Description
Directions
In the final project, you created a project plan presentation for the board of directors. In it, you selected, researched, and analyzed a healthcare service need for a targeted patient population. You created a presentation that was professionally crafted to the needs and specifications appropriate for the discipline, area of interest, and type of initiative you are proposing. The final project will now inform this journal, your professional reflection, in which you will evaluate your experiences in this program, capstone experience, and field of interest and discuss the importance and impact of ethical practice in healthcare.
You will write an essay in which you discuss the process and outcomes of this project and your overall Health Science program journey and experiences. You will also speak more specifically about how the project relates to your area of expertise/interest and your desired career path. Reflective writing allows you to think deeply and consciously about your experiences, which is invaluable to successful practice in the field of healthcare management/health science.
You should envision this as a personal reflection on the capstone and your experience in the Health Science program as a whole. For instance, relative to the capstone, you could discuss what you did—or intended to do—and then consider what worked well, what challenges you faced, and what you would change or do differently to make your experience better. In reflecting on your time here at SNHU, you might discuss where you started, where you have ended up, where you see yourself going, and so on. Note that this professional reflection is not about evaluating the capstone itself but rather your experience within the capstone project.
Some of the issues that you could address in your professional reflection may include, but are not limited to, the following points:
How did what you learned in your program and this capstone course help you complete the strategic plan portion of the final project?
How does the topic of your final project strategic plan relate to your area of expertise/interest?
How did developing your final project strategic plan advance your understanding of how a healthcare agency can address identified needs?
Overall, what was your capstone experience like?
Reflect on the significance of the capstone in relation to your own experience at SNHU.
What connections do you see between your capstone and your academic program?
How will you apply what you have learned to your future academic and/or professional life?
How can you relate ethics or maintain ethical principles in your profession?
Specifically you must address the following rubric criteria:
Interpersonal Skills: Recognize the importance of developing your own interpersonal skills.
Financial and Economic Data: Communicate what you have learned about researching, evaluating, and utilizing financial and economic data to inform healthcare-related decisions.
Development and Initiatives: Reflect on what you have learned about organizational development and the implementation of initiatives.
Ethical Principles: Relate your learning experience regarding maintaining ethical principles in your chosen profession.
Strategies, Data, and Quality: Communicate what you have learned in the Health Science program in relation to developing strategies, analyzing data, and improving healthcare quality.
Best Practices: Apply best practices in healthcare management when reflecting on your experience in the Health Science program.
What to Submit
Your professional reflection should be submitted in the form of a well-crafted, reflective essay, most likely consisting of 2 to 3 pages in a Word document with double-spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. You should properly cite research and references in APA format.
Module Eight Journal Rubric
Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Interpersonal Skills Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Recognizes the importance of developing own interpersonal skills Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include focusing on truly effective skills Does not attempt criterion 15
Financial and Economic Data Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Communicates what was learned about researching, evaluating, and utilizing financial and economic data to inform healthcare-related decisions Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include using appropriate financial strategies and relevant data Does not attempt criterion 15
Development and Initiatives Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Reflects on what was learned about organizational development and the implementation of initiatives Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include demonstrating a sufficiently deep reflection on development and initiatives Does not attempt criterion 15
Ethical Principles Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Relates learning experience regarding maintaining ethical principles in the chosen profession Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include taking a sufficiently complex approach regarding maintaining ethical principles Does not attempt criterion 15
Strategies, Data, and Quality Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Communicates what was learned in the Health Science program in relation to developing strategies, analyzing data, and improving healthcare quality Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include relating how strategies, data, and healthcare quality can interconnect Does not attempt criterion 15
Best Practices Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Applies best practices in healthcare management when reflecting on experience in the Health Science program Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include applying best practices throughout the reflection Does not attempt criterion 15
Articulation of Response Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas 5
Citations and Attributions Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution 5
Total: 100%
