Methods: Students were assigned broad general topic areas from the database Demographic Data

1. PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY EXPERTS TO ASSESS STUDENT LEARNING Wendy L. Stuhldreher and Kim Y-Z ForrestCommunity Health Program, Department of Health and Safety • Methods: • Students were assigned broad general topic areas from the database • Demographic Data • Health screening Data • Health care providers’ advice data (such as quitting smoking) • Safety behavior data (wearing seatbelts, smoking, drinking and driving) • Healthful lifestyle behavior data (dietary and exercise patterns) Students’ responsibilities Examine the frequencies of assigned topic variables to generate some idea of what might be a problem area for Crawford County Generate hypothesis(es) to investigate that appeared to be a health problem in Crawford County Design a plan for statistical analysis to investigate that hypothesis in the general population and by sub groups (age, sex, income, educational level) Design a professional presentation complete with PowerPoint slides and a script that could be used by any of the SHIP partners in the Community. Give the presentation in front of professionals from PaDOH as the final exam for both courses. Pa Department of Health Professionals’ responsibilities: • At initiation • Provided clean dataset for the Crawford County Health Assessment • For the final exam • Use a rubric to provide timely feedback to students about their entry level professional skills