OVERSITE
COMMITTEE
PURPOSE
The purpose of this oversight committee is to develop and periodically
evaluate the MPH program. This committee is also responsible for
MPH admission decisions; curriculum review; development and revision
of mission, goals and objectives; program evaluation; program
planning; strategic planning; and other issues that affect the
MPH program. In addition, this committee is responsible for assuring
the relevance of the MPH curriculum, the quality of instruction,
the suitability and recruitment of students, the insightfulness
of research, and the adequacy of resources.
STRUCTURE
Committee Chair: MPH Program Coordinator
Committee
Members: Two or three MPH program faculty, one alumni representative,
one MPH student representative, and one community representative.
Ad
Hoc Members: Department of Health Science Curriculum Committee
Chair and Academic Department Head
INITIAL
CHARGE
Establish
a formal mechanism to track and obtain feedback from MPH students,
alumni and community members.
Ensure that the MPH program maintains an identity that is separate
and distinct from the other programs in the department.
Develop
criteria by which the committee can determine if the MPH program
is fulfilling its mission statement.
Ensure
that MPH students have a role in the decision-making that affects
their program
Develop
a formalized system of curriculum and individual syllabus review,
which also takes into consideration evaluation from students,
alumni and preceptors. Ensure that the curriculum provides a balance
between public health, community health education, and management
and administration of health education programs. Ensure that any
overlap among core MPH courses is essential, not redundant.
Ensure
that program and course learning objectives provide appropriate
emphasis to community health education preparation, and not just
to general public health.
Develop
standard questions for MPH final examinations that address basic
public health knowledge and community health education concepts
(with variable questions in the student’s area of interest
still at the discretion of the final examination committee).
Ensure
that exit interviews are completed with those who leave the program
(either by graduation or other).
Continue
to maintain and further expand a detailed record of those students
who apply, enter, and exit the program.
Initiate
recruitment efforts to ensure a student enrollment that continues
to represent the racial and ethnic diversity of the Southwest,
particularly Hispanic and Native Americans.
Ensure
that MPH Program web pages are expanded to include information
specific to the MPH program that describes its policies and procedures,
opportunities for participation in governance, availability of
computers and other resources, internship sites and requirements,
and information about the MPHSO student association.
Consider
making the advising system more systematic, including requiring
students to meet with advisors upon admittance to the program,
expanding student advisement documentation records, and incorporating
career counseling information into a graduate seminar course.
Meeting Minutes March 1, 2003
