Your Direct Care Summary Executive Summary demonstrates a presentation and synthesis of your direct care practicum. The following information should be included in your paper.
Introduction to Direct Care Experience
Descriiption of setting, population/vulnerable population, and Direct Care activities
Provide an example of a patient that you assessed
APIE (Assessment, Plan, Implementation, Evaluation)
Describe APIE of the patient and/or population
Explain how you assessed the need of the patient and/or population
State a minimum of three short-term goals. (Phrase the short-term goals according to the SMART criteria: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely)
Prioritize a plan of action
Describe the interventions that were implemented
Provide details regarding the implementation process such as materials and patient/population responses
Describe the evaluation of the interventions
Interprofessional Collaboration
Describe the interprofessional collaboration that took place during the Direct Care experience
Include titles of individuals, their positions, departments
Include reasons for the collaboration and
Include plans and/or solutions that resulted from the collaboration
Provide details regarding any conflicts and resolutions
Self-Reflection
Provide a self-reflection of your Direct Care Practicum Experience
Describe what went well
Describe the challenges
Identify the new learning and insights, which assisted to deepen and expand knowledge of the direct care patient experience
Conclusion
Provide a detailed conclusion for the executive summary
Recap the direct care setting/patient population, to include the patient you focused your APIE on
Briefly summarize each section of your entire paper
Final brief summary of your overarching experience