HLTH 110: Wellness for Life Assignment
HLTH 110: Wellness for Life Assignment
HLTH 110: Wellness for Life
Health professional interview instructions
DUE Monday 11.5.18 @ 2:30pm via Blackboard
Purpose: The purpose of the health professional interview is to help you, and your classmates,
gain knowledge about careers in personal and community health. In addition, you will gain
experience communicating health information. You can conduct an interview in-person, by
phone, remotely via Skype or similar technology, or through email (note: email will require some
back and forth communication, thus added time). Recall that wellness is multidimensional and
many professions impact “health,” so “health professional” is a broad term. Obvious examples
include physicians, chiropractors, nutrition professionals, fitness professionals, massage
therapists, public and community health educators, nurses, etc. We will develop a list of
acceptable careers in class and then randomly select one career per student. There can
sometimes be overlap. For example, an orthopedic surgeon is a “physician” and a psychiatrist is
a “physician,” but the careers differ substantially.
Requirements:
1. Select an appropriate health profession . We will do this in class. If you are not in attendance
then I will assign you a health profession.
2. Conduct research on the career . Prior to scheduling the interview and developing a set of
interview questions, you should search reputable internet sites to learn about the profession.
Search professional organizations such as the American Medical Association, relevant
certifying agencies, labor unions, and/or other profession-specific organizations. Those
organizations will have information about the profession that will educate you about the
profession and help you decide what to ask during your interview. Keep notes that
documents your progress and what you learned from each website. One paragraph in your
write-up should discuss the sources your found and how those sources informed your
interview schedule.
3. Develop an interview schedule . This involves generating a pre-determined number of
questions that you will ask. The interview schedule should be considered “semi-structured.”
That means you prepare some pre-determined questions but also ask new questions as the
interview unfolds (e.g., follow-ups). For example, your interviewee might say something
interesting and you want to learn more about the statement (i.e., a “follow-up” question).
Ask! Do not feel stuck to your pre-determined questions. In fact, to exceed expectations you
must ask follow-up questions. Minimally, achieve the goals of the interview portion of the
assignment by addressing the points listed in a-e.
a. Tell us about who you interviewed but use a pseudonym (i.e., fake name).
Assignments that exceed expectations will provide details about how and why the
person entered the profession.
b. Educate the class about how one becomes involved in the career, including but not
limited to education requirements, certifications, continuing education, etc.
Assignments that exceed expectations will detail the interviewee’s thoughts about
any relevant professional requirements.
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c. Inform the class about expectations and advice for people entering the profession,
including but not limited to, typical daily activities, rewards, and challenges of the
profession, etc. Assignments that exceed expectations will clearly demonstrate a
thoughtful line of questioning and provide unique details about the profession and
the interviewee’s professional experiences.
d. Answer questions from your classmates. Everyone will be required to ask one
question to two different classmates. Only I will know who is asking a question after a
particular interview so you will need to pay attention to each presentation. Insightful
questions that demonstrate you were paying full attention are required to exceed
expectations.
e. Send a “thank you” email to the interviewee and cc me on the email.
4. Complete an assignment summary that highlights your findings.
a. Provide the data from part 2 above. This includes the list of resources you used to
research the profession and descriptions of how the resources informed your
interview. Assignments that exceed expectations will provide plenty of detail, clarity,
and insightfulness. If a resource did not help you, explain that situation, too.
b. Provide your interview schedule from part 3 above. Be clear as to the questions that
were pre-determined and the questions arose during the interview (i.e., the “follow-
ups”).
c. Summarize the interviewee’s responses. You can transcribe responses verbatim,
which is especially easy if you interview via email, or you can simply summarize the
main findings for each question. Assignments that exceed expectations will include
your own thoughts and experiences related to the interview. For example, if
something surprised you or wish you asked something different, include that in the
summary. Furthermore, assignments that exceed expectations will connect several
details from the interview with relevant course material (e.g., material we have
covered up to the due date).
d. Conclude by completing the following sentence: “For someone looking to enter [the
profession] my three recommendations/warnings are…” you do not need to include
three recommendations and three warnings. Just three points which can be all
recommendations, all warning, or a mix of recommendations and warnings. More
than three points is acceptable.
5. Give an informal presentation (at your seat) to the class regarding your work. In 4 minutes
(plus or minus 30 seconds), not more nor less, summarize the most important information
you gathered from the interview. Presentations that exceed expectations will be rehearsed
(e.g., you will not need to look at notes) and make links to relevant course material.
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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.