Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
Benchmark – Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal
Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.
In your journal, you will reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. The journal should address a variable combination of the following, depending on your specific practice immersion clinical experiences:
New practice approaches
Interprofessional collaboration
Health care delivery and clinical systems
Ethical considerations in health care
Population health concerns
The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
Health policy
Leadership and economic models
Health disparities
Students will outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
Rubric Criteria
New Practice Approaches ( Excellent 90-100%
New practice approaches are present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.
10 points)
Intraprofessional Collaboration (4.3)
10 points( . Excellent 90-100%
10 points
Intraprofessional collaboration information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.)
Health Care Delivery And Clinical Systems (4.1)
10 points( Excellent 90-100%
10 points
Health care delivery and clinical systems information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.)
Ethical Considerations In Health Care (5.4)
10 points ( Excellent 90-100%
10 points
Ethical considerations in health care information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.)
Population Health Concerns (5.3)
10 points( Excellent 90-100%
10 points
Population health concerns information is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.)
The Role Of Technology In Improving Health Care Outcomes (4.3)
10 points( Excellent 90-100%
10 points
Information on the role of technology in improving health care outcomes is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.)
Health Policy
10 points( Excellent 90-100%
10 points
Health policy information content is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.)
Leadership And Economic Models
10 points ( Excellent 90-100%
10 points
Information on leadership and economic models is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.)
Health Disparities (1.5)
10 points( Excellent 90-100%
10 points
Information on health disparities is present, complete, and incorporates additional relevant details and critical thinking to engage the reader.)
Presentation
5 points( Excellent 90-100%
5 points
The work is well presented and includes all required elements. The overall appearance is neat and professional.)
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)
5 points( Excellent 90-100%
5 points
Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.)
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