Understanding and Assessing Professional Competencies

Order Instructions:

Throughout this course, you have been learning about the dispositions and competencies needed to succeed as a student in this master’s program and as a health care administrator. In this Application Assignment, you will integrate this knowledge into a plan for your continued academic and professional development.

Develop your plan as follows:

Scholar-practitioner model: Consider how your understanding of what it means to be a scholar-practitioner in health care administration has grown since the beginning of this course. Review your Week 1 Application Assignment as needed.

Academic integrity: Review the information presented in Week 4, and think about how you will demonstrate values related to academic integrity as you proceed through this master’s program.

Scholarly/professional writing: Assess current strengths and areas for growth related to your ability to identify and engage in scholarly/professional writing. Review the information presented in Week 4, and consider which aspects of scholarly/professional writing you would like to more fully develop or refine. Think about how you will do that.

Challenges related to the master’s program: Think about two or three challenges you are likely to encounter as a student in this online master’s program. You may draw from your Week 1 Application Assignment and/or consider challenges that have arisen during this course. For instance, challenges may be related to time management, engaging in formal academic writing, communicating in the online Discussions, managing technology needs, balancing multiple priorities and expectations, dealing with procrastination, letting go of perfectionism, etc.

Review the assigned sections in the Walden e-Guide and any additional sub-sections that interest you. Identify strategies for addressing the challenges. Which ones are you are willing to commit to utilizing? Why?

Challenges related to the profession: Think about the challenges in health care administration that you have learned about throughout this course. Which ones do you think you are most likely to encounter in a current or future health care administration position? What can you do to begin addressing those challenges?

Browse through the Web sites listed under the Learning Resources and consider opportunities for networking and/or joining professional associations that may be beneficial to you. Note that many professional organizations offer discounted membership rates to students and/or may provide electronic updates of the latest developments in the field.

Professional competencies: Consider the dispositions and managerial competencies presented in this week’s Learning Resources. How would you evaluate yourself in terms of strengths and areas for growth? Identify four or more competencies that are a priority for development based on your current needs for growth, and consider strategies for improvement.

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