An Interprofessional Education Site provides the following opportunities for CHHS students:

1. Supervised field placements during the academic year:
   
   
   • 6 hours/week for juniors (minimum of 1 semester)
     
     
   • 8 hours/week for seniors (minimum of 2 semesters)
     
     
2. A diversity of experiences of the various perspectives and professional working relationships involved in a multidisciplinary environment, either working internally across departments of an agency and/or externally among agencies working on collaborative community projects.
   
   
3. Work with a variety of collaborating community groups or selected populations that the agency or project serves.
   
   
4. Experiences, activities and duties that assist the student in achieving at least five Major Learning Outcomes (MLOs) including the following three:
   
   
   • Collaboration Skills
     Ability to work in teams in interprofessional settings across traditional lines of programs, agencies, disciplines, and diverse communities to establish common missions and purposes
     
     
   • Ethical Foundations of Health and Human Services
     Ability to articulate the values and ethics which are the foundation for health and human services practice, to recognize areas of conflict between professional values and personal values, and to clarify conflicting values in the delivery of health and human services
     
     
   • Knowledge of Health and Human Service Practices
     Knowledge of the fundamental concepts, issues, practices and skills for each of the major health and human service fields
     
     
   and at least two of the following additional MLOs:
   
   
   • Conflict Resolution,Negotiation, and Mediation
     
     
   • Cross Cultural Competency
     
     
   • Information Management
     
     
   • Professional Communication
     
     
   • Financial Management
     
     
   • Leadership
     
     
   • Statistics and Research Methods and/or Systems Management
     
     
   • Public Policy Analysis
     
     
5. Agency Mentors agree to the following:
   
   
   • Share organizational values, experiences and contacts with the student to facilitate a successful interprofessional education internship
     
     
   • Provide the student with formal orientation to the agency including it's mission, policies and procedures, departments or programs, and any collaborating partnerships in the community at the beginning of the internship
     
     
   • Provide ongoing supervision of at least one hour per week to discuss the student's progress on projects and learning activities
     
     
   • Provide adequate workspace and training for the student to perform the duties required by the agency and fulfill the designated MLOs
     
     
   • Include the student in agency staff and committee meetings, conferences and seminars, and any related activities that provide the student with opportunities for making professional contacts
     
     
   • Facilitate student access to appropriate agency records for the student's research and class assignments, respecting the confidentiality of clients
     
     
   • Evaluate the student's strengths and accomplishments and areas needing improvement in a written mid-term and final evaluation
     
     
   • Attend one HHSPP Orientation for Field Mentors Workshop in Spring or Fall
     
     

6. Provide general liability insurance to cover the CHHS student while working at the Agency
   
   
7. Meet the following agency criteria established in the Field Practice Program Guidelines:
   

• The agency's philosophy of service and practice should embody the ethics and values of social work and public health
  
  
• The agency is in good standing in the community and in its respective profession
  
  
• The agency's programs or collaborative network is broad enough for the student to experience the various perspectives and professional relationships internally between units of an agency and/or externally between agencies working on a collaborative multidisciplinary project
  
  
• The agency's administration, staff and governing body are aware of and support the goals of field-based education and allow the Agency Mentor to provide adequate time for mentoring the student(s)
  
  
• The agency is willing to accept students without regard to age, gender, race, national origin, physical disabilities or sexual orientation
  
  
• The agency will provide a safe environment, physically and emotionally