Overview and Preparation

Professor Raymond Weston

Community Health Service
HNS 58.1

Goals of the Lecture

Objective
Distribution of syllabus
Requirements of class
Review potential placements
Review placement process
Discuss status of resumes
Placement Checklist
Role play interview skills

Question
Why is this course required?

Course Objectives
To experience the expectations of health
professionals in work settings
To apply classroom lessons to in vivo
setting
To demonstrate an understanding of overall
goals and objectives of their placement
agency

Endpoints of Course
The mission, vision, and value of their placement
agency
The methods and services of their placement agency
The effective use of supervision
Ethics and legal issues in health settings
The importance of documentation
Safety issues

Question
How will we achieve these objectives?

Course Format
Practicum placement
Research
Service
Program evaluation

Classwork
Review of key issues
Dissemination of information
Structured
Unstructured

Questions
What can I expect from this course?

Syllabus

Contact information
Course objectives
Requirements
Expectations
Blackboard account
Reading list
Class schedule

Question
What is BlackBoard?

Blackboard
Brooklyn Colleges Online Teaching Application
Announcements
Course Information
Overview
Syllabus
Grading policies

Staff Information
Contact information

Course Documents
Course lectures

Assignments
Specific assignment
Formatting
Criteria for evaluation

Course Tools
E-mail
Virtual classroom

Assessment
Gradebook

Blackboard
Brooklyn Colleges Online Teaching Application
Registration
Go to http://blackboard.brooklyn.cuny.edu
Click on Create Account
BC vs. personal e-mail address

Follow instructions
ONLY THE ITEMS WITH A RED DOT ARE
MANDATORY

Send me an e-mail to admit you to class

Question
How is the final grade derived?

Grading
Attendance and Participation at site
Fifty percent of final grade

Journal
Twenty percent of final grade

Participation in class
Fifteen percent of final grade

Presentation
Fifteen percent of final grade

Question
Why is the site evaluation weighted so heavily?

Placement Site
Core component of course
Hands-on-experience
Opportunity to develop/test interests

Site Evaluation
Fifty (50) Percent of Final Grade

Attendance record
Rapport with professional staff
Rapport with service population
Initiative and enthusiasm
Attitude towards criticism
Ability to utilize suggestions
Aids the function of the agency

Site Evaluation
Fifty (50) Percent of Final Grade
Perceives and appropriately acts on problem
situations
Acceptance and fulfillment of responsibility
Ability to complete work assigned
Imagination and creativity
Personal appearance
Potential to be an effective worker in a
setting similar to yours

Question
How do you grade class participation?

Class Participation
Fifteen (15) Percent of Final Grade
Discussion
Unstructured
Structured
Modified Fish Bowl
Role Play

Question
Why is a PowerPoint Presentation necessary?

Presentation
Twenty (20) Percent of Grade
Opportunity to provide your thoughts and
concerns
Employers expectations
Oral presentations
Visual aides

Class on presentation
Structure a presentation
Develop PowerPoint slides

Factors Evaluated for Presentation

Organization
(25%)

Content (25%) Knowledge of

Topic (25%)

Public Speaking
Skills (25%)

Format

Introduced site by
name

Understanding

Clear/Coherent
voice

Content appropriate
to section

Mission/Vision/
Value Statements

Provided sufficient
information

Voice level

Clarity of purpose

Job Description/
Supervisor

Use of examples

Slide-to-slide
transition

Visuals

On Site
Experience/
Written examples
of work

Summarized key
issues

Body gestures

Time

Summary/
Positive vs
Negative

Realistic
Recommendations

Eye contact

Recommendations

Clear answers

Audience interaction

Question
What is the purpose of a journal?

Journal
Fifteen (15) Percent of Total Grade
Record of experiences
Vehicle for Reflection
Vehicle for Assessment
Self
Site

Vehicle for sharing experience with class

Submitted weekly

Factors Evaluated for Journal

Grammar (10%)

Content (80%)

Clarity (10%)

Spelling

Appropriate to site

Legible

Sentence Structure

Logic of learning points

Use of examples

Punctuation

Thorough

Correct word usage

Literature Review

Parsimony

Format

Format for Journal

Date
Arrival and Departure
Activities
Special occurrences
Issues to discuss with supervisor
Issues to discuss with class/instructor
Supervision
Learning Points

Question
Where do we begin?

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type

Projects

Physical
Therapy Aide
Public/Mental
Health Intern

Therapeutic
exercise
TBD

Undergraduate
Teaching
Assistant

Exposure to all aspects

of school life

Research Intern Grant funded

initiatives

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type

Projects

Utilization
Management

Health Education
and Outreach

Advocacy and
Support

Buddy Services
Program
Harm Reduction
Support Groups

Educational/
Research

Health education
curricula
Public and patient
education

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type

Projects

Community needs
assessment survey

Evaluation/
Research

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type

Projects

Evaluation/
Research

Commercial

Direct service
& marketing

Community
health center

establishments on
Amsterdam Avenue
in Manhattan

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type
Research
Assistant

Projects
Photo-therapy
Project

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type
Program
Evaluation

Projects
Male Awareness
Program (MAP)

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type
Research

Projects
Assist elementary
school students in
core academic
areas

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type
Program
Evaluation

Projects
Monitor
Saturday
Liberation
Academy
Develop evaluation
protocols
Parent
Advocacy Training
Student classroom
test-taking

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type
Program
Evaluation

Projects
Multiple
programs from
school-based to
group
counseling

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type
Community
Health
Empowerment

Projects
Church-based HIV/
AIDS
Minority Asthma
Coalition
Smoking
Cessation through
Barbershops
Breast Cancer
Control in Beauty
Salons

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type
Health
Education

Projects
Preventive health
care education and
counseling to
adolescents

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type

Projects

Skilled nursing Direct service

facility
Volunteer
Service

Dependent on
department

Potential Placements
Agency/Institution Type
Physical
Therapy

Projects
Direct service
Direct service

Skilled nursing
facility

Question
How do I secure a practicum placement

Placement Process

Identify areas of interest

Review potential placements
Schedule interview
Interview
Resume required
Schedule of availability

Report results
Sign agreement forms

Questions Regarding Resume

Do you have a resume

Is it updated
Do you know how to develop resume
What assistance is available

Role Play of Interview

You have just arrived at
Harlem Hospital
You are meeting with the
Associate Director of
Child and Adolescent
Behavioral Health
He begins the interview by
asking, Did you have
problems getting here?

Assignments for Next Class

Complete Practicum Selection Checklist
Complete first draft of resume
Read
Baird: Chapter 1