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Communication Skills
7 articles to help with your MPH practicum
Public health work runs on communication: emails to preceptors, data presentations to non-technical audiences, difficult conversations about problems, and navigating hierarchies and cross-cultural differences at your practicum site. These articles give MPH students concrete scripts and frameworks for the professional communication situations that placements create but classrooms rarely rehearse.
Navigating Hierarchical Channels
Unsure whether to ask your preceptor or go straight to other staff? How to read practicum hierarchies and route requests without overstepping.
Asking for Help Without Looking Incompetent
Stuck but afraid questions will make you look unprepared? How to frame help requests so your preceptor sees engagement instead of incompetence.
Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges
Classroom cultural competence rarely survives first contact with real communities. Practice humility, ask better questions, and build real trust.
Presenting to Unfamiliar Audiences
Presenting project findings to seasoned professionals is intimidating. Use audience analysis and practice to turn anxiety into confident delivery.
Email Etiquette Uncertainty
Rewriting one email five times because the tone feels off? Decode your workplace's email culture and calibrate greetings, closings, and formality.
Communicating Data to Non-Technical Audiences
Weeks of analysis, an audience with no stats training. How to lead with implications and make findings drive decisions for any stakeholder group.
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