Describe your past, current, or plans for future service/intentions for service to underserved communities, individuals, and/or causes with examples of how these intentions relate to your career as a future Physician Assistant. Describe your experience with online coursework, specifically delivery modality and all outcomes related to online coursework.

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Describe your past, current, or plans for future service/intentions for service to underserved communities, individuals, and/or causes with examples of how these intentions relate to your career as a future Physician Assistant.

Describe your experience with online coursework, specifically delivery modality and all outcomes related to online coursework.

Use the space below to document anything we need to know about your candidacy that isn’t detailed in the application or narrative section.

Describe how current issues regarding advocacy and social justice have impacted your motivation for medical school? What is your specific interest in the MD Program at GW? What opportunities would you take advantage of as a student here? Why?

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Medical School Admissions Essays

 

  • The MD Program includes substantial content in Clinical Public Health (population health, health systems science, health policy, and community health) to prepare GW graduates for an expanded scope of practice required to be successful 21st century physicians. What are your specific interests and experiences related to that aspect of the MD Program? (350 characters)

 

  • Talk about how I will be involved with the student wellness advisory council on campus in the upcoming year and how it ties into my interests of this medical school.

 

  • What is your most meaningful clinical experience to date, involving direct patient contact? (350 characters)

 

  • Here is my personal statement to reference:

 

Where am I?”

            This was a question that Jane asked me often. When I started working in hospice care, I was assigned to, Jane, who was suffering from dementia, for my training period. She could barely remember her name and where she was. She would apologize for confusing facts as I talked with her. She was also recovering from a stroke that had affected her speech, further hindering her communication. When I first met Jane, it was difficult for me to see how I could meaningfully help her. Nevertheless, after a short while, I started understanding her needs by looking beyond her dementia and stroke symptoms. Hospice care showed me the fundamentals of medicine: caring for others by addressing their physical, emotional, and social wellness needs.

As I focused on improving my communication with Jane, I grew to understand her needs better and we established a close connection. As a result, this caregiving experience opened my eyes to my growing interest in medicine. She was polite and tried hard to communicate with me even when she couldn’t remember basic things. Once, on a day when Jane had complained that she was sad and did not want to do anything, I asked her to walk to the cafeteria with me instead of taking lunch alone in her room. At first, she smiled and told me she did not know where the cafeteria was. Then, to my surprise, as I got up to collect her lunch and bring it back to her room, she told me that she had changed her mind and would walk to the cafeteria because she knew I would bring her back safely.

After interacting with Jane and completing my training, I better understood my role in hospice care and medicine. I fully appreciated the importance of this type of care. My responsibilities in the hospice care program included feeding, bathing, and spending time with residents. Before joining the program, I had considered these tasks merely routine. I have seen this when I shadowed in the ER, and saw the basic needs that were attended to and untilI realized the trust the patient had in the doctor in caring for the patients’ social,mental, emotional well being and making sure they are ok throughout their time at the hospital until the patient is discharged. However, Jane showed me how vital they are to patients’ health and emotional wellbeing. She told me she felt alone since her daughter worked in another state. They rarely talked and she did not have any other family. Jane told me that the time we spent together made her feel better and she came to think of me as family. Her words made me realize that healthcare comprises all aspects of an individual’s life, including their physical, emotional, and social well-being.

My interest in medicine was a product of my newfound understanding of the critical role of medical practitioners in their communities. I had always been interested in working in an area in which I could help people make holistic improvements to their lives. My experience in hospice care emphasized the holistic care aspects of medicine. I helped ensure patients’ physical well-being by ensuring that they followed their prescriptions, bathing them, and feeding them. In addition, I cared for their emotional and mental well-being by communicating with and spending long periods of quality time with them.

I am eager to continue this work as a medical professional. When I informed Dr. Kim, the hospice care manager, about my decision to become a medical professional towards the end of my time in the program, he told me that my interest must come from deep within. His statement made me realize that I am indeed deeply interested in this field because my decision emanated from my internal perspectives and experience with patients. Although my environment had guided me to this decision, it broadened my perspective about the possibilities of different fields of medical care. Dr. Kim became my mentor and taught me more about the physician’s role in integrity, continuous improvement, and prioritizing patients’ well-being and needs.

