Honors Experiential Learning Proposal - General Revised Fall 2014 1
Honors Experiential Learning Proposal - General Revised Fall 2014 1
Honors Experiential Learning Proposal - General Revised Fall 2014 1
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Demonstrate awareness of key weakness/limitations of the research and provide guidance on the most important and fruitful
directions for future research on this topic.
Ability to think beyond the just completed research and articulate how your world view has been impacted by the experience.
Clearly and thoroughly address how each of the following elements will be exhibited in your work:
2. Connection to Learning Outcomes within the Honors Thematic Area (identified above)
Possesses awareness of purpose of service, including need for reciprocity, understanding of social issues, and
ability to see those issues from multiple perspectives:
One learning outcome of community engagement that my project would connect with is my knowledge of the
purpose of the service. One of the issues that patients have with doctors and other employees at hospitals is that
they believe doctors do not spend enough time getting to know them and making them feel comfortable in the
hospital. They feel like the doctor is not intimate enough and treats them as if they were just another patient. As an
encourager my job would be to make the family and patient more comfortable by conversing with them and
getting filling them in on how they can contribute to the treatment of their family member.
Relates, communicates, and works effectively with others towards sustainable social change:
Another learning outcome for community engagement that connects with my project is working with others
towards sustainable social change. This project will involve a lot of interaction with the staff of the hospital which
means my ability to communicate and work with them effectively is absolutely necessary for my positon. This
level of interaction with the staff of the hospital will allow me to assist them in their goal of making the hospital a
comfortable place for all of its patients and erase the stigma that hospitals only want money and do not care about
the well-being of the patient.
5. Reflection
I will actively reflect on my experience through journal writings after each day that I volunteer. One reflection
question that I could discuss in my journal entry would be, Can you picture yourself performing the tasks you
did todays for the rest of your life? Another reflection question that I could include is, how did your work today
push you further toward your goal of becoming a doctor? These would be examples of the types of questions I
would use to reflect on my experience.
6. Dissemination
My experience will be accessible to almost anyone but more than likely will only be seen by UC staff and
students, or future medical students interested in hospital work. I will share my experience online through my
honors portfolio on weebly.com. The audience that I have chosen is relevant because my work could help
someone in the UC community or any other college decided whether or not they would be interested in taking up
a career in medicine.
7. Project Advisor(s)
My project advisor will be Shanna Hansen, the Volunteer Services Coordinator at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Office: 513 862 2374
Fax 513 862 493
She would be an excellent advisor for this project because she will have information about my progress in the
hospital and she is someone who will not have a biased opinion towards me. She will also be able to give me tips
in successful student learning at the hospital and how I can use the resources I gain at the hospital to aid me in the
future.
8. Budget (if applicable)
This service learning project will not require a budget.