Public Health Sciences

Fill Your Portfolio 

Students must collect 10 points to fill their portfolio.  Evidence of completion includes “artifacts” and written entry for each activity.  Artifact examples include:   

• Pictures while involved in the activity 
• Documentation by the activity directors (i.e., volunteer coordinator, manager, etc.)  
• Completed course assignments  
• Certificates of completion  
• Email confirmations 

Written entry for each activity is to be approximately 250  words and must demonstrate the connection between the activity and at minimum one (1) of the program learning outcomes below:  

• Foundational Clinical Knowledge:  Demonstrate knowledge of foundational natural and physical sciences.  
• Evidence-Based Practice: Analyze evidence to appraise clinical and patient outcomes.  
• Healthcare Administration: Demonstrate foundational knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system delivery and management.  
• Public Health and Education: Identify strategies for protecting, promoting, and assuring population health outcomes. 
• Safe and Informed Care: : Identify methods to support quality population health outcomes for all.  
• Interprofessionalism: Practice effective interprofessional communication and collaboration.   

TIP: BOLD the specific learning outcome in your submission for easier review.   

Submission Example: 

Entry Title: Use the activity name and point value when creating the title for your submission, example, KS Train Module – 1 point.  

 For this activity, I completed a module through KS Train. The training module I completed was Public Health Ethics, as part of my PHS 300 course at WSU. This course is instrumental in understanding ethics within healthcare, as it compared several healthcare conflicts and situations to help me make the best ethical decisions. By applying my healthcare knowledge to real-life scenarios, I was challenged to work within ethical frameworks. This exposure allowed me to see various situations that I might not have considered and explore effective solutions, enabling me to confidently address similar issues in the future. Understanding public health ethics is crucial for healthcare workers to handle daily tough decisions respectfully. 

This course helped me identify good principles of decision-making and incorporate ethics into healthcare practices. The portfolio activity aligns with evidence-based practice as I engaged with real-life scenarios to enhance my understanding and test my decision-making skills based on what I had learned. By applying classroom knowledge to this module and learning additional material, I took a significant step toward a healthcare career. Overall, this course provides future healthcare workers with an excellent opportunity to simulate real-life experiences and practice ethical decision-making, ensuring they are well-prepared for their professional roles. 

Health Science Professional Documents Requirement 

Health Science students must meet with the Shocker Career Accelerator for the following, the mock interview and resume review can be completed in the same appointment. The LinkedIn Optimization is separate. Please include these items on one page of your notebook. It is not necessary to complete a written entry. 

1. Mock Job Interview – Attach rubric used by the Shocker Career Accelerator 
2. Resume Review – Attach rubric used by the Shocker Career Accelerator and your final updated resume based on their recommendations 
3. LinkedIn Optimization – Schedule a LinkedIn Optimization Appointment to have them help update your profile. 

Fill Your Portfolio 

Students must collect 10 points to fill their portfolio.  Evidence of completion includes “artifacts” and written entry for each activity.  Artifact examples include:   

• Pictures while involved in the activity
• Documentation by the activity directors(i.e., volunteer coordinator, manager, etc.) 
• Completed course assignments 
• Certificates of completion 
• Email confirmations

Written entry for each activity is to be approximately 250  words and must demonstrate the connection between the activity and at minimum one (1) of the program learning outcomes below:  

• Communication: Communicate healthcare information, in oral and written forms using appropriate media tailored to specific audiences.   
• Analytic Assessment: Use healthcare information for analysis and decision making.      
• Healthcare Policy and Administration: Describe the evolution of the healthcare system and roles and issues across local, national, and global health systems.    
• Evidence Based Practice and Quality Improvement: Demonstrate how to connect and use data to promote, protect and assure improved health outcomes and knowledge.    
• Leadership and Management: Exhibit an understanding of healthcare leadership, management, and policy.    
• Health Disparities: Identify health-related social, cultural, and economic trends that impact health outcomes.  
• Professionalism: Demonstrate a commitment to professionalism, ethics, stewardship and lifelong learning in healthcare.  

TIP: BOLD the specific learning outcome in your submission for easier review.  

Submission Example: 

Entry Title: Use the activity name and point value when creating the title for your submission, example, IHI Basic Certificate in Quality & Safety - 3 Points. 

Through the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, I was able to complete their Basic Certificate in Quality & Safety. This nearly 18 hour certification course required knowledge of evidence based practice & quality improvement; teaching improvement capability, patient safety, person- & family-centered care, leadership, and Triple Aim. The most valuable information I gained from this course was the use of different models, especially in harm reduction. Tools like the ‘Swiss Cheese Model’ and ‘Ask Me 3’ might not be the most valuable tools, but they are great to keep in mind when talking about patient safety and individual-based care. As a Health Management major especially, I felt it was very valuable considering this would be out of my in-person purview at a future job. Although I wouldn’t work with patients hands on, it is never any less my responsibility to make sure they are properly taken care of and hold their providers accountable. This is very fitting considering the entire basis of the course is quality improvement (QI). Methods like the Swiss Cheese Model mentioned above are especially important here because of their evidence based practice involved. There is an example used in the training above of a girl with an infected central line, because of both overall improper protocol along with a nurse not washing her hands. Practices like these are not just for patient-centered care or leadership, it’s about evidence-based protocols and their important role in quality improvement for a healthcare facility.