{"id":59676,"date":"2018-07-17T07:10:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T11:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=59676"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:44:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T13:44:22","slug":"practicum-and-capstone-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/hpe\/current-students\/practicum-and-capstone-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Practicum and Capstone Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Practicum<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Each student in the Masters in Health Professions Education program will be required to complete a Practicum.\u00a0 The Practicum will be performed under the guidance of a faculty mentor and overseen by the Practicum Director.\u00a0 The Practicum format is variable and will depend on the student\u2019s professional goals, the specific skills they aim to develop and the faculty mentor\u2019s expertise.<\/p>\n<p>The Practicum is designed to help students gain skills in development, implementation and assessment of curriculum, research, and oral &amp; written communication skills. \u00a0\u00a0The Practicum should assist the student in gaining hands-on skills based on concepts and theories taught in the classroom. \u00a0Practicum topics are broadly based on three general areas:\u00a0 (i) Teaching-based, (ii) Curriculum-based or (iii) Research-based projects.\u00a0 The Practicum agreement should be a minimum of 150 hours and must conclude with a formal Capstone paper. The final Capstone must be approved by the Practicum mentor and the Capstone Director.<\/p>\n<p>To begin your Practicum please complete the<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/gms\/files\/2021\/01\/Practicum-Approival-FormJan2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Practicum Approval Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more detail\u00a0 see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2022\/08\/HPE-Practicum-HandbookAug2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Capstone Practicum Details<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Practicum \/ Capstone<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Practicum is a culminating experience where the student prepares a final report describing, evaluating and reflecting on the Practicum experience and outcomes thereby demonstrating a deep understanding of the chosen topic and how it impacts the larger community. The Practicum report should include the following sections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction and Literature Review<\/li>\n<li>Rationale and Justification for the Study<\/li>\n<li>Methods and Results (as applicable)<\/li>\n<li>Discussion<\/li>\n<li>Conclusions based on contribution to the greater educational community<\/li>\n<li>Self-Reflection on Practicum experience<\/li>\n<li>Resume \/ curriculum vitae<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The final scholarly work can then be utilized as part of a Teaching Portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practicum Each student in the Masters in Health Professions Education program will be required to complete a Practicum.\u00a0 The Practicum will be performed under the guidance of a faculty mentor and overseen by the Practicum Director.\u00a0 The Practicum format is variable and will depend on the student\u2019s professional goals, the specific skills they aim to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2491,"featured_media":0,"parent":79672,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2491"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59676"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88746,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59676\/revisions\/88746"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}