Please scroll down or click on the underlined tabs to the left to find: Information about Walden University and the School of Health Sciences as well as Practicum information for Preceptors and Field Site Administrators.
About Walden University
Walden University is an accredited institution that for more than 40 years has provided an engaging learning experience for working professionals. Our mission of producing scholar-practitioners has attracted a community of extraordinary students and faculty, all sharing a common desire to make a positive social impact—to make a difference.
Walden University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association, www.ncahlc.org.
Walden University Vision and Mission
Walden University envisions a distinctively different 21st-century learning community where knowledge is judged worthy to the degree that it can be applied by its graduates to the immediate solutions of critical societal challenges, thereby advancing the greater global good.
Walden University provides a diverse community of career professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar-practitioners so that they can effect positive social change.
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The School of Health Sciences
The School of Health Sciences Vision and Mission
Vision
The School of Health Sciences envisions healthy communities defined by physical, social, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being, free from illness, disease, and injury which cause suffering, premature death, and diminished quality of life.
Mission
The School of Health Sciences provides innovative educational programs using a scholar-practitioner model to equip a diverse array of learners as social change agents who will promote, educate, motivate, and advocate for healthy communities.
Thank you for your interest in working with our student(s)!
Your site will be gaining a student who has successfuly completed all requirements for his or her degree with the exception of the practicum. We are confident our student will be a productive asset capable of assuming responsibility and fulfilling assigned tasks.
The main objectives of the practicum experience at Walden University:
For more information please select the appropriate tab above, found under Practicum Information for Preceptors and Field Sites.
1. Please see the MPH Practicum Guide for Preceptors & Site Administrators, shown below.
2. The MPH Learning Agreement form will be provided to the preceptor from the student once the student's practicum application has been approved. The Learning Agreement covers the student's schedule, assignments, objectives, etc. It is to be completed by the student and the preceptor.
3. For information about the MPH curriculum and practicum, please see the MPH Curriculum and Practicum Information, below.
1. Please see the brief and helpful MSHI Practicum Guide for Preceptors & Site Administrators - located at the very bottom of the page.
2. Please also see the MSHI Learning Agreement at the very bottom of the page. This form is to be completed with the student. Note it differs from the field site affiliation agreement, see #3 below.
3. Regarding a field site affiliation agreement, our student will provide you with our Walden University field site agreement template upon request. If an agreement is not already on file, you may wish to sign our agreement as is, make changes, or use your own agreement. Please send the agreement and/or any questions to: MSHIfield@mail.waldenu.edu.
4. For additional information please see: About the M.S. in Health Informatics Program and Practicum.
1. Please see the brief and helpful CLRA Practicum Guide for Preceptors & Site Administrators - located at the very bottom of the page.
2. Please also see the CLRA Learning Agreement at the very bottom of the page. This form is to be completed with the student. Note it differs from the field site affiliation agreement, see #3 below.
3. Regarding a field site affiliation agreement, our student will provide you with our Walden University field site agreement template upon request. If an agreement is not already on file, you may wish to sign it as is, make changes, or use your own agreement. Please send the agreement and/or any questions to: CLRAfieldtraining@waldenu.edu.
4. For additional information please see: About the M.S. in Clincal Reasearch Admininstration Program and Practicum.
