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  1. http://eta.health.usf.edu/publichealth/2013Orientation/COPH_promo.avihttp://eta.health.usf.edu/publichealth/2013Orientation/COPH_promo.avi

  2. Getting Started

  3. Getting Started: First Things First • Get USF ID Card • Get USF Parking Permit • Meet with Advisor • Register • Get USF Health email account

  4. Getting Started: Public Health • All programs built around Core Competencies • MPH Core Competencies • Concentration Competencies

  5. Getting Started: Public Health • Investigate, determine, and address socio-ecological factors that affect the health of a community. • Apply the study of patterns of death, disease, and disability to the prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) of health issues. • Apply statistical reasoning and methods to address, analyze, and solve problems in public health. • Apply principles of risk assessment, communication, and management in relation to issues of environmental justice and equity • Apply the principles of systems thinking to program planning, implementation, and evaluation in organizational, community, and policy initiatives. • Apply principles of evidence-based public health to assessment and prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) of public health issues. • Integrate into public health practice strategies responsive to diverse cultural values and traditions of priority populations. • 2. Apply public health ethical principles. • 3. Demonstrate effective written and oral skills for communicating with different stakeholders. • 4. Demonstrate leadership and professionalism in public health practice.

  6. Getting Started: Public Health • Program Check sheetshttp://health.usf.edu/publichealth/catalog/2012-2013/03_programs_offered.html • MPH degree-seeking students • complete the electronic competencies section of your Student Portfoliofor your concentration • MPH and DrPH require field experiences • Culminating experiences • MPH: Special Project; Capstone Course; Comprehensive exam • MSPH: Thesis • PhD: Qualifying exam; Dissertation • DrPH: Qualifying exam; Practice-based dissertation

  7. Getting Started: Registration • All first semester students have registration holds. • Hold removed when • Program Check Sheet completed and signed • Immigration reminders • F-1 and J-1 graduate students must be enrolled for a minimum of 9 credit hrs for Fall and Spring semesters; • F-1 students must enroll in at least 6 credits of on-campus courses (i.e., not on-line) • Meet with an immigration advisor at International Services (IS) on main campus if they have questions.www.global.usf.edu • Academic accommodations for a disability may be arranged by contacting the office of Services for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations: www.sds.usf.edu

  8. Getting Started: Transfers/Substitutions • See COPH Academic and Student Affairs staff for assistance. • Non-Degree Seeking Students • Only 12 credits taken as a non-degree student at the University of South Florida (USF) can be transferred into a program with grades of "B" or higher. • No transcript will be required for USF courses. • Degree Seeking Students • Only 12 credits with grades of "B" or higher taken at another university can be transferred into your program per department/advisor approval. • An official transcript will be required unless on file in your COPH permanent record in the Academic and Student Affairs Office.

  9. Getting Started: Transfers/Substitutions

  10. Getting Acclimated • Communication • USF Health email account • MoBull • Course access • Canvas • USF Health Bookstore • USF Bookstore • Book rental program • Building access • Computer labs

  11. Getting the Most • Find a good mentor (or two) • Get real-world experience: Research; Practice; Teaching • Attend seminars, workshops, lectures, etc. • Really Experience Field Experience • Be strategic: Certificates, Special Project/Thesis/Dissertation • Use USF and COPH career services • Experience the USF and COPH culture • PHSA, COPH student organizations; Bull Market; Recreation center; Riverfront park; Marshall Center; Football games • Experience Tampa Bay!

  12. Getting Done • Don’t miss important dates and deadlines • Work towards graduation • Don’t get dismissed • Cheating • Plagiarism • Academic Grievance • Don’t lose focus • MPH/MSPH= 5 years • PhD/DrPH=7 years • Utilize the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Resource Center • Utilize USF and COPH Career Services

  13. Getting Certified: CPH • We expect that your exposure to and acquisition of the competencies (ASPH and USF COPH) will help prepare you for the voluntary national certification exam in public health. As of 2010, the exam can be taken by: • 1) students who have yet to graduate but have taken 21 credits including all of the core courses and • 2) those who have graduated from the College. It is never too early to begin studying for this exam! • www.publichealthexam.org

  14. GET GOING!

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