Portfolio Reflection Paper

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the Health Administration Program is to prepare students to become future leaders in the healthcare industry. To achieve this goal, the students’ educational experience will:

• Enhance Interprofessional administration skills.
• Foster the desire and skill to engage in the clinical inquiry process.
• Assist students in developing a depth of knowledge, skill, and investigative attitude toward research, business, and leadership expertise.
• Enhance the ability to engage in self-directed, lifelong learning.
• Prepare the graduate for leadership roles in the clinical setting.

PROGRAM COMPETENCIES

These learning objectives are the basis for competency areas of focus for the Master of Science in Health Administration. The competency areas include:

• Health Administration Knowledge
• Leadership and Communication in Health Administration
• Critical Inquiry and Research in Health Administration
• Business Knowledge in the Healthcare Environment
• Knowledge of the Healthcare Environment

COURSE PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENT

PORTFOLIO OBJECTIVE

The student will apply knowledge of healthcare management.

COURSE COMPETENCY

This course aligns with Competency Area I. Health Administration Knowledge.

PORTFOLIO COMPONENT

Students will provide evidence of acquisition of a knowledge base and the necessary skills to engage in organization-wide risk and quality management efforts.

 

PORTFOLIO ARTIFACT

See the course syllabus for the specific portfolio artifact you are to submit for each course. Students should save the Portfolio Artifact to their own computer/thumb drive until enrolled in the Final Portfolio course. Students will then transfer these documents into the Final Portfolio course.

If you receive less than 90% on your artifact you must make corrections to the assignment based on feedback from the instructor, and resubmit to the Dropbox folder "Portfolio Artifact Resubmission."

PORTFOLIO REFLECTION PAPER

Please follow the Portfolio Reflection Paper Guidelines located below (includes writing and submission guidelines). Your portfolio paper should be submitted to the "Portfolio Reflection Paper" folder in the D2L Dropbox for the course within one (1) week of the course end date.

WRITING GUIDELINES

Your Portfolio Reflection Paper should include a title page. If you cite any references, you must provide proper AMA or APA format for your references.

List the following as headers for each section in the reflection paper:

1. Introduction

List the competency, goal, and objectives of the course and describe how you met the goals, objectives, and competency. You have permission to copy these directly from each course. Each course aligns with one competency. See the Content area of each course.

1. Course goal: [Re-type or cut and paste the exact course goal.]
2. Course objectives: [Re-type or cut and paste the list of course objectives.]
3. Course competency: [Re-type or cut and paste the specific competency for the course.]
4. How I Met the Course Goal, Objectives, and Competency: In your own words, summarize the ways you attained the goal, course objectives, and course competency.
1. What I Learned (usually 8 – 10 pages for this section):
1. List each course objective: Use a separate sub header for each of the course objectives listed above. In a separate paragraph under each sub header, for each objective, respond to the objective.  If it says Analyze – you analyze the topic. If it says Describe you describe, Trace you trace, Understand you describe how, etc. The point is to answer each objective. Include definition of terms and course concepts in your response. If the objective question states “describe the trends in healthcare”, you begin your response with “The current trends in healthcare are…”. Follow that method for your responses.
2. Course Projects and Assignments: Create a subheading for each course project and/or assignment. In your own words, briefly describe the project/assignment with a detailed summary; list your specific findings/results for each project/assignment and conclusions. Be specific for your project.
2. Current Use of Knowledge: In your own words, discuss specific ways you are using what you learned in your current situation.

PLEASE NOTE: Even if you are still a student in another program, we expect you to be using the knowledge in your personal, professional, and/or student life. You must reflect upon and discuss ways you apply what you have learned (e.g., leadership roles in student organizations, volunteer work, integration into other course work, clinical rotations, discussions with classmates)

4. Future Use of Knowledge: In your own words, discuss in detail how you expect this knowledge to serve your future career and professional work.
5. References: If you use any factual information or definitions in this document that you did not produce from your own work, you will need to provide a citation as well as a reference list. The paper should be written using AMA or APA style which includes citing in the body of your paper and references.
6. Appendix: If you wish to show any tables or figures (e.g., statistics, accounting) you may include these in an appendix.