1 / 35

FPH 8990 Master’s Project

FPH 8990 Master’s Project. Project Orientation May 7th, 2019 http://www.familymedicine.med.wayne.edu/mph/course-info.php. Course Directors:. Dawn Misra, MHS, PhD dmisra@med.wayne.edu 577-8199 Deborah Ellis, PhD dellis@med.wayne.edu 577-1055

macedo
Download Presentation

FPH 8990 Master’s Project

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. FPH 8990Master’s Project Project OrientationMay 7th, 2019 http://www.familymedicine.med.wayne.edu/mph/course-info.php

  2. Course Directors: • Dawn Misra, MHS, PhDdmisra@med.wayne.edu 577-8199 • Deborah Ellis, PhD dellis@med.wayne.edu 577-1055 • Karen MacDonell, PhDkkolmodin@med.wayne.edu577-1057 WSU Dept. of Family Medicine & Public Health Sciences

  3. Overview • Introductions • Course description • Prerequisites • Registration • Course/Learning objectives • Types of projects • Identifying a project advisor • Proposal approval process • Compliance with program objectives and competencies

  4. Overview (con’t.) • Master’s Project format, technical requirements • Evaluations/grading • Oral presentation • Important dates/deadlines

  5. Introductions • Who you are • Name • Course work completed • Where you are in the process • Project idea? • Project advisor?

  6. Course Description • Culminating experience of MPH Program • Scholarly written project • Student will apply competencies from classroom and practicum experiences • Final products: 1) written paper 2) oral presentation

  7. Prerequisites • All MPH core/required courses (not electives) • Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) on-line traininghttp://www.citiprogram.org andhttp://irb.wayne.edu/mandatory-training.php

  8. Registration • Approval of academic advisor and course faculty • MPH office provides student with permission to register • Registration (3 credits total)- can be taken over 1 or more semesters - Y Grade is entered until the Project is complete

  9. Course Objective • To demonstrate MPH Program Competencies. • Culminating, integrative experience: apply knowledge/skills gained from classroom/field experiences to a scholarly project of student’s own design and execution.

  10. Master’s Project • May come from any information-rich source with public health relevance • May build upon practicum experience • May come from student’s current employment but must be distinct from normal work responsibilities

  11. Case study of seminal public health event Needs assessment Policy analysis Program evaluation or PE plan Grant proposal For program evaluation For research Systematic literature review Secondary data analysis Your idea from an existing data set Primary research developed by you (discouraged) Types of Master’s Projects

  12. Project Examples • Contact course faculty to review past Projects • Previous Project Examples: • On-Site Sewage System Regulation: A Policy Evaluation for Wayne County, MI • Integration of Public Health Curriculum into Early Medical School Training: Needs Assessment, Strategies, and Recommendations • Informal Social Media & Public Health: A Case Study and Survey Project on Motivations for Creating and Following a Health Blog • Barriers in Recruitment of Minorities to Cancer Clinical Trials and Strategies to Overcome Them: A Systematic Literature Review

  13. Project Learning Objectives • Formulate project question, hypotheses, or statement of purpose • Conduct a literature review and synthesis • Describe project methods • Summarize or analyze data/findings • Interpret findings • Write a scholarly paper • Develop presentation slides • Give a public oral presentation

  14. Project Advisor • Student is responsible for identifying and recruiting a Project advisor • Guides the project, serves as content expert • May be academic advisor, practicum site staff, MPH faculty, or someone from outside WSU • Must have a doctoral degree • “Letter of Understanding” may be needed if Project advisor is external to the MPH program • Exception: For Systematic Literature Reviews, a Course Director will serve as Project Advisor • Contact a Course Director to determine who will serve as PA

  15. Project Advisor • Recommendation: start identification of PA in semester before planned project initiation and completion • PA may be busy and unable to meet to discuss project or may decline to serve • Proposal may take time to complete

  16. IRB Approval • Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval is required for all Projects that involve human subjects research • Consult with your project advisor and use Human Participant Research Determination Tool (on WSU IRB forms webpage) to determine if IRB approval is required • IRB approval requires submission of multiple forms distinct from the Project Proposal (see IRB website: http://irb.wayne.edu/) • Indicate IRB approval # on Proposal or submit Human Participant Research Tool if IRB approval not required

  17. Project Proposal Approval • Submit to course directors after approval/signature of project and academic advisors • Electronic signatures with WSU access id • 1 course director approves/signs proposal and works with the student thereafter • Project activity begins after the proposal is approved by the course directors

  18. Program Competencies • 4 core public health competencies (as they relate to your project) • 2 additional public health competencies that may apply • Concentration-specific competencies

  19. Typical Timeline to Project Completion • Minimum of Two Semesters

  20. Project Manuscript Format • IMRAD format (adapt as needed):- Introduction- Methods- ResultsAnd- Discussion

  21. Resource: Bordage article • Bordage: “Considerations on preparing a paper for publication”. • Bordage Appendix Checklist • Follow this outline for Project paper • [Not all items will apply to all projects]

  22. Technical Requirements • Length of paper: 10-15 pages (double-spaced) in following order: • Title page: Standard template • Abstract: 1 page (max. 250 words) with 3-4 key words that are NOT in title • Introduction: 2-3 pages • Methods: 3-4 pages • Results: 3-4 pages • Discussion: 2-4 pages • Tables & Figures (< 6 total)

  23. Technical Requirements • References must be in American Medical Association (AMA) style • Follow directions in Manual of Style (in MPH Office) • Example of AMA style (“punctuation-lite”): • Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7.

  24. Project Submission Process After approval of the Project Advisor: • Submit electronically as a single Word file • Title page, main text, references, tables, figures • Ensure the PA has signed the title page

  25. Evaluations/Grading • Course director completes summative evaluation form • Contributes 100% of grade; however…. • Must also complete Oral presentation with a “pass” • Graded Pass/Fail

  26. Course Director Summative Evaluation AFTER review and approval of Project Report by Project Advisor: Grading based on the paper’s organization, content and writing, as well as scientific merit considerations Summative Evaluation based on considerations of: A. Title B. Abstract C. Introduction/Review of Literature D. Methods E. Results F. Discussion G. References H. Public Health Relevance of Findings

  27. Oral Presentation • Scheduled after approval by Course Director and not until the CD is certain the student has provided a paper that will receive a passing grade • Submit slides for review to project advisor and/or course instructor • Master’s Project Oral Presentation Days are scheduled each semester • See “Important Dates” in syllabus • Resource for Slides: Watts paper; Evaluation based on table 1 checklist

  28. Oral Presentation 15-minute presentation with slides • 5 minutes of discussion/questions Should Include: • Background • Project objectives, questions, and/or hypotheses • Summary of methods • Presentation of results • Discussion/conclusions • Statement of public health relevance

  29. Oral Presentation • Be prompt and respect the time! • Bring presentation on flash drive • Stay for entire session; Attend other students’ presentations It’s a big event! • Invite family/friends! • Bring refreshments 

  30. Grading Scheme • 94% - 100% = A • 90% - 93% = A- • 87% - 89% = B+ • 83% - 86% = B • 80% - 82% = B- Grade of B (83-86%) is required to pass FPH 8990

  31. Important dates/deadlines SS 2019 • Friday July 19:Final written project approved by project advisor and submitted to Course faculty • Wednesday August 20: Oral presentations

  32. Register for Graduation Deadlines for registering for graduation: • 4th Friday of the semester • Friday, June 7 for SS 2019

  33. WSU Resources • PubMed searches, EndNote • Shiffman Medical Library WSU • https://library.wayne.edu/shiffman/ • PowerPoint presentations • Biomedical Communications • https://www.med.wayne.edu/ume-biomed-design-and-digital-imaging/

  34. Project Resources (on MPH website) • Bordage G. “Considerations on preparing a paper for publication”. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1989; 1(1): 47-52. • Watts et al. “Presentation skills amongst surgical trainees at a national conference: an observational study.” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Short Reports. 2012; 3 (5):30.

  35. Questions?

More Related