Linking Academia And Community Through Practice-based Teaching: A Case Study of a Communication Strategies Course And Its Impact

In Workshop #4 of the MCH CELL for Community-Partnered Teaching Series, we introduce how a five-step framework (PBT STEPS*) was used to guide the development of an MPH course on the design, implementation, and funding of an environmental-level intervention and communications campaign for community trauma in Winthrop, Massachusetts. The first part of the workshop describes the evolution of a partnership between the Winthrop Department of Public Health and Clinical Services (WDPH) and Boston University School of Public Health, and walks through each phase of PBT STEPS as applied to the community trauma example including: S -securing partnerships with WPHD and configuring the semester to result in success T – technology and training to ensure active engagement through different technologies E – engagement and implementation of the course including tailoring deliverables P – presenting course deliverables (papers and communication materials) and a grant for funding S -sizing up results including qualitative data on the utility, benefits, and challenges of the course and quantitative data through the learning management system and surveys from an alumni perspective. In the second part of the workshop, we will ask participants to share either issues facing their communities that need to be addressed or courses that could be delivered as practice-based, work through in real-time methods to address course competencies through current problem statements, illustrate the delivery of PBT in practice, and discuss the benefits to all stakeholders by using this pedagogy. Presenters: Meredith Hurley, RN, MPH, Winthrop Department of Public Health & Clinical Services Marissa Varrasso, MPH, Department of Community Health Sciences, BUSPH Jacey A. Greece, DSc, MPH, Department of Community Health Sciences, BUSPH REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/MCH_CELL_4 Questions? Contact Jessica Ross at mcahprogram@berkeley.edu This collaborative workshop series is supported by MCH Navigator, the Association of Teachers of Maternal & Child Health (ATMCH)’s Innovative Teaching Award, and HRSA’s MCHB Centers of Excellence and Public Health Catalyst Programs. About the MCH CELL Workshop Series Do you teach an existing public health course that involves students working with community partners as clients? Do you want to start a new course like this? Are you looking for an interactive and welcoming co-learning space with other instructors who either teach or want to teach public health courses like this? If so, then the Maternal and Child Health Community Engaged Learning Lab (MCH CELL) webinar series focused on community-partnered teaching is for you! This workshop series is open to all public health instructors and community members who would like to collaborate with public health courses; no matter if you are a brand new or seasoned instructor, or if you teach outside the field of MCH. If you have questions about creating, facilitating, and sustaining courses like these or you have an interest in being part of an instructor community that seeks to develop and share best practices when integrating community partners meaningfully into their classes, then this space is for you. Missed our other workshops? You may access the recordings here: https://www.mchnavigator.org/academics/atmch/innovative-teaching-awards/mch-cell.php Future workshops will cover courses such as: public health leadership. We look forward to having you join us! (Boston University, UC Berkeley, Tulane University, University at Albany, Drexel University, MCH Navigator, ATMCH)