PTA CONTINING EDUDACTION

Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________

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PHT1227C

Assignment # 1: Blackboard Assignment on Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning

Objective 14: Promote career development, contemporary practice and lifelong learning opportunities.

Becoming a licensed physical therapist assistant is just the beginning…What happens next? Where do you see yourself in 5 years? How do you get there?

1. Identify 3 professional goals that you would like to accomplish in the next 5 years.

2. Create a timeline for your five year development plan that demonstrates how you will work toward those goals

3. Include at least 3 continuing education courses that help you attain your professional goals (ensure that the CE course is at the appropriate level of instruction, has the appropriate evidence & is taught by person with expertise

4. Consider PTA Recognition of Advanced Proficiency, leadership development, other certifications, etc (look these up in APTA website)

5. Plan should include your strengths and weaknesses to implementing your plan (ie. resources/opportunities, time frames, costs)

6. Include mentors that you may contact or use 7. How will you reassess development plan regularly/ongoing? 8. What resources does the APTA offer for career development?

***Submit using Safe Assign, via Blackboard in Week 1 of PHT1227C by 8am on Monday, March 13, 2017. Also print and submit copy in class by 8AM of that day. If either of these submissions is missing, the assignment will be late.

CATEGORY Excellent 4 Good 3 Satisfactory 2 Needs Improvement 1

Content The information is

very well

organized. All

paragraphs include

the information

requested that

reflect the use the

student's own

words.

The Information is

moderately

organized. Most

paragraphs include

the information

requested that

reflect the student's

own words.

Paragraphs

included related

information but were

typically not

constructed well.

Information is

somewhat

organized. Students

own words are

used.

Paragraphing structure and

content was not clear and

sentences were not typically

related within the paragraphs.

The information appears to be

disorganized. Poor paraphrasing.

Mechanics No (0)

grammatical,

spelling, or

punctuation errors.

(Typos are errors.)

Paper is stapled,

typed and clean.

Writer makes 1-2

errors in grammar

or spelling.

Paper is not

stapled, but typed

and clean.

Writer makes 3-4

errors in grammar,

spelling, or

punctuation.

Paper is not stapled

and handwritten, but

clean.

Many grammatical, spelling, or

punctuation errors (5 or more).

Paper is not stapled, handwritten

and appears dirty.

Amount of

Information

All topics are

addressed and all

paragraphs (3)

have at least 5-7

sentences.

All topics are

addressed and

most paragraphs

have 5-7

sentences.

All topics are

addressed, and

most paragraphs

have 3-5 sentences.

One or more topics were not

addressed.

Student Response Student answers 8

out of the 8

items/questions

thoroughly.

Student answers 7

out of the 8

items/questions

thoroughly.

Student answers 6

out of the 8

items/questions

thoroughly.

Student answers 5 or less of the

items/questions; responses are

vague and lack development of

the idea.