Overview
Information for Partner Organizations
If you need an extra set of hands for a project at your organization, our MPH students have the skills and expertise to offer their support.
Applied practice experience opportunities with our students occur three times annually, in the spring, summer and fall. Typically, a student begins seeking opportunities about two to three months before the intended partnership begins. A student may contact you to request information about your organization and the potential opportunities for supporting your priority needs. If the opportunity is a good fit for both you and the student, the student will begin developing a learning contract to outline the scope of the engagement. At the beginning of the applied practice experience each semester, the Office of Public Health Practice hosts a preceptor orientation and a student orientation.
If your organization would like to promote needs you may have, please use the suggested template below to outline the opportunities. The purpose of this description is to be a conversation starter between you and the student and will be posted on our website. Email Laura Vinson to share a draft of the proposed opportunity, ask questions, or to request a recording of a previous informational session.
Information For Students
Students are encouraged to share the Overview For Partners document with a potential partner organization to help explain the requirements. Once the student registers and the course begins, there will be an orientation for the preceptor from the partner organization.
There are multiple ways a student may seek a partner organization. The following are suggestions for students to consider:
- Personal network: With what organizations have you previously volunteered?
- Long-term goals: With what organizations might you seek employment?
- Online search: Consider your local community nonprofits and other associations.
- Examples: Local food banks, United Way, American Diabetes Association, American Red Cross, Area Health Education Centers.
- Local & state health departments and state public health associations
- Current student opportunities: Listed below.
- Email Laura Vinson, applied practice experience manager.
Another strategy to help brainstorm is to refer to the affiliation agreement list to see names of organizations. However, students are not limited to working with organizations that have an affiliation agreement.
The following partner organizations have identified opportunities available for Spring 2024. More opportunities will be shared as they become available.
With questions, email manager Laura Vinson or email vice dean Brandon Grimm, PhD, MPH.
- Association of Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Professionals & UNMC's Center for Preparedness & Emergency Response Solutions
- Calistus Multiple Myeloma Foundation
- CHI Health
- Doane University - Tiger Wellness
- Food in the Field - UNL Extension
- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Heart Disease and Stroke Program
- UNMC, Central States Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
- Project Extra Mile - Coming soon