Source: Aggregated outcome assessment results from 2011 capstone courses.
0% Non-Performance: Does not demonstrate the ability to create healthy communities and environments.
0% Basic: Examines the factors associated with creating healthy communities and environments.
11% Proficient: Demonstrates the ability to create healthy communities and environments.
89% Distinguished: Self-evaluates and identifies the necessary skills and methods to create healthy communities and environments.
0% Non-Performance: Does not analyze research or apply findings to the public health field.
0% Basic: Analyzes research but does not apply findings to the public health field; for example, the theoretical framework and literature review are disconnected.
11% Proficient: Evaluates research and applies findings in order to develop solutions to public health issues in an informed manner.
89% Distinguished: Synthesizes research, applies findings, and demonstrates new applications of this research to develop solutions to public health issues.
0% Non-Performance: Does not develop and implement informed public health policies and administrative processes.
0% Basic: Analyzes informed public health policies and administrative processes.
6% Proficient: Develops and implements informed public health policies and administrative processes.
94% Distinguished: Evaluates informed public health policies and administrative processes and selects and implements an optimum solution based on a supported rationale.
0% Non-Performance: Does not apply theoretical and conceptual framework to the management of public health programs.
0% Basic: Identifies theoretical and conceptual framework relevant to the proposed public health issue.
8% Proficient: Applies theoretical and conceptual framework to the management of public health programs.
92% Distinguished: Analyzes and synthesizes various theoretical and conceptual frameworks and selects the optimum framework, based on a supported rationale.
0% Non-Performance: Does not apply social and professional ethics in decisions.
0% Basic: Analyzes the impact of ethics in decision making.
17% Proficient: Evaluates and applies social and professional ethics to make sound and ethical decisions.
83% Distinguished: Evaluates social and professional ethics to make sound and ethical decisions and recommends methods to increase ethics in public health decision making.
0% Non-Performance: Does not create health access or quality strategies for diverse populations.
3% Basic: Analyzes health access and quality strategies for diverse populations.
11% Proficient: Creates health access and quality strategies for diverse populations.
86% Distinguished: Evaluates alternative approaches to creating health access and quality strategies for diverse populations and develops supported recommendations for a public health program.
0% Non-Performance: Does not demonstrate effective communication skills; arguments are not supported with evidence and the language, mechanics, and paragraph development obstruct clarity and meaning.
0% Basic: Demonstrates inconsistent communication skills; arguments are occasionally supported with evidence and the language, mechanics, and paragraph development detract from clarity and meaning.
19% Proficient: Demonstrates effective communication skills; arguments are generally supported with evidence and the language, mechanics, and paragraph development do not affect the meaning.
81% Distinguished: Demonstrates excellent communication skills; arguments are consistently supported with evidence and the language, mechanics, and paragraph development enhance clarity and meaning.