The Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) is a culminating experience in the Andrews University MPH program, which allows students to synthesize and apply their knowledge of foundational and concentration public health competencies. Students register for the ILE concurrent or directly following the completion of the Applied Practice Experience. The ILE will come at the end of the program and should be completed within two semesters, one credit per semester, two credits total. The ILE will include either:
- Practice-based Projects
- Research-based Capstone
Practice-based Projects
In the practice-based project, the student will apply proven methods to monitor the health status of the community, investigate unusual occurrences of diseases or other conditions and implement preventive control measures based on current understanding of public health sciences. Students may also collect and analyze health data for the purpose of protecting the health of a particular community. The benefits and risks are experienced by the participants in the participating community only.
Research-based Capstone
In the research-based capstone, the student will test new strategies that are not known to be efficacious or explore novel approaches to public health needs. Thus, the research report will include the design of the study, rigorous monitoring of health outcomes and unexpected consequences to human subjects in the application of new experiments/interventions. In research-based capstone the student will collect and analyze data for the purpose of generating knowledge. This knowledge will benefit the general population beyond the participants in the participating community.
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- An overview of your project
- Why your project is important
- What, if anything, you would like to do in the future to expand your project