Office of Field Education and Practice
Field education and hands-on practice are fundamental components of public health education, providing students with real-world experience and the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in practical settings.
Location
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Reflection Questions
Our Community Engaged Learning modules offer reflection questions for each of the six videos. A printable worksheet is also available with all of the question sets.
- How might taking on the posture of a learner set you up for a transformative experience?
- What could happen if you don’t take the time to check your posture?
- What does proximity mean to you? In what place? With what people?
- What are common benefits and challenges you have experienced in authentic relationship building?
- Whose voices or priorities are being centered? Whose might be missing?
- What assumptions or power dynamics might exist in this partnership?
- How might your upbringing, identity, and/or life experiences shape your assumptions about and/or approach to the issue at hand?
- What might be some blind spots or biases given your understanding of and outlook on the world?
- How do you define “evidence”? How might your community-based partners define it?
- What types of evidence (e.g., story, observation, ceremony, data) do you tend to privilege?
- How might your community-based colleagues and you incorporate your unique approaches to knowledge in study design, analytic plans, and/or communications (e.g., writing, presentations)?
- What are common barriers to listening to, and learning from, others’ stories in everyday life?
- What is your story? How does community engagement fit into it? How has it changed over time?
- Try using the framework discussed in the learning module to reflect on a recent encounter: What, So What, Now What
- Moving forward, how might you develop a reflective practice?
