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The Profile of a Graduate from West Coast University The following characteristics represent the qualities, attitudes and values that students should possess by the time they have completed their studies at West Coast University. ï‚· Professionalism: Graduates should treat all patients and clients with respect and dignity. Graduates should always maintain and safeguard the confidentiality of every patient and client. Graduates should maintain a professional appearance and conduct themselves with professionalism at all times. Graduates should understand the value of professional association affiliation. ï‚· Currency, Adaptability, and Lifelong Learning: Graduates should seek to adapt and remain current with the guidelines and scope of their practice.
Graduates should espouse lifelong learning, and should exhibit this commitment via scholarly inquiry, including educational achievements in public and/or global health services, evidence based clinical care, and the sciences. ï‚· Interprofessionalism: Graduates should be prepared as health professionals for working deliberatively in interprofessional teams and through interprofessional collaborative practice. Graduates should strive to develop a safe, patient-centered, and population-based health care system to achieve optimal health and wellness. ï‚· Global Awareness: In addition to the commitment to local, state, regional, national, and public service, graduates should demonstrate an awareness and appreciation for international healthcare models and practices. ï‚· Clinical Application: Graduates should be prepared to apply their clinical skills and knowledge in a variety of diverse settings, both global and local, to promote public health.
Graduates should be able to adapt to a variety of clinical situations. ï‚· Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity as ‘Health Care Citizens’: Graduates should embrace a commitment to diversity and cultural sensitivity. Graduates should be prepared to meet the broad and disparate needs of their patients, clients, and the communities within which they serve. Graduates should be advocates for health care change and health promotion. ï‚· Service-Oriented and Community Advocacy: Graduates should demonstrate a sustained and meaningful sense of service to their patients, clients, and communities. Graduates should have participated in community service opportunities that have increased their sensitivity to and awareness of the communities within which they serve. ï‚· Acquisition of Personal Attributes: Graduates should demonstrate altruism, integrity, dependability, compassion, respect, temperance, acceptance of criticism, emotional stability, self- awareness, and resilience.
Graduates should exhibit confidence in taking appropriate actions and have the aptitude to respond quickly in emergency situations. Graduates should exhibit personal accountability. ï‚· Team Player: Graduates should be willing to execute their professional skills as a member of a team. They should exhibit a keen awareness of team dynamics, and be willing to be open-minded, seek common ground, and support and encourage all members of an inter-disciplinary health care team. ï‚· Legal and Ethical Responsibilities: Graduates should be aware of the legal parameters of their scope of practice. They should abide by their respective professional code of ethics and/or oaths, as prescribed by each profession, and/or licensure body. ï‚· Leadership Skills: Graduates should contribute as leaders in their profession and understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and the importance of being flexible, and possessing good organizational and time-management skills to achieve a common goal. ï‚· Interpersonal Communication Skills: Graduates should be active listeners and communicate well with patients, clients, and families to understand their needs and explain treatments.
Graduates should communicate competently in written, oral, and electronic forms with patients, clients, and the healthcare team and should be sensitive to verbal and non-verbal cues. ï‚· Critical Thinking Skills: Graduates should think critically and address problems proactively. They should exhibit sound judgment and reasoning such as the ability to measure, calculate, analyze, and synthesize information pertinent to problem solving when making decisions. ï‚· Knowledge Attainment: Graduates should be qualified and knowledgeable practitioners, as demonstrated by passing board and/or licensure examinations, course grades, and by clinical evaluations, such as preceptorships and field experiences. ï‚· Acquisition of Evidence-Based Resources: Graduates should demonstrate knowledge of information resources and data-bases, to identify strategies for locating additional evidence-based resources to expand knowledge and skill bases, for referrals and reference.
Graduates should possess the ability to utilize computer technology and apply this expertise in professional and clinical settings. DATE OF SEARCH LIBRARY DATABASE(S) USED SEARCH TERMS AND STRATEGIES USED NUMBER OF RESULTS FILTERS OR LIMITERS USED SOURCES FOUND APA REFERENCE AND CITATION NOTES AND REFLECTIONS List the date you completed each search. Name of library research database, search tool, etc. Keywords, synonyms, related terms, Boolean search construction, etc. Number of results.
Should be at least 30. How did you limit your search? List and create the in-text citation and reference entry for each relevant source found. Reflect on your search and the resources found. EXAMPLE ROW Academic Search Complete Professionalism AND students Advanced search 374 ï¯ Full Text ï¯ Peer-reviewed ï¯ Date Range ï¯ Publication Type ï¯ Language ï¯ Other (Ghadirian et al., 2014).
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Number of results. Should be at least 30. How did you limit your search? Create the in-text citation and reference entry for each relevant source found. Reflect on your search and the resources found.
SOURCE 1 SOURCE 2 SOURCE 3 SOURCE 4 ADDITIONAL NOTES RESEARCH DIARY LOG – Week 8 Full Text Peer-reviewed Date Range Publication Type Language Date of Search 2: Databases 2: Terms and Strategies 2: Number of Results 2: Full text 2: Off Peer Reviewed 2: Off Date Range 2: Off Publication type 2: Off Language 2: Off Other 2: Other (list) Source 5: Notes 5: Source 6: Notes 6: Notes 7: Source 7: Source 8: Notes 8: Date of Search: Databases: Terms and Strategies: Number of Results: Check Box1: Off Peer Reviewed: Off Date Range: Off Publication type: Off Language: Off Other: Other (list) Source 1: Notes 1: In brief what is this article about. Source 2: Notes 2: In brieft what is this article about. Source 3: Notes 3: Source 4: Notes 4: Notes LG: ADDITIONAL NOTES Notes are about arching reflections not about specific sources.
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