Practicum

Journal Eight Upon completion of week eight of the practicum experience, I have considered the skills that have been mastered and have identified areas of needed growth. This week's journal will describe the achieved goals and areas that require continued growth. As I have progressed through the practicum experience, I am beginning to become more confident in the assessment of patients and the development of differentials. This reflection can help identify areas that will need further…

Main Question Post Assessment of the Progress in Practicum Cipriano and Murphy (2011) recognized that healthcare transformation included the adoption of health information technology in order to drive our quality of care. Precepting with the Director of Quality, one of my objectives was to analyze quality performance measurements and understand how data findings influenced nursing practice. So far, to be honest, I feel overwhelmed with all the quality metrics that one person oversees. There…

spent at the Goshen school district, I have learned so much about, not only others, but about myself. I never imagined that I would, or could have performed in a school setting with children for my practicum. It was just something I didn’t think applied to me, or my degree. When I left my first practicum, I was planning on finding a facility to fulfill my second internship at that offered both mental health, and addiction treatment services. Although, I still feel that I wish I would have found…

started Comm I joined the radio station because I like to hear new artists and I thought it would be beneficial for me in the future. I was taught how to run the station, but I never learned anything else the first year. Stephanie told me that practicum is used to familiarize students with work they would find in the real world. It is also used to run school organizations such as the newspaper (website), radio, television station, and more. This way the school is able to keep necessary…

The practicum program has help me to develop soft skills and hard skills which preparing myself to enter the workforce in the future. First of all, the most important skill that I have improved is interpersonal skills. Interpersonal skills are the skills that a person used to interact with other people in the daily life. Through this four months’ period working in Boulevard Enterprise (Kuching) Sdn Bhd, I not only meet with my colleagues everyday but also with the clients. I learnt to get along…

Practicum Summer 16’: Summary During my time here at my practicum site which encompasses multiple clinics and a hospital, I have learned seeming to me an extensive amount of priceless hands on experience and information that I could have never accumulated in an average lecture or lab course. Through this experience I have grown closer to my desired profession, found my likes and dislikes, learned a great deal of what accumulates in to what it takes to run a clinic and the extensive hoops you…

I believe hold true. This practicum experience has not only broadened my scope about this field of work, but it allowed me to go through a series of trials and errors. It has taught me certain characteristics of what a passionate care worker should be, and that is to be altruistic, accountable, empathic and committed. Throughout my three weeks experience, I have grown professionally, gained knowledge, insights and have benefited immensely. Prior to starting my practicum, I had goals of what I…

creating that level of specialization. 3) Making practicum as an elective. The beauty of Psychology is in its flexibility especially in the workplace. Limiting the number of hours (or units) in OJT greatly hampers the learning process and malleability of the learner. How can one develop his skills in the course if the contact time with real setting is limited? 4) Lack of clear guidelines in OJT/ Practicum. The only prerequisite for practicum is Psychological Assessment. This is not…

1. I’ve experienced many word study approaches in my practicum placements. I’ve been lucky enough to be placed with a teacher who recognizes the importance of literacy and teaching word study principles and strategies to their students every time. One experience I had in my first-grade practicum placement was when my mentor teacher was teaching a unit on consonant digraphs. She started off by introducing the sounds that went with some of the common consonant digraphs and explaining what a…

Introduction My practicum site is with a company called Systemic Effects, which focuses on Marriage and Family Therapy. Due to my inability to sit in on sessions with clients, my observation was during a meeting between one of the therapist and a website designer that was going to help market the company. The licensed marriage and family therapist that I was observing has a bachelor’s degree in business, a master’s degree in mental health, and a PhD in marriage and family therapy. Due to this…