Level UP: Peer Health Education Team Activity Implementation Guide project

Positions available: 1 student position (~80-hour project)

Overview of Peer Health Education Team:

The Peer Health Education Team (PHET) is a volunteer program at MacEwan University, that strives to build a healthier campus for all. Through peer-to-peer education, advocacy, and collaboration with campus and community members, the PHET encourages students to make informed choices in support of their academic and personal goals. The PHET views health holistically, knowing that there are many dimensions of wellness that impact health.

Peer Health Educators (PHEs) are at the core of campus health and wellness programming and are essential to the dissemination of relevant health and wellness information to students and MacEwan University members. Under the direction of the Wellness and Psychological Services Faculty, PHEs will help promote health and wellness at MacEwan University through various strategies and approaches.

Project Details:

The PHET is seeking 1 student to create the “Peer Health Education Team Activities Implementation Guide”. The Activities Implementation Guide will be used by the student volunteers to plan and implement activities at Wellness Stations, Table Displays, and Special Events for MacEwan University students.

The project entails:

· completing a needs assessment and reviewing current student wellness statistics and data,

· researching wellness activities,

· creating learning objectives for wellness activities,

· creating “How to Implement” activity information,

· creating any supporting documents needed for activity implementation (examples posters, activity graphics, instructions for participants, take-aways),

· creating evaluation metrics and feedback forms for wellness activities, and

· packing content in a complete “Peer Health Education Team Activities Implementation Guide”.

The Activity Guide should include a minimum of 8 wellness activities.

Students applying for this opportunity must have access to a computer and be familiar with Google Apps.

To learn more about the Peer Health Education Team, visit our site here!

The successful student will be reporting to the Peer Health Education Team Supervisors, which includes 3 Wellness & Psychological Services clinicians. Meetings and check-ins will be scheduled online to support the successful student in this role.