CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING There are many valuable Work Integrated learning (WIL) opportunities within the MPH that help students to apply their learning into practice and develop skills needed to enter the workforce after graduation. Perhaps the most obvious of these are MPH Capstone experiences which are often the launching pad for students to consolidate their experiences, strengthen existing skills, learn new ones, create networks and develop career pathway opportunities.
Since the beginning of the PPU placements in 2012 up to the end of this year, 215 MPH students have had placement experiences in a range of public health workplaces in Melbourne, rural and international contexts. Led by Sue Durham, many of these experiences have led to employment either directly via the hosting agency or networks, having references and often most importantly having passions realised. Valuable MPH alumni placement hosts continue their contributions to the school and extend and enrich the MSPGH community. The Capstone research project has been running since the MPH started and for the last 3 years, Dr Alison Barr has been coordinating this with more than 300 students who have now come through the program.
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