HEALTH POLICY PRACTICUM

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in a Nursing graduate program Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the role and translation of research and other types of evidence in developing and revising policies in the selected agency or institution. Audience: Graduate 2. Critically appraise research and identify gaps related to the policies influencing the health problem, phenomenon, or population of interest. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate the ability to synthesize and communicate relevant research findings to individuals involved in policy-making, including key stakeholders. Audience: Graduate 4. Effectively Influence policy-makers through active participation at the program level on committees, boards, and/or task forces, and at the institutional, local, state, regional, national, and/or international levels to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate leadership in the design, development, implementation, and/or evaluation of program, institutional, local, state, federal, and/or international health policy as demonstrated in student practicum activities and deliverables. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the role and translation of research and other types of evidence in developing and revising policies in the selected agency or institution. Audience: Graduate 2. Critically appraise research and identify gaps related to the policies influencing the health problem, phenomenon, or population of interest. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate the ability to synthesize and communicate relevant research findings to individuals involved in policy-making, including key stakeholders. Audience: Graduate 4. Effectively Influence policy-makers through active participation at the program level on committees, boards, and/or task forces, and at the institutional, local, state, regional, national, and/or international levels to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate leadership in the design, development, implementation, and/or evaluation of program, institutional, local, state, federal, and/or international health policy as demonstrated in student practicum activities and deliverables. Audience: Graduate