ESHE 364: Pre-Professional Fieldwork in ESHE
Prerequisite: Junior standing and instructor's permission; minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA
Credit Hours: (3)
Provides junior level ESHE students with the opportunity to integrate previous course work with practical field experience. Offers students 120-150 on-site work hours to apply theory to practice.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
Successful completion of ESHE 364 requires cooperation between the intern, site supervisor, faculty supervisor, and the ESHE fieldwork coordinator. During the field work experience students are expected to function as employees for the selected sites. In addition to typical work efforts, specific written assignments, including weekly work logs, final paper, and other assignments will be required. It is intended that the student be introduces to his/her role as a prospective professional and begin to network with other professionals. Students are expected to begin to develop skills that will be pertinent to eventual employment opportunities. Students will be able to integrate course work with their selected fields of employment. Experiences may include, but are not limited to, the following: directing exercise, encouraging patients, operating and maintaining standard equipments, bandaging, administering or observing rehabilitation, observation, front desk tasks, scripted use of telephone using computers and pertinent programs, promotions, advertising, personal training, completing special projects, accounting record keeping and record maintenance. Students are expected to be better prepared to complete the senior level ESHE 463 fieldwork experience after completing the ESHE 364 program.
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
While the primary methods for relaying information will be lecture and discussion, practical and simulated experiences will be employed when appropriate. Role playing, use of video tape, discussion, questioning, and writing provide for the bulk of information.
Goals and Objectives of the Course
The primary method for acquiring knowledge in this course is on-site work experience. The student will be assisted in the tasks by both the site supervisor and the faculty supervisor. Have successfully completed this class, students should:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of fieldwork procedures and expectations.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of methods for computing work logs and provide evidence of the successful completion of required work hours.
3. Demonstrate skills required for the performance of fieldwork tasks specific to a selected position.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of requirements for midterm evaluations and complete all requirements for the evaluation.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of presentation skills required to demonstrate to others the specific tasks performed on a daily basis.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of requirements for the final evaluation and complete all requirements for the evaluation.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of requirements for researching and writing the final paper and provide for all requirements in a timely manner.
Assessment Measures
Evaluation techniques include on-site interviews and task performance evaluations, two agency evaluations, performance appraisals by faculty supervisor, and final paper/portfolio assessment.
Other Course Information
None
Review and Approval
September 2002 New Course Jon Poole
May, 2011