My primary objective in becoming a physician is based on my hospice care experience, Dr. Kim’s mentorship, and my inherent beliefs and principles: to improve patients’ comprehensive wellness by addressing their physical, emotional, and mental health needs. My interactions with Jane illustrate how much patients require this approach to improve their well-being. I hope to give many more patients the same quality of care by applying a holistic view to my medical practice.

This medical program is another stepping stone towards achieving my goal. The program will equip me with the necessary skills, knowledge, and competencies to become a better medical professional in my community. My hospice care experience reinforced my commitment to my career as a medical professional. As a result, I am eager to join this program in my journey to becoming a health care professional. I am also eager to work with my peers in this program as we share our experiences, perspectives, and beliefs about medicine. These integrations will improve our competencies in medical practice. In addition, I will work with them on various research projects to expand my proficiency in the medical field. These aspects will enhance my capacity to help my community through disease prevention and health care promotion strategies.

 

  • Describe how current issues regarding advocacy and social justice have impacted your motivation for medical school? (500 characters)

 

I am not sure how to answer this so I hope you can answer this in the most profound way possible.

 

  • What makes you a unique individual? What challenges have you faced? How will these factors help you contribute to the diversity of the student body at GW? (750 characters)

 

  • Talk about How I am indian and being a minority in this country is difficult with the discrimination faced with my culture and then discuss about the factors that help contribute to diversity and how I am apart of the indian Cultural Exchange club at Augusta University, which I will provide more details about it below :
  • I am an American citizen with Indian ancestry. As a minority group member, I have been surrounded by homogeneity throughout my life. Despite the singularity of this aspect of the situational features that define me, I have always strived to draw on my cultural background to promote diversity. I will be the president of the Indian Cultural Exchange of Augusta University from 2022 to 2023. During my first two years as a member of this on-campus non-profit group, I served as the entity secretary. As part of my duties, I was charged with planning and hosting Indian cultural events at Augusta and inviting everyone on campus, notwithstanding their background, to each occasion. The year 2022 saw us hold our most successful event: Garba, the festival of dance and Holi, the festival of colors. It had a large turnout of individuals from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to leverage the opportunity toward creating social solidarity and cohesion, cultivating social inclusion, and strengthening civic pride and tolerance. I was also the comptroller of the Student Government Association at Augusta. In this role, I helped fund an on-campus diversity event to advocate for additional diversity-oriented classes. Furthermore, I conducted surveys to understand students’ desired changes in the context of diversity. Aside from these engagements, I have partaken in several other diversity promotion activities that, collectively, I could exploit to support and promote diversity and inclusion, ensure continuous self-development, and broaden the scope of my peers’ understanding of other cultures at Columbia. In light of my background and experiences, I feel prepared to effectively navigate the challenges – for instance, internalized stereotypes, communication barriers, and patients’ healthcare beliefs – that hallmark provider-patient interactions against the backdrop of cultural differences. Overall, I am confident that I am positioned to render culturally-sensitive care in a society on a trajectory toward increased cultural heterogeneity.

 

  • What is your specific interest in the MD Program at GW? What opportunities would you take advantage of as a student here? Why? (1750 characters)

 

Use the GW Mission Statements and write based off of that.

  • Educating a diverse workforce of tomorrow’s leaders in medicine, science, and health sciences.
  • Healing through innovative and compassionate care.
  • Advancing biomedical, translational, and health services delivery research with an emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration.
  • Promoting a culture of excellence through inclusion, service, and advocacy.
  • As a globally recognized academic medical center, GW embraces the challenge of eliminating health disparities and transforming health care to enrich and improve the lives of those we serve.

How long have they known you and in what context? What academic qualifications make you eligible for PA school? How much do you know about medicine and the PA field? Why are you a great candidate for PA school and their eagerness to recommend you? What personal traits and attributes will help you succeed in the program?

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Physician Assistant Letter of recommendation

Here are some points that your recommender should strive to hit in a letter for a PA program:

How long have they known you and in what context?
What academic qualifications make you eligible for PA school?
How much do you know about medicine and the PA field?
Why are you a great candidate for PA school and their eagerness to recommend you?
What personal traits and attributes will help you succeed in the program?

What did the study conclude? What are the implications of these results for practice? What were the main limitations and/or biases in the study? Were the conclusions appropriate given study methods and results?

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Comparison of Constraint

-Induced Movement Therapy and Bilateral Treatment of Equal Intensity in People With Chronic Upper-Extremity Dysfunction After Cerebrovascular Accident

Attached is article, read intervention section and conclusion section. Only use the source provided.

