Students have 2 options to fulfill this requirement, a special project or case study. Students need to email the DCE their ideas by the end of the second week. Students are required to present their project to the staff at the clinical site. Students should provide their audience a feedback form. Students are also required to present their projects as a poster when they return for graduation. Students will be provided more information about the timing and requirements for this portion of the assignment. A. Special Project: The nature of the project will be determined jointly by the student, clinical site, and DCE. The project should meet an educational goal of the student and serve a practical purpose for the clinic. The scope and specific product of the project will be negotiated, but should be reasonable given the time frame and training of the student. The student should access the clinical site information form (CSIF) in the blue binders and familiarize themselves with the clinic staff, the population the clinic serves and specific services or programs provided. The student should discuss with the DCE their ideas for a project prior to their internship. In coordination with the DCE, the CI, CCCE and other clinical site personnel as appropriate should be contacted prior or at the start of the internship to initiate discussion of the feasibility and nature of a project. If the clinical site is interested the student will continue to communicate with the appropriate individual(s) to identify the final objectives of the project and the amount of release time (if any) to work on the project. The student will be required to present the project in the form of a poster. The poster will include: title general description of the project description of the process and time frames description of how the outcome of the project may be utilized by the clinic discussion of any limitations or problems associated with the project reference list of resources used in completing the project. Example projects include: Developing a marketing plan for a certain patient population. Creating manuals for certain clinical or administrative functions. Wheel chair evaluation, fitting and ordering procedures. Student clinical education policies and procedures orientation, progression of – responsibilities and activities, etc. Creating or revising clinical pathways for certain patient populations Establishing a proposal for a research project Developing education materials Developing an educational program for a patient population Recommending and/or developing a clinical outcomes data collection process. B. Case Study Requirement: If the student chooses to do a case study they are required to identify a case that they completed the initial examination, provided the majority or the
Students have 2 options to fulfill this requirement, a special project or case study. Students need to email the DCE their ideas by the end of the second week. Students are required to present their project to the staff at the clinical site. Students should provide their audience a feedback form. Students are also required to present their projects as a poster when they return for graduation. Students will be provided more information about the timing and requirements for this portion of the assignment. A. Special Project: The nature of the project will be determined jointly by the student, clinical site, and DCE. The project should meet an educational goal of the student and serve a practical purpose for the clinic. The scope and specific product of the project will be negotiated, but should be reasonable given the time frame and training of the student. The student should access the clinical site information form (CSIF) in the blue binders and familiarize themselves with the clinic staff, the population the clinic serves and specific services or programs provided. The student should discuss with the DCE their ideas for a project prior to their internship. In coordination with the DCE, the CI, CCCE and other clinical site personnel as appropriate should be contacted prior or at the start of the internship to initiate discussion of the feasibility and nature of a project. If the clinical site is interested the student will continue to communicate with the appropriate individual(s) to identify the final objectives of the project and the amount of release time (if any) to work on the project. The student will be required to present the project in the form of a poster. The poster will include: title general description of the project description of the process and time frames description of how the outcome of the project may be utilized by the clinic discussion of any limitations or problems associated with the project reference list of resources used in completing the project. Example projects include: Developing a marketing plan for a certain patient population. Creating manuals for certain clinical or administrative functions. Wheel chair evaluation, fitting and ordering procedures. Student clinical education policies and procedures – orientation, progression of responsibilities and activities, etc. Creating or revising clinical pathways for certain patient populations Establishing a proposal for a research project Developing education materials Developing an educational program for a patient population Recommending and/or developing a clinical outcomes data collection process. B. Case Study Requirement: If the student chooses to do a case study they are required to identify a case that they completed the initial examination, provided the majority or the
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