Summative Evaluation

The graduate of the B.A.S. Health Services Administration program will meet the following Program-Wide Goals/Objectives* (use these in the table below):
1. Develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary for positions of responsibility and leadership in the continually changing health care or human services profession.
2. Provide advanced professional and educational services applying the appropriate critical thinking, interpersonal and written communication skills required for successful performance in the health care or human services professions.
3. Use technology to acquire knowledge, aggregate information and communicate effectively to others.
4. Apply the principles of sound research design to the critical evaluation of scientific literature related to the health care or human service professions.

To get started with this assignment, familiarize yourself with the four Program-Wide Goals/ Objectives for the Bachelor of Applied Science in Health Services Administration (HSA) Program. Then, for each of the core courses in the program and three subplan courses of your choosing, identify an assignment that helped you strengthen your skills for one of the four Program-Wide Goals/Objectives. Next, complete the table listed below using the following guidelines:
1. In the column titled “Program-Wide Goal/Objective” use the corresponding Program-Wide Goal/Objective number (1-4) found above. Each of the four Program-wide Goals/Objectives must be applied at least twice. You may enhance your evidence by including work from the Subplan courses as well. If you discuss your Subplan courses, please add additional rows to the table.
2. In the column titled “Overall Course Comments” make general comments regarding your overall learning in this course (i.e., how did this course help you to meet the program mission). This column is required.
3. In the column titled “Specific Assignment Comments” include the name of the assignment you are using for evidence of your learning and mastery of the overall program objective selected. Your assignment comments should be 2-4 sentences in length. Do not provide a copy of the assignment or give a summary of the assignment. Instead, include evidence how this assignment helped you meet the Program-Wide Goals/Objectives. Failure to include the name of the specific assignment being used as evidence will result in point deduction(s).
4. The table and boxes found below will expand as you type.

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Reflecting back through your program experiences, in no less than 200 words, how would you explain to a new student the value of group projects and how to successfully navigate them? Include in your explanation the role group projects/collaborative activities play in preparing students for the professional workforce.

In no less than 200 words, comment on what you believe to be your key takeaway from your Capstone Experience and how this experience helped you satisfy the Mission of the HSA Program. Include what was most difficult for you, what was most challenging/rewarding, and how your Capstone and Learning Contract are related to your professional goals.

Based on the program goals, objectives and expectations (found in Module 1 of this course), please reflect on how you believe you have demonstrated these skills and behaviors to meet these throughout the program:

1) In no less than 200 words, explain how you displayed professionalism and leadership qualities necessary for success in this field as well as how you exhibited the values and ethics of the workplace. Also, include examples of how you demonstrated initiative and effective problem resolution skills.

2) In no less than 200 words, evaluate your professional communication skills and give examples of how you applied your critical thinking skills and the evidence based research skills learned in the program to create relevant, high quality measures for your Learning Contract.

3) In no less than 150 words, explain how you demonstrated initiative in using multiple forms of new technology and use appropriate technology to gather evidence-based resources.

4) In no less than 200 words, explain how you demonstrated application of evidence-based research to the project measures, designed effective tools/strategies to collect, summarize, and interpret relevant data/information and communicate your findings.

In no less than 200 words, reflecting back on your HSA program experiences, discuss what you have learned about yourself. Describe what you have discovered about your career path and professional readiness. Were there gaps in the curriculum which might have increased your career readiness (i.e., specific topics or courses).