Region IV Public Health Training Center Field Placement: National Senior Games Association (NSGA)

 

Region IV Pathways to Practice Scholars Field Placement Program

The Pathways to Practice Scholars program provides an opportunity for current public health students to gain practical experience working with seasoned public health practitioners (mentors) serving or working on behalf of underserved communities or populations. All field placements are intended to enhance a student’s professional skills and knowledge while giving them the opportunity to use skills learned in the classroom. Broad areas that might be addressed by a field placement experience are: epidemiology or biostatistics, health policy, health management, health promotion and education, global health, health communications, environmental health, or refugee health.  A limited number of awarded student scholars will be placed in organizations in the Region IV Public Health Training Center’s eight states, which are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Students selected to be a Pathways to Practice Scholar will receive an award total of $3500 for the field placement program from the R-IV PHTC Central Office at Emory University.

Student Scholar Support

All student scholars will work directly with a seasoned public health practitioner who will be their mentor. In addition, the Region IV PHTC Program Manager/Coordinator will provide all scholars with orientation to the field placement program and ongoing support and assistance.

Student Scholar Commitments

In addition to agency deliverables, students will be expected to develop the following items in conjunction with mentors:

• Competency-based Work Plan
• Field Placement Report*
• Photos of Experience

* If a student is using this field placement to complete a practicum or graduation requirement for their own institution, the student should contact Tamira Moon (tmmoon@emory.edu) at the R-IV PHTC to inquire if those deliverables can be used to meet the Student Scholar commitments. In addition to the requirements of this program, student scholars will be expected to abide by all the policies and procedures of the institution where they are enrolled.

Currently, The National Senior Games Association (NSGA) is still accepting placements. 

Position title: National Senior Games Association Intern 

Location: This is a remote position. However, travel will be required on May 9th, 2022 to attend the NSG sports event at: 3204 Gulf To Bay Blvd., Clearwater FL, 33758 

Agency Website: www.NSGA.com 

Number of positions available: 1 (Spring 2022) 

Desired Start and End Dates: Start January 2022, Final report due to NSGA by May 10 -18, 2022

Interested students should apply as soon as possible. Applications are reviewed and considered in the order they are received. 

TO APPLY: 

Please submit the required documents following specifications above (writing sample, resume, cover letter indicating the agency name and citizenship/visa status) to Tamira M. Moon at tmmoon@emory.edu with the subject line “Spring 2022 Applicant: FL – National Senior Games Association.

DESCRIPTION: 

The following position is offered as a field placement through the Region IV Public Health Training Center (http://www.sph.emory.edu/r4phtc). National Senior Games (NSG) mission is to enhance older adult health and well-being through sports, fitness and health education. NSG conducts a bi-annual sports and health festival and is a multi-sport member of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. The purpose of this spring intern position is to assist NSGA with an art and equity initiative that will provide opportunities for a diverse group of older adults in Broward County Florida to experience visual, musical, and/or movement arts as pathways to enhanced well-being and health. With the support of the International Arts + Mind Lab, NSG will engage in cross sector collaborative planning with Arts of the Olympians, the Cleveland Clinic Florida and Broward Convention Center to design interactive arts experiences in community and medical facilities including special programming from 5/10-23, 2022. 

THE STUDENT WILL ASSIST WITH THE FOLLOWING PROJECT ACTIVITIES: 

1. Assess community needs and readiness in arts for health/medicine programming. 

2. Assist in program planning for marketing and delivery to primary and secondary audiences. 

3. Assist in the delivery of targeted programming in community and health care settings. 4. Conduct exit interview assessments of audiences. 

PUBLIC HEALTH COMPETENCIES/SKILLS STUDENT MAY STRENGTHEN DURING PLACEMENT: 

1. Analytic/Assessment 

2. Communication 

3. Cultural Competency 

4. Program Planning

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY: 

Preference will be given to masters or doctoral level public health graduate students. Students must complete the program prior to graduation. Past recipients of the Pathways to Practice Award are not eligible to apply again. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Previous background in movement, visual, vocal arts with an interest in health and the arts. Your cover letter should include the semesters you are applying for (Spring 2022), the title of the position you are applying to, and citizenship or permanent resident visa status. In your resume, include the name of your degree program, department, year of study (e.g. 1st year MPH student), and expected graduation date. Please also send a writing sample. 

WORK AUTHORIZATION: 

U.S. Citizen, Permanent U.S. Resident Citizenship statement: The Region IV Public Health Training Center is a federally-funded program which has a citizenship requirement. To be eligible to apply for this position, you must be either a U.S. citizen, a non-citizen U.S. national, or a foreign national having in your possession a visa permitting permanent residence in the U.S. 

AWARD LEVEL: 

$3,500 award * Note: Travel costs will not be covered by the program beyond the total $3,500 award. 

APPROXIMATE HOURS PER WEEK & DURATION: 

Approximately 20 hours a week for 10 weeks. *Students may be limited in the minimum or maximum number of hours they can work per semester based on their university, school or degree’s policies. If this work will be also be used as a graduation requirement, the student should verify those requirements and abide by their university policies. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 

Please read the “Student Scholar Field Placement Guidebook” for more details about the Pathways to Practice Scholars Program and requirements. It is located on the Field Placements page of the Region IV PHTC 

website: http://www.sph.emory.edu/r4phtc.  

*PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE AGENCY DIRECTLY