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Personal Action Plan

An action plan is a detailed, step-by-step plan for accomplishing an identified goal. Complete your personal action plan by answering the questions below. Refer to the program outcomes as a guide while answering your questions.

Program Outcomes

1. Graduates will be able to analyze a health care organization from a market-based perspective.

2. Graduates will be able to analyze financial and economic issues in the health care industry.

3. Graduates will be able to examine the impact of legal and regulatory requirements on the delivery of health care.

4. Graduates will be able to examine the application of risk and quality management concepts in the health care industry.

5. Graduates will be able to analyze the utilization and application of technology within a health care organization.

Graduates will be able to apply management and adaptable leadership skills in the health care industry.

6. Part I

Program Outcomes- A personal action plan is a plan you develop to meet personal goals. Instead of focusing on a career goal, consider the personal goals that might help you eventually meet your career goal, or think of goals you want to accomplish for personal satisfaction. These often relate to education or professional development, aside from the focus of your chosen career. In developing a personal action plan, you will look at your personal strengths and weaknesses and your ability to think strategically, and you will identify the goals you want to achieve. Answer the following questions to help you prepare for your action plan.

Program Reflection-

Question	Answer
What are your overall impressions of the BSHA program?	My overall impressions of the BSHA program is more like 7 to 10 scale. The program had given me a little insight of what goes on in the health industry. There were some instructors who really inspired me to keep going stronger. The reputation about UOP is still arguable. I am somewhat pleased with the hard work and knowledge that I’ve gained and am looking forward to furthering my career.
What did you like the most about this program?	What I like most about this program was the flexibility to work on my assignments, respond to discussion board and team assignment on my own time. I also enjoyed the last 5 classes which really clarified few questions I had about healthcare industry.
What would you like to see added?	An opportunity to work with healthcare reputable company, a easily access to intern with a healthcare organization, Health Management / Health IT certification, Financial/ Accounting class, Intermediate Medical Terminology, basic sciences, e.g. Anatomy and Physiology 1 & 2, Microbiology, Intro or Applied Chemistry and 2 labs.
After reviewing the outcomes listed above, do you feel the program prepared you to meet these outcomes? If not, which ones do you feel you did not meet?	I do feel that the program has prepared me in each of the outcomes listed above. I believe and hope that if I were to become employed in the health care industry I could effectively deliver information to patients in conjunction to HIPAA and following all criteria involved. I will be able to successfully hire for any positions within the facility I am employed. I honestly feel that I would make successfully in managing patients and staff businesses without compromising safety or quality. These are things that come in time and are learned, however I feel that I can walk into a facility and already have an idea of what expectations are.
Do you feel prepared for a career in the health care industry?	I am a bit scared, still feel like an amateur. I think everything will work out if I go further to pursue a Master’s degree and/ or second BS in Nursing. And or perhaps seek for a clinical experience to able to face the competition and job market out there.

· Based on the program outcomes listed above, your program reflection above, what would you identify as your greatest strengths?

· Based on the program outcomes listed above, your program reflection above, what would you identify as areas you need to improve?

· How do you feel you have accomplished the ability to strategize and critically think during the course of your program?

· How have your ethical and personal perspectives evolved since you started this program?

· Based on your answers above, identify at least three areas where you can improve by setting a personal goal. Use these areas to create your goals in Part II of this worksheet below.

Part II

Generate your action plan by completing the table below. Identify at least three goals you would like to meet with this action plan. Research action plans on the Internet for help in completing this table.

	Goal	How will I accomplish this goal?	Who needs to be involved?	When will it be done?	What resources are needed?	What obstacles may arise?	How will I overcome these obstacles?
Example Goal	I want to better understand the role technology will play in the future of health care.	I will read trade journals and magazines and talk to people in different positions in health care.	Myself and those I interview.	It will really be ongoing, but the initial phase should be done in 6 months, by June 15, 2011.	I need to join some trade organizations in order to read their articles. I also need to find people in different health care careers to interview.	People may not have an opinion or their opinions may differ from the trade journals. I might have a hard time finding journals or magazines.	I think developing really detailed questions and being consistent will help. Also, I might have to contact trade organizations to ask for help.
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