1 pg answering CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: What did the study conclude? What are the implications of these results for practice? What were the main limitations and/or biases in the study? Were the conclusions appropriate given study methods and results?

1/2-1pg answering INTERVENTION: Provide a description of the intervention (focus, who delivered it, how often, setting). Could the intervention be replicated in practice? Was the Intervention described in detail?

Improve health by providing up-to-date direct emergency care with patient-centred approach. Enhance clinical practices, ensure patient safety, and optimise resource utilisation by developing and implementing hospital policies. Evaluate medical records for ensuring compliance and resolving patient’s complaints.

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Cover letter EU

Qualifications Summary
• Proven track record of caring and treating patients with life-threatening conditions, encompassing resuscitation, stabilisation, and transition care to appropriate endpoint.
• Expert at enhancing patient health via provision of up-to-date direct emergency care with patient-centred approach.
• Stellar success in developing and implementing hospital policies as well as delivering medical services at all ages.
• Dedicated to develop community outreach and passionate about self-development via workshops and conferences, with the drive and ambition to build on success.
• Multi-cultural individual; competent in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as adaptable to ever-changing demands of working environment with a track record of coordinating diverse-natured activities.
• Transformational leader; adept at building, directing, and training cross-functional teams with aim of achieving shared vision and goals.
• Skilled at establishing professional and constructive relationships with patients, staff members, and senior management.

Career Experience
Jiahui International Hospital, Shanghai, CN 2018 – Present
Chief of Service – Emergency Department & Rabies Prevention Clinic

Improve health by providing up-to-date direct emergency care with patient-centred approach. Enhance clinical practices, ensure patient safety, and optimise resource utilisation by developing and implementing hospital policies. Evaluate medical records for ensuring compliance and resolving patient’s complaints.

Oversee routine operations of government licensed
Fever Alertness clinic (adult and paediatric) and enable compliance to quality protocols and regulations. Contribute in medical leadership and multiple quality and safety committees. Deliver exceptional support in creation and execution of new multi-lingual EMR. Establish network of locum physicians to facilitate in department’s growth as well as participate in recruitment
of both local and international physicians.
• Oversaw department’s development from start to finish, including JCI accreditation and running private ER in Shanghai.
• Directed ER and fever clinic through covid pandemic, whilst collaborating with government in China.
• Increased performance by leading junior doctors and developing training plan.

Emergency Physician
Aided people with exemplary emergency clinical care for patients of all ages with consistently high NPS. Conducted regular reviews of department’s medical records and ensured compliance. Formulated and executed department policies for patient care to ensure smooth workflow. Provided medical support for events (international competitions) and VIP medical escorts, as well as various charity missions to neglected areas of China.
• Delivered high quality care and participated in creation and development of Fellowship program in emergency medicine.

Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, FR 2006 – 2009
Emergency Physician – Emergency Department
Offered clinical care in leading university hospital (Paris pole of excellence in haematology, oncology, dermatology, and urology) in both emergency room (medical and surgical) and short-term post emergency in-patient unit. Facilitated team with clinical teaching for junior doctors through direct supervision and lectures. Maintained compliance review of medical records for maintaining accuracy.

Physician, Pre-Hospital Critical Care (SAMU94)
Delivered best-in-class prehospital care (mobile Intensive care unit) for patients of all ages and types of emergencies, including medical, trauma, and obstetrical. Formulated and implemented department policies for clinical care to optimise staff performance.
• Enhanced performance while contributing to training for junior physicians by delivering effective lectures and practical workshops/simulation.

Necker Medical School, Paris, FR 2002 – 2006

Resident in General Medicine
Rotation in neurology, internal medicine, paediatrics, emergency departments (adult and paediatric) and Pre-Hospital Critical Care.

International Assistance Experience
Coordinating Doctor, International SOS, Paris/HK/Singapore/Beijing
– Remote site Locum doctor, International SOS Laos
– Alarm centre medical coordination and medical evacuations
Emergency Physician, Medic Air International, Paris, FR

Which projects did you undertake, what technical aspects were put to use, and what did you learn from them? Discuss all conferences, seminars, workshops you have attended or participated in? What did you learn? Have you prepared, presented or published any research papers?

