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Service-Learning As A Professional Development Tool, Lillian Wichinsky, Carolyn Turturro
Service-Learning As A Professional Development Tool, Lillian Wichinsky, Carolyn Turturro
Administrative Issues Journal
The authors examined students’ attitudes towards grant writing and program evaluation when service learning was integrated into the assignment. Over a two-year period, 71 graduate students participated in an online survey responding to both qualitative and quantitative items. Students overwhelmingly reported that they learned more through the servicelearning experience than they would have doing the assignment as an academic exercise. It is recommended that all disciplines seek out service-learning opportunities to promote professional development.
A 3-Prong Approach To A Competency-Based Curriculum, Tina Fields
A 3-Prong Approach To A Competency-Based Curriculum, Tina Fields
Administrative Issues Journal
As job opportunities for health administration students become more competitive, it is crucial for departments to develop “cutting edge” opportunities for their students. Taking the lead from other health profession curricula, health administration departments are developing overarching competencies that demonstrate outcome qualities of their students. The competency-based curriculum results in students who can demonstrate specific competencies at the time of their graduation. For the past three years, the School of Health Administration at Texas State University-San Marcos has used a threeprong competency-based curriculum to ensure “career readiness” of students.