American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and DanceNational Convention
Session 331Charlotte, NC
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Susan M. Radius, PhD, MCHESProfessor & Program Director
Meghan M. Bailey, MS, CHES Lecturer & Internship Supervisor
Theresa K. Jackson, PhD, MPH, CHES
Public Health ScientistArmy Institute of Public Health
Susan M. Radius, PhD, MCHESMeghan M. Bailey, MS, CHES
Theresa K. Jackson, PhD, MPH, CHES
The following personal financial relationships with commercial interests relevant to this presentation existed during the past 12 months:
◦ No relationships to disclose
◦ To explore the relationship between students’ academic performance and internship outcomes
◦ To evaluate extent to which students are gaining exposure to selected NCHEC competencies
◦ To guide recommendations for undergraduate curricula and internship programs
Evaluations
◦ Midterm & Final
◦ 53 questions related to professionalism, personal attributes, organization skills, and communication skills
Two indicators assigned for each NCHEC competency
NCHEC Area Evaluation Indicators
1. Assess needs, assets, and capacity for health education
•Access, use, and evaluate reliable health resources•Uses knowledge of learning styles
2. Plan health education
•Develops goals and objectives prior to beginning project•Establishes priorities for completion of responsibilities
3. Implement health education
•Demonstrates teaching skills•Uses effective and appropriate strategies to meet objectives
4. Conduct evaluation and research related to health education
•Read and interpret research information•Develops/selects appropriate evaluation plans
5. Administer and manage health education
•Grant writing skills•Participates effectively in groups as a leader
6. Serve as a health education resource person
•Knows how and where to refer clients•Responds appropriately to questions from clients/students
7. Communicate and advocate for health and health education
•Demonstrates promotional and publicity skills•Demonstrates culture, gender, and racial sensitivity
Cumulative GPA
Majors’ course grades
Internship Evaluation Indicators Pearson p-values
II. Develops goals and objectives prior to beginning project
.215 .015
II. Establishes priorities for completion of responsibilities
.183 .038
IV. Develops and selects appropriate evaluation plans
.242 .026
V. Participates effectively in groups as a leader
.222 .024
VII. Demonstrates promotional and publicity skills
.201 .039
No statistically significant associations
Internship Evaluation Indicator Pearson
p-values
II. Establishes priorities for completion of responsibilities
.200 .023
II. Develops goals and objectives prior to beginning project
.180 .042
III. Uses effective and appropriate strategies to meet objectives
.227 .01
IV. Develops and selects appropriate evaluation plans
.214 .051
IV. Read and interpret research information .202 .034
V. Participates effectively in groups as a leader .207 .036
VI. Responds appropriately to questions from clients and students
.180 .044
VII. Demonstrates promotional and publicity skills .221 .023
Overall evaluation .177 .046
Internship Evaluation Indicator Pearson p-values
III. Uses effective and appropriate strategies to meet objectives
.173 .05
IV. Develops and selects appropriate evaluation plans
.222 .043
VII. Demonstrates promotional and publicity skills
.203 .037
Internship Evaluation Indicator Pearson p-values
IV. Develops and selects appropriate evaluation plans
.279 .01
V. Grantwriting skills -.025 .01
Internship Evaluation Measure Pearson p-values
II. Develops goals and objectives prior to beginning project
.176 .047
II. Establishes priorities for completion of responsibilities
.246 .005
III. Uses effective and appropriate strategies to meet objectives
.189 .032
Overall Evaluation .171 .053
Internship Evaluation Measure GPA
207 315 425 430 432
II. Develops goals and objectives prior to beginning project X X X
II. Establishes priorities for completion of responsibilities X X X
III. Uses effective and appropriate strategies to meet objectives X X X
IV. Develops and selects appropriate evaluation plans X X X X
IV. Read and interpret research informationX
V. Participates effectively in groups as a leaderX X
V. Grantwriting skills X
VI. Responds appropriately to questions from clients and students X
VII. Demonstrates promotional and publicity skillsX X X
Overall evaluation X X
I. Access, use, and evaluate reliable health resources
II. Uses knowledge of learning styles
III. Demonstrates teaching skills
VI. Knows how and where to refer clients
VII. Demonstrates culture, gender, and racial sensitivity
Would you consider hiring?
Agency supervisors
◦ Generous evaluators
◦ Biased; self-fulfilling prophecy
◦ Misinterpret evaluation items
◦ Different interpretations of indicators across diverse sites
Students
◦ Self-select placements in areas of strength
◦ Maturity
◦ Self-select major
Faculty
◦ Number of course instructors
◦ Easy vs. more rigorous graders
Courses
◦ Upper-level vs. lower-level abilities
◦ Cumulative GPA includes transferred grades
Not all NCHEC competencies represented on instrument
Instrument inconsistent in ability to capture qualities of interest
Selected NCHEC indicators may reflect other or >1 competency
Not all courses relate to success in internship measures
Not all competencies relate to success in courses
Despite quantity of significant correlations, no strong correlations emerged
Professionals & Agencies◦ Agencies should continue to evaluate transcripts
as part of the hiring process in health education.
Academic Institutions◦ Professional preparation programs may need to
adapt to address NCHEC competencies in a practical way.
◦ Internship experiences should complement other health education experiences – including the classroom.
Share evaluation with preceptors, faculty colleagues and students
Consider internship assessment tools that are more reflective of NCHEC
Cultivate preceptor understanding of program, NCHEC, etc.
Communicate to students that doing well can help to excel as health educator
Communicate to students that grades are NOT everything
Encourage faculty to incorporate NCHEC-related activities in coursework
Dr. Susan RadiusProfessor and Program Director
Meghan BaileyLecturer
Dr. Theresa JacksonPublic Health Scientist
US Army
For more information, please visit:
http://www.towson.edu/healthscience/healthed/internships/