Specialty Capstone
This course provides students with the direction and support to complete an independent capstone project relative to their specialty track or area of professional interest. Specialty track students must complete the capstone project in the field of their specialty. Generalist students may choose a focus of study. Students identify a community-based partner of interest and secure commitment from the organization and individual preceptor willing to facilitate the project onsite. Students develop a precise and targeted literature review on a topic of interest and propose an interventional capstone project to address the identified need/problem. A written plan of execution is submitted in the form of the Capstone Project Plan.
Outcomes: Examine a relevant healthcare problem or knowledge gap by executing and synthesizing professional research and literature review; Demonstrate analytic, critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities by proposing an administrative solution to a healthcare problem; Formulate a precise problem statement defining the current state, impact, and desired state for identified issue; Delineate relevant data required to analyze the problem and propose intervention; Design a feasible and evidence-based course of action for implementation.
Outcomes: Examine a relevant healthcare problem or knowledge gap by executing and synthesizing professional research and literature review; Demonstrate analytic, critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities by proposing an administrative solution to a healthcare problem; Formulate a precise problem statement defining the current state, impact, and desired state for identified issue; Delineate relevant data required to analyze the problem and propose intervention; Design a feasible and evidence-based course of action for implementation.