Students in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.

Project activities that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:

• Formulate SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timebound) ideas, expressing these using scientific protocol and policy writing conventions: background, methodology and scientific justification
• Analyze literature (ex. press-releases, protocols, scientific findings, public health policies) for ethics and human health relevance/impact expressing understanding in written and oral assessments
• Identify & evaluate variables that contribute to the development of a policy from various perspectives
• Critically evaluate different information sources for knowledge transfer & public health implications
• Engage in team building through scaffolded assignment design
• Describe structural issues in the translation of science to policy for actionable change (ex. where are impediments and opportunities?) using reliable supporting evidence
• Engage in a dialogue to debate where health policy supports or hinders healthcare initiatives and demonstrate understanding of public health/epidemiology research that supports presented ideas
• Synthesize research evidence behind health policies of related to public health interventions/approaches, considering the Canadian and global implications for policies
• Synthesize linkages between concepts around bias, predisposition and risk vs. social and developmental determinants of health outcomes weighing these from different population and geographical perspectives
• Practice negotiating to generate consensus through deliberation and conflict resolution of selected public health policy topics using supporting evidence and effective oral and written communicate