PBHL 6400V — Directed Study
Directed Study. PBHL 64101 Professional Development Seminar (1 Credit) While course content will vary, this course is designed to increase doctoral students' competencies in some of the following areas: effective written and oral communication, advocacy for public health programs and resources, group dynamics, unbiased listening, professional interaction, leadership, team building, negtiation/conflict resolution skills, basic human relations skills, motivation of personnel, collaboration skills, team and organizational learning. Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; completion of public health science core courses; or permission of instructor. PBHL 64373 Grantsmanship and the Peer Review Process (3 Credits) This course is designed to provide information and cultivate skills required to develop competitive grant applications supporting scholarly efforts to better understand and resolve complex public health challenges. PBHL 64381 Fundamentals of Research (1 Credit) This course (1 credit hour) is designed as an introduction to basic research principles and methods. Cross-cutting issues related to framing a research question, generating a testable hypothesis, evaluating the appropriateness of a range of study designs, minimizing threats to internal and external validity, and protecting human subjects during the research endeavor will be considered. It is expected that students will follow this brief introductory course with