
SPH Practice Office Website: http://sph.bu.edu/practice/
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Submit Trip Reports via the IH Blast: https://www.bu.edu/ghblast/gh-practicum/gh-trip-report-outline/
Practicum Report Outline. (These Reports are due two weeks after completing your practicum and should be submitted either electronically or in hard copy form by the practicum finale seminar. Practicum Reports model Trip Reports which are a common way for those in international work to document for their clients and superiors activities they have undertaken. Trip Reports often introduce the deliverable done in completion of a scope of work.
All IH Concentrators submit a Practicum Report as part of their practicum, including those doing a domestic placement. Adapt the outline as needed to fit their particular circumstance.
Suggested Outline for Trip Report (3 to 5 page maximum, not including annexes/deliverables)
Title Page (with Title, Author, Date, Acknowledgements
I. Executive Summary - (Summarize the key points of the report in one page or less.)
II. Background/Intro
a. Description of Client Organization
b. How you found this opportunity
c. Describe relevant Public Health Issues
d. Describe your Final Scope of Work
III. Activities/What you did
IV. Observations or Recommendations
a. (Also included if you would advise another student to do this, and whether interested others may read your trip report)
V. Next Steps/Follow up Actions
VI. Annexes:
a. List of Meetings & Key Events
b. Meeting Notes
c. Contacts: Person's Name, Contact Info; Identify helpful people.
d. Key Documents/Instruments/deliverables used or created.
e. Budget / Expenses - (Rough estimate of cost of doing your practicum.)
Tufts University’s Feinstein Institute: Full-time opportunity: Ethiopia/ENGINE Project Data Analyst position
The Feinstein International Center's goal is to develop and promote operational and policy responses to protect and strengthen the livelihoods of people living in crisis effected and marginalized communities, impacted by violence, malnutrition or loss of assets. We work globally to understand the causes and effects of marginalization, famine, conflict, and forced displacement and with national and international organizations to bring about institutional changes that enhance effective policy reform and promote best practice.
ENGINE (Empowering New Generations to Improve Nutrition and Economic opportunities) is a 5 year, USD 50 million USAID funded project in Ethiopia that aims to strengthen nutrition sensitive programming across national, regional and local level programs and policies at the health facilities and community levels. Save the Children USA are leading the project with partners Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communications Programs (CCP), Land O’Lakes Inc., Tufts University and Valid International.
Grassroots Initiatives for Global Health conference at MIT Feb. 8th, free admission!
GlobeMed at MIT is proud to invite you to our first conference…
Grassroots Initiatives for Global Health
Saturday, February 8th, 2014
9:30am to 4:30pm
Learn more and register at: globemed.mit.edu/2014-conference
GlobeMed at MIT is proud to invite you to our first conference, where we explore the importance of a grassroots initiatives approach to global health. We have some great speakers lined up, as you'll see on the itinerary listed below.
We hope that this event will serve as a great chance to learn from those seasoned in the field, a forum for the exchange of ideas, and an excellent networking opportunity. While the event is geared towards Boston-area students and local global health professionals, it is open to the public and we encourage anyone interested to attend! The conference is free of charge.
We ask that you register no later than January 31st via this form. Please register ASAP as we will be forced to close registration should we reach capacity.
For more detailed information and speaker bios, please visit the event webpage here. Also feel free to contact either Emma Broderick at efb@mit.edu or Rafa Rahman at rahmanr@mit.edu.
Itinerary
9:30am - 10:00am Event Check-in
10:00am - 10:10am Opening Remarks by GlobeMed at MIT
10:10am -10:30am Opening Speech by Liana Woskie of Harvard Initiative on Global Health Quality
10:30am - 11:30am Panel: Boston-area Global Health Organizations
· Moderator: Owen Robinson of Haiti Cardiac Alliance (HCA)
· Adam Korn of Save a Child’s Heart
· Ann Peralta of the Peace Corps
· Partners in Health
11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm – 1:30pm Break-out Sessions
· Amee Amin and Suchitra Kulkarni of Article 25
· Jose Gomez-Marquez of Little Devices @ MIT
· Jon Shaffer of Partners in Health
· Jenny Schechter and Kevin Fiori of Hope through Health
· GlobeMed at Boston College
· GlobeMed at MIT
1:45pm - 3:45pm Screening of Pray the Devil Back to Hell and Q&A with director Gini Reticker
3:45pm - 4:15pm Closing Speech by Peter Luckow of Last Mile Health
Caring Communities Open House with the Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights’ at Boston Medical Center
What is it like to flee your home and start life over in a new country?
What challenges do survivors face as they rebuild their lives after torture?
Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights' at Boston Medical Center (BCRHHR) invites you to attend our Caring Communities Open House on Thursday, February 13, 2014 from 6:00- 7:00PM!
Meet the Center's staff and learn about refugees, the asylum seeking process and how BCRHHR cares for the health needs-and beyond-of survivors of torture living in the Boston area. Also, enjoy some of our international refreshments!
Hope to see you there!
To REGISTER, please follow this link : https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=nfbsoncab&oeidk=a07e8t6rje3e34c1f42
ABOUT BCRHHR
Founded in 1998, BCRHHR is a local non-profit that provides comprehensive medical care coordinated with social services and legal aid to meet the special needs of asylum seekers, torture survivors, refugees and their families living in the Greater Boston area.
Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellowship application open!
The Pardee Center is now accepting applications for 2014 Graduate Summer Fellows! http://www.bu.edu/pardee/2014/01/31/2014-pardee-graduate-fellowships/
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager with Sparks MicroGrants
Monitoring and Evaluation Manager with Spark MicroGrants.
