The Department of Health Education and Behavior at the University of Florida would like to thank you in advance for taking time to complete the approval process for providing valuable internship opportunities to our students.

The Department of Health Education and Behavior requires that all undergraduate majors complete a full-time (40 hours/week) or part-time (20 hours/week) Health Education internship. 

The Health Education Internship is the final culminating field experience required for the degree Bachelor of Science in Health Education.  It is a graded practical experience in which the student maintains a professional Health Educator workload in a community health or wellness setting.  It is meant to be a time of service and innovation to the supervising agency, as well as a significant learning opportunity for the intern.  Only through a practical experience such as this can the efficient application of knowledge, ideas, and skills in a realistic work setting occur.  With this, both the student and the agency should benefit immeasurably.

If you feel that you would like to provide internship opportunities for our students and would like to be included in the Department’s list of approved intern sites, please provide us with the completed Internship Site Profile Sheet along with any additional information you would like to include about your site.   This form can be sent electronically to Melissa Naidu, Senior Secretary at michie@hhp.ufl.edu.

Please also note the Expectations of Site Supervisors as well as the additional information about the Health Education Degree Program and Internship Requirements.

If you have any questions about serving as an internship site, please do not hesitate to contact me.


Sincerely,

Holly T. Moses, MSHE, CHES
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Department of Health Education and Behavior
College of Health and Human Performance
University of Florida
hmoses@hhp.ufl.edu