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Building Reflection Skills Through A Service-Learning Project In Human Services, Jennifer Dobbs-Oates

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

Abstract:

Service-learning is a rich context for developing reflection skills, promoting learning and personal/professional development. This service-learning project required students to partner with a professional who serves clients in a group setting and plan one group meeting/session. This poster describes reflection assignments and completed projects, and highlights learning promoted through reflection.

Previously presented at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium (2013)

Transforming Leadership: Nurses Leading Change To Strengthen Healthcare Delivery, Nila Reimer

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

A new leadership paradigm is moving toward strategies that guide leaders in the discovery of new possibilities for creating changes in clinical practice. Leadership is no longer a solo act. An acquisition of team spirit is essential for guiding transformative leaders to undertake opportunities inside and outside of organizations. The goal of this project is to develop a Transformative Leadership concentration to lead Doctor of Nursing Practice students in applying foundational principles of transformative leadership. Doctor of Nursing Practice students will learn leadership characteristics of managing the polarity of positive and negative situations along with complexity and change in healthcare. …