The Field Notes series spotlights success and innovation within health departments across the country, and this story highlights how these organizations are collaborating to prepare the future public health workforce through a strong internship program. Read Partners in Arizona Help Prepare Future Workforce Through Model Internship Program for a look at what’s underway in Pima County.

The Pima County Health Department and MEZCOPH have shared their internship programs and other details about their AHD partnership during two recent events in the AHD Webinar Series. View the webinar archives to learn more about how their AHD partnership developed and is structured, collaborative activities and benefits being realized, and projects student interns have supported:

AHD partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – can enhance the capacity of the organizations involved and offer a variety of benefits. Additional resources and opportunities to connect with colleagues engaged in AHD partnerships are available through the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice’s AHD Learning Community​.