Field Experience
GUIDELINES FOR THE 4th FIELD EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:
You must “attend” 1 policy event, at least approximately 1 hour in length.
The event may be online and it must have a health policy focus. Online health policy events/ webinars will be posted from which you may choose. Event must be health-related.
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
1. At the event, take notes, and then write up an account and analysis of the event, using the template for field experience logs (below), and the Field Experience Rubric.
FIELD LOG GUIDELINES:
As a way of demonstrating completion of this course requirement, you must submit, in writing, field logs that detail certain aspects of the event. The template for field experience logs is below.
· Each event log should be three to five double-spaced pages of text.
· Provide only a brief summary of the event itself.
· The analysis section should be 550 to 800 words, and be the most developed component of the report. In the analysis section, you can write about the process of policy being made at this event, and/or you can write about the actual health policy issue being discussed/considered.
· Your analysis should reference at least two sources. They can be from the learning materials in this course or other sources, but should be current (within the last 3 months).
· Use APA format for citations and references.
TEMPLATE FOR FIELD EXPERIENCE LOGS :
· The name of the event/meeting and who has sponsored it.
· Describe the steps taken in preparation for the event (beyond listening or attending the event).
