Senior thesis

[goldstar97]

Does anyone have any ideas, suggestions, and/or advice in senior thesis topics? I'm an undergrad and I'm having trouble coming up with a health profession related topic. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

[Miss]

Nosocomial infections in hospitals or antibiotic resistant microbials or managing chronic illnesses -cost of insurance, shortage of medical staff(MD) etc, I can go on. I hope thi helps

[SHU-CH]

If you can get a copy of Health Affairs, the last edition was all about healthcare workforce issues. You might be able to get some access (or at least see the topics) on their website:

 

http://www.healthaffairs.org/

[dchampigny]

The most important thing is to do something you are genuinely interested in and enjoy working with. For example, you may be fascinated by nosocomial infections, but can you really see yourself pouring over data? Think about it, this is a project you will be obsessing over for the greater part of your senior year. It's got to be something you love and have a passion for. 

 

My senior thesis explored weight gain in college freshmen. I followed 30 college freshmen at my u-grad for two full semesters, analyzing their habits on campus as related to weight gain. They were weighed at the end of each semester (baseline when they arrived at the school) and I analyzed their weight gain and change in BMI and tried to correlate it with behavior. It was a lot of work, but it was a topic that I genuinely enjoyed and a problem that I had a passion for. This only helped when it came time to interview, as not only could I talk about the topic intelligently and explain my results to my interviewers, but they could see that I had a passion for the topic. 

 

 

Casing point: do something that you will genuinely get a meaningful experience out of! It doesn't necessarily have to be related to medicine or public health.

 

Good luck!