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Faculty Advisor Role and Responsibilities
The faculty advisor is the student’s primary contact as they prepare for the field experience. The faculty advisor assists the student in identifying professional and career objectives, clarifying goals and identifying appropriate field experience opportunities. In addition, the advisor assures that the field experience placement, negotiated between the student and the preceptor, is appropriate and meets departmental/program requirements.

The Faculty Advisor’s Responsibilities are to:

• Ensure the proposed field experience meet will meet students’ objectives and goals;
• Approve and sign the online contract prior to the student starting actual fieldwork and registering for field experience course credit;
• Monitor the progress of the project and check in with student during the experience
• Make time to support student if requested by the student, preceptor or at the discretion of the program/department;
• Assesses the project and assigns academic grade upon completion.

Guidelines:

• Before counseling students, faculty advisors should know and understand the student’s interests and goals in the public health field. Based on the student’s professional and career objectives, the advisor should encourage a field experience that helps them to gain experience and skills in that area.
  Site selection criteria, current opportunities, and funding resources
  
• If the student's area of interest does not match that of the advising faculty, refer the student to other faculty who have expertise in that area.
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• To make certain the fild experience matches the student's professional goals and will provide relevant experience and skills for the student's interests, the faculty advisor should encourage the student to complete at least half of the required coursework before selecting a field experience. This will also ensure the student has sufficient skills and knowledge to apply to the field experience work.
• An IRB review and approval may be required depending on the nature of any research the student conducts as a part of his/her field experience activities. Faculty advisors are strongly encouraged to review the IRB guidelines and review the process with the student while negotiating the field experience contract to determine if an IRB proposal needs to be developed and submitted for review. Remember to allow enough time lead time for the IRB review process.

The SPH recommends faculty advisors review desirable faculty traits and strategies for giving effective feedback before advising a student.

Field Experience Checklist
Local and National Field Experiences
International Field Experiences

Submit a Grade
When both the student evaluation and the preceptor evaluation are complete you will receive an email to:

1. Review the evaluations at: Field Experience Contract Module
2. Submit the field experience grade for this student at: SPHGrades