Nineteen public health preceptors from host organizations in the metro Boston area joined staff from the Harvard Chan School’s Office of Education last week for the first time, for a Preceptor Appreciation Breakfast.
“My student, Agustina Saenz, developed recommendations for re-writing the zoning code for Boston,” said Jessica Taubner, Chief of Staff for Boston City Councilor-At-Large Ayanna Pressley. “We are very interested in working with another student next year. Can we get more than one?”
Every year, hundreds of Harvard graduate students work with experienced public health practitioners in Boston, elsewhere in the U.S., and around the world, to complete the required Practicum for the Master of Public Health degree.
Acting Dean David Hunter noted, “I have so much admiration for the work that you all do to improve public health and the wisdom and experience you offer our students. We could not do our part in training public health students without the contributions and commitment of preceptors such as yourselves.”
Attendees also offered suggestions for improvements to the field practice experience, such as encouraging students to start their projects earlier in the academic year, providing more information to students and preceptors, and convening preceptors more regularly.
Organizations interested in hosting a Harvard Chan School MPH student can find more information here.
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