Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2016
Journal
Creative Education
Volume
7
Issue
6
First Page
845
Last Page
851
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.4236/ce.2016.76088
Abstract
Courses that bridge health promotion scholarship with a demonstrative application of that scho- larship are potent and critical for future public health professionals. For senior students about to graduate from the Honors Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) Program at Western University (Ontario, Canada), my intention was to create a course experience that marries health promotion scholarship with a practical skill-set in line with constructivist learning approaches. This article outlines a multi-component, classroom-based, population health group project for senior students enrolled in an Advanced Health Promotion course. Since its inception, the course has hosted 562 students and has received an average evaluation of 6.4/7.0 on the overall course experience. The specific requirements of the needs assessment, epidemiological assessment, social marketing campaign, implementation evaluation, and project summary, as well as strategies to facilitate pos- itive group dynamics are presented.