Community Engagement & Advocacy
Our graduates will demonstrate knowledge of community factors that influence individual, community and public health and will gain both perspective and experience through service-learning activities within local or global community settings.
Expand the entries below to learn more about benchmarks in these competencies.
CES -1Demonstrate knowledge of social influencers of health, their root causes, and their impact on population health and equity.
Demonstrate knowledge of social influencers of health, their root causes, and their impact on population health and equity.
- Does Not Meet: Cannot identify social influencers of health or their impact on population health and equity.
- Phase 1 Benchmark: Can identify some social influencers of health and describe their impact on population health and equity.
- Phase 2-3 Benchmark: Describes social influencers of health and their effects on health and equity in detail.
- Aspirational Behavior: Identifies and describes the complex interactions between social influencers of health in different populations and their effects on varied health outcomes.
CES - 2Demonstrate knowledge and application of strategies to advance population health and equity within the clinical setting.
Demonstrate knowledge and application of strategies to advance population health and equity within the clinical setting.
- Does Not Meet: Does not demonstrate knowledge or use of strategies to enhance population health or equity in clinical settings.
- Phase 1 Benchmark: Demonstrates some knowledge and application of strategies to identify social influencers of health and relevant community resources within the clinical setting.
- Phase 2 Benchmark: Can implement patient level screening strategies and identify community resources to address social needs.
- Phase 3 Benchmark: Demonstrates advanced ability to identify and mitigate social influencers of health within the clinical setting in conjunction with social work or other team members.
- Aspirational Behavior: Develops and implements strategies for identifying and mitigating social influencers of health within the clinical setting in a manner that enhances health and equity.
CES-3Demonstrate knowledge and application of strategies to partner with communities and policy makers to advance population health and equity.
- Does Not Meet: Does not demonstrate knowledge nor application of strategies to partner with communities or policy makers.
- Phase 1-2 Benchmark: Demonstrates knowledge and application of some strategies to partner with communities or policy makers to address social influencers of health.
- Phase 3 Benchmark: Demonstrates knowledge and application of institutional strategies to partner with communities or policy makers to address social influencers of health.
- Aspirational Behavior: Develops and implements longitudinal partnerships with communities or policy makers to address social influencers of health to improve health and equity.