Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Date Submitted: Nov 28, 2021
Date Accepted: Jan 27, 2022
Date Submitted to PubMed: Mar 7, 2022
Adaptation of an In-Person Internship to a Virtual Format for Public Health Undergraduates
ABSTRACT
The disruption of traditional, in-person learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the rapid development and use of revised and novel learning opportunities using a variety of remote instructional methodologies. This viewpoint describes the process used by an undergraduate Public Health program to transition a traditional, in-person, semester-long, 480-hour internship to a virtual-only learning experience with no needed modifications to existing student learning outcomes. Working closely with public health professionals at existing internship agencies, alumni from the program, and the student interns, program faculty developed a modified virtual internship composed of six components. Development of this modified virtual internship model was guided by previous research on the components of successful internships and the elements of high-impact learning practices.
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