Name: / Degree:
Faculty Advisor: / Concentration:
Project, Thesis or Dissertation Committee Members: (if applicable)
Date Report Completed:

You should schedule a meeting with your advisor each spring, on or before May 1, to review your progress to degree. Please send your advisor a short description of your progress, a copy of your unofficial transcripts, and this completed form at least 1 week prior to your meeting.

  1. Describe your professional or career goals(This statement should be reviewed each semester and updated as needed). How have these changed over the last semester?
  1. Which milestones have you completed in your program of study? Check all that apply.

__ Public Health Core courses

__ Cognate courses

__ Project or Thesis

__ Internship

  1. What progress have you made in the areas of department, school and professional citizenship over the past semester?
  1. Leadership roles and committee work in the department (e.g., student representative, etc.)
  2. Leadership roles and committee work in the School of Public Health
  3. Other leadership roles and committee work outside of the School of Public Health
  4. Professional development workshops attended (title, place, date)
  5. Conferences attended (name, place, date)
  6. Presentations (poster, oral, or other) made at regional or national scholarly meetings/conferences)

  1. What progress have you made in the areas of research and scholarship over the past semester?
  1. Participation on research projects other than the thesis, project or dissertation (list title of project and your role)
  2. Papers presented at professional meetings
  3. Papers submitted for publication in refereed journals
  4. Papers published or accepted for publication in refereed journals or edited books
  5. Manuscripts in preparation (co-author or lead author, please designate)
  6. External funding applications submitted (specify role on grant/contract application)
  7. External funding (e.g., fellowships, research grants) received
  8. Teaching Assistant (list course, faculty supervisor, your responsibilities)
  9. Course development activities (e.g., multimedia context, etc.)
  10. Skills development (e.g., attending workshops, etc.)
  11. Awards and/or recognitions
  1. MPH in Biostatistics Competencies Checklist for Progress to Degree:Please review your progress toward understanding and achievement of competencies by assessing progress in the cadre of courses associated with each competency. Your advisor will come up with an average GPA for that group of courses (Competency Assessment). Adequate progress in a competency requires a B for final assessment in each competency.

MPH in Biostatistics Core Competencies
  1. Describe the role biostatistics serves in the discipline of public health.

EPIB 650: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
  1. Describe basic concepts of probability, random variables, and commonly used statistical probability distributions.

EPIB 650: Grade ______
EPIB 652: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
  1. Distinguish among the different measurement scales or types of variables and select appropriate descriptive statistical methods for summarizing public health data.

EPIB 650: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
  1. Select appropriate inferential statistical methods to answer research questions relevant to public health research.

EPIB 650: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
  1. Conduct descriptive and inferential statistical analyses that are appropriate to different basic study designs used in public health research.

EPIB 650: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
6.Interpret results of statistical analyses found in public health studies.
EPIB 650: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
7. Critically review and summarize statistical analyses presented in public health literature.
EPIB 650: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
8. Perform appropriate sample size and power calculations to ensure that the studyis sufficiently powered to achieve the scientific aims.
EPIB 650: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
9. Use a basic software package to describe, explore, and summarize data as well as perform the basic conventional statistical procedures.
EPIB 650: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
MPH in Biostatistics Cognate Competencies
10. Identify limitations in public health studies.
EPIB 652: Grade ______
EPIB 653: Grade ______
EPIB 655: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
11. Comprehend basic ethical and legal principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of public health data.
EPIB 610: Grade ______
EPIB 611 Grade ______
EPIB 641: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
12. Demonstrate skills in public health data collection and management.
EPIB 697: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
  1. Identify statistical approaches to address threats to validity in epidemiologic studies.

EPIB 651: Grade ______
EPIB 652: Grade ______
EPIB 653: Grade ______
EPIB 655: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
14. Communicate results of statistical analyses to lay and professional audiences.
EPIB 650: Grade ______
Competency Assessment ______
MPH Core Competencies
EPIB650: Grade ______
EPIB610: Grade ______
HLTH665: Grade______
MIEH600: Grade______
HLSA601: Grade______
Competency Assessment for MPH Core: ______

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