As a public health student, you are required to complete a field experience at an approved public health agency. Through the field experience, you learn more about job opportunities in public health, identify areas of the field you are most passionate about and gain valuable work experience to include on your résumé.
Our students are placed in agencies across the country. Listed below are many of the public health agencies that have previously hosted our students and would provide beneficial learning opportunities to you:
Barry County Health Department
Christian County Health Department
Clay County Public Health Center
City of Los Angeles Health Department
General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital
Howell County Health Department
Jefferson County Health Department
Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (Kansas)
Lawrence County Health Department
Maricopa County Department of Public Health (Arizona)
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
Peoria City/County Health Department (Illinois)
St. Louis County Department of Health
Stone County Health Department
Please refer to this document for any questions you have about the Field Experience. Also, please read completely before contacting any health agencies for your Field Experience.
As Missouri’s third-largest city, Springfield is home to numerous governmental, nonprofit and private health agencies. These agencies assist our students by providing volunteer opportunities, field experiences, job shadowing opportunities and more. These organizations also help our program plan for the future and stay informed of current trends. Currently, collaborative partnerships are being developed with several organizations: