Section outline

    • Module Description

      Module Lead: Dr Jennifer Randall (jennifer.randall@qmul.ac.uk) 

      Welcome to PHIP!!! Please watch my welcome video

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      In this module students will work with a staff member and community collaborator(s) on a public or global health project. Students will have the opportunity to apply their skills, knowledge and experience to a "real-life" public health problem. Working as a research team and being responsible for individual tasks, students will gain experience in delivering across the life cycle of the research process.


      Learning Aims and Outcomes

      The aim of this module is to provide an opportunity for students to apply their skills, knowledge and experience to a public health issue. Students will learn to work in a research team, organise the research process from research question formulation, research design, conducting research, to analysis and dissemination.  They will make connections with local and global health partners and will refine their leadership and teamwork skills to prepare them for their careers. 

      • At the end of this module you will have gained knowledge of communication (written and oral), organisational and personal/time management, problem solving, setting objectives, negotiating and interaction with employers and work colleagues, meeting deadlines, accepting criticism, and the need for self-awareness of strengths and limitations

      Let's Root for Each Other and Watch Each Other Grow

      Please watch this video to learn about the projects we will work on together in this module. 
       



    • MODULE EXPECTATIONS

      TEACHING ARRANGEMENTS

      We will meet online in seminars on Fridays from 14:30-18:00. Small groups will be organised by Friday September 18. 

      These are the core learning experience of the module. How you engage with SEMINARS, is therefore crucial to your success.

      “We cannot enter the struggle as objects in order later to become subjects.” 

      (Paulo Freire, quoted in (bell hooks, 1994) 

      Welcome to our unit’s new module: Public Health in Practice. 

       The academic purpose of this module is to consolidate some of your learning from the last two years on theory and methods and put this into practice within two “real world problems”. In terms of your professional and personal development I hope that his module can be a place where you consolidate some ideas about how and why you work as a global public health practitioner. These are the main topics we hope to cover in this module:

      1. Understanding and applying a social science vocabulary 
      2. Integrating methods and theory 
      3. Semi-structured interview techniques 
      4. Thematic analysis
      5. Basic ethnographic techniques 
      6. Basic statistical analysis 
      7. Basic questionnaire development 
      8. Oral and Written Dissemination skills 
      9. Applying lessons to your own research interests and dissertation plans 
      10. Employability skills and CV development 

      Student support: 

      I look forward to supporting your academic development over the next 12 weeks! The university offers a range of academic and pastoral support and I am happy to signpost you to others when your needs are beyond my professional capacity. I offer three hours of posted office hours each week. I am willing to meet at other times when possible. I expect to see each of you at least one time throughout the year. I am not available on Mondays. I use Mondays to prepare for the week! 

      Expectations of my students:

      1. I expect students to prepare. 
      2. I expect students to think critically. 
      3. I expect honesty. 
      4. I expect respect for others and their perspectives. 
      5. I expect humility. 
      6. I expect energy and enthusiasm for SOMETHING (doesn’t have to be drug policy or anything we discuss but I want to see a passion for something). 
      7. I expect bravery in putting yourself out there with your ideas and your convictions. 
      8. I expect you to learn something from each other and see that each person has something to teach us. 


      Promises to my students:
       
      1. I promise to be clear on my expectations of my students and they are high. 
      2. I promise to come to class prepared and to be excited about the material 
      3. I promise to provide you with a creative and supportive learning environment in which you feel comfortable to question and think through some difficult topics.
      4.  I promise to re-evaluate the class if and when it becomes ineffective. 
      5. I promise to be honest, respectful, humble, empathetic, compassionate and available. 
      6. I promise I will learn as much from you as I hope you learn from me.