Community Wellness Practicum: Health Communication
Purpose and Value: Gain real world experience developing health education materials tailored to specific populations. Flex your creative muscles and sharpen your design skills. Perfect for those interested in a career in public health.
Course: HHP:3820 Community Wellness Guided Practicum: Health Communication (3 s.h.)
Contact Person: Lauren Tetmeyer (lauren-tetmeyer@uiowa.edu)
Health Coaching Internship
Purpose and Value: Gain real world health coaching experience under the supervision of a certified coach. Sharpen your communication and counseling skills. Perfect for those looking to become certified Health Coach or those interested in a career in healthcare.
Coursework: HHP:4365 Internship in Health Coaching (3 s.h.)
Contact Person: Lauren Tetmeyer (lauren-tetmeyer@uiowa.edu)
Health Testing & Evaluation Internship
Purpose and Value: Gain real world experience administering and interpreting preventive and performance health tests (body composition, resting metabolic rate, cardiorespiratory fitness) and gain experience in applied human research. Sharpen your communication, data analytic, and professionalism skills. Perfect for students with interests in human research, performance testing, cardiac rehab, and/or allied health career goals.
Coursework: HHP:4930:0006 Health & Human Physiology Internship (3 s.h. = 9 hrs/week)
Contact: Dr. Lucas Carr (lucas-carr@uiowa.edu)
Community Wellness Practicum: Culinary Medicine
Coursework: HHP:3820 Community Wellness Guided Practicum (Spring semester)
Purpose and Value: This course is designed to expose students and future health professionals to the fundamentals of culinary medicine in order to both improve personal health and more effectively counsel clients, patients, and community groups on diet and nutrition. The emphasis of this course is on using fundamental culinary skills for the basic preparation of healthy and delicious whole foods.
Contact Person: Dr. Kathy Mellen (katherine-mellen@uiowa.edu) or Madison Coyne (madison-coyne@uiowa.edu)
