Placement for Interprofessional Education
The interprofessional education site will provide the following for CHS students:
1. A full academic year, September-May, supervised field placement for CHS students
2. A placement which provides students an opportunity to experience 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. Students will have an opportunity to work with a variety of collaborating community groups or target populations 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 heath 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, cross cultural competency, data management, English communication, financial, leadership, research methods/statistics and/or systems management, program planning and evaluation, and 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 on-going 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 two CHS sponsored workshops: (1) September-ICCS Orientation and (2) April-Curriculum Feedback and Evaluation of ICCS process.
6. Provide general liability insurance to cover the CHS student while working at the Agency.
7. Meet the following agency criteria established in the Field Practice 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.