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Pharmaceutical Studies MS Statement of Purpose

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The general purpose of the Statement of Purpose (SOP) is to indicate strong research interest and your potential for advanced research. So this document will have more technical information and jargon. It will consist of your  motivational story;  education;  projects–academic and professional — to show your expertise in the subject ; why you want to pursue the degree now; short and long term goals; why this school and lastly why you are a good fit for the school.

The accepted SOP format is given below:

  1. Introduction
  2. Academic Background
  3. Research/ Practical Experiences
  4. Work Experience
  5. Why MS? Why now?
  6. Post MS Goals (This is what the SOP is all about—[after all it is a goals essay])
  7. Why this particular university?
  8. Extracurricular Activities/ Community Service (Optional)
  9. Conclusion

You need to create a draft of about 800-1000 WORDS

 

HOW TO CONSTRUCT YOUR SOP

To make this task easier for you, here are some questions, tips and guidelines that will help extract the right content from you.

 

Stage 1

Intellectual Origin Story

Goal: To generate and organize the experiences that will make up the body of your statement of purpose

 

  • What is the Statement of Purpose?

Typically, graduate programs want to know four things in addition to seeing which of the five traits you possess:

  • Why you’re interested in your field
  • Why you’re qualified for graduate study in your field (this is the most important part!)
  • What you’ll contribute to your class
  • Why the school is a good fit for you

 

In this section, we’ll start laying the groundwork

  • Intellectual Origin Story

Graduate programs are interested in your experiences in your field of study. We call these experiences your intellectual origin story because they show how your interest and ability have grown over time. The origin story lays the foundation for your essay and also forms the crux of your SOP’s introduction.

  • Components of a Story

You’re about to explain the most important events in your intellectual development. We’ve categorized these experiences to help you align your brainstorming with what schools want to see. You’ll discuss:

  • Catalysts: Experiences that sparked or confirmed your interest in your field.
  • Academics: Experience in your field of study in an academic setting.
  • Practical Experiences: Related to the curriculum
  • Work: Experience in your field of study at work, if you’ve had a chance to work in it.
  • Independent Learning: Experience in your field of study that you’ve pursued on your own time.
  • Next Steps (essentially, your GOALS): Connecting your past experiences with your future as a graduate student and beyond.

3) Limited Space

There are at most four answer slots per category. Aim to fill all of them. Later, we’ll prioritize these responses to include only the most important experiences in your essay. We will also help you identify the experiences that best showcase your traits, and we’ll ask questions to help you expand your ideas.

 

Stage 2

Catalyst

*Describe the experience(s) that sparked your interest in seriously pursuing this field.

  • Something from your personal experience that sparked your interest.

Tips: Try to avoid early childhood anecdotes, unless they are very unique and fundamental to your story— readers will assume that most people applying to this program were interested in the field when they were younger. Instead, you might focus on more recent moments that confirmed your commitment to the field.

 

  • Something from your academic experience that sparked your interest.

Tips: An academic catalyst is a moment within an academic setting that sparked your interest in the field—this could include a class you took, a professor who inspired you, a group project, or research you conducted on your own. The important thing is that this moment inspired you to learn more about the field.

  • Something from your work experience that sparked your interest.

Tips: Think about how your work experience has led you to this new stage in your journey. Consider whether there was a moment at work that made you want to learn more, shift your focus, or gain new skills in order to excel in your career.

 

Academic

*List and describe the academic steps you have taken to grow your knowledge, in chronological order (e.g. relevant high-level coursework; research; conferences, mentorships, etc).

  • Your first academic step.

Tips: Include things like relevant high-level coursework, research, conferences, mentorships, etc.

  • Your second academic step.

Tips: Include things like relevant high-level coursework, research, conferences, mentorships, etc.

  • Your third academic step.

Tips: Include things like relevant high-level coursework, research, conferences, mentorships, etc.

  • Your fourth academic step.

Tips: Include things like relevant high-level coursework, research, conferences, mentorships, etc.

 

Stage 3

Practical Experiences

What relevant practical experiences have you had during or after your Bachelor’s degree?

 

Answer the following questions:

  • Which projects did you undertake, what technical aspects were put to use, and what did you learn from them?
  • Discuss all conferences, seminars, workshops you have attended or participated in? What did you learn?
  • Have you prepared, presented or published any research papers? Give details.
  • Discuss all your internships and industrial trainings (if any) in detail. Give details like where, what, when, how etc. What did you learn from each of them?
  • Have you undertaken