Global Health Internship
** available as of 06/15/2026
** available as of 06/15/2026
Prerequisites: Only for students accepted to the an official Parkinson School study abroad program.
Pre or corequisite: PUBH 321: Global Health Experience Seminar.
This internship course is for students selected for the global health field experience. Students will travel to an international site and collaborate, either individually or in groups, with a local community partner on a practical public health project that will result in a deliverable students will provide to the partner. Each student is expected to complete at least 100 hours of fieldwork and fulfill all project requirements while abroad. Students will use an asset-based assessment modality, as opposed to deficit-based, when developing their projects. Upon return, students will share their experience with the Loyola University Chicago community through a final presentation.
Outcomes: Collaborate with a host or partner organization to determine a local project that will meet their programmatic needs; Co-create strategies with the partner organization and implementation community to address the assigned health issue; Summarize lessons learned and project plans for the local partner, implementation community, and LUC community via a presentation; Demonstrate interprofessional values and communication skills that demonstrate respect for, and awareness of, the unique cultures, values, roles/responsibilities and expertise represented by other professionals and groups that work in global health.
Pre or corequisite: PUBH 321: Global Health Experience Seminar.
This internship course is for students selected for the global health field experience. Students will travel to an international site and collaborate, either individually or in groups, with a local community partner on a practical public health project that will result in a deliverable students will provide to the partner. Each student is expected to complete at least 100 hours of fieldwork and fulfill all project requirements while abroad. Students will use an asset-based assessment modality, as opposed to deficit-based, when developing their projects. Upon return, students will share their experience with the Loyola University Chicago community through a final presentation.
Outcomes: Collaborate with a host or partner organization to determine a local project that will meet their programmatic needs; Co-create strategies with the partner organization and implementation community to address the assigned health issue; Summarize lessons learned and project plans for the local partner, implementation community, and LUC community via a presentation; Demonstrate interprofessional values and communication skills that demonstrate respect for, and awareness of, the unique cultures, values, roles/responsibilities and expertise represented by other professionals and groups that work in global health.