The Importance of Fieldwork Experience in Public Health Education

Given the enhanced and highly publicized importance of public health to the general population, if anything, applied practice experiences are more crucial than ever to ensure graduates have the competencies they need to meet the public health challenges of the future. The COVID-19 pandemic has focused a spotlight on the practice of public health as perhaps never before. Through applied practical experiences, they are supported in the transformation from public health students to public health professionals. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Pedagogy in Health Promotion is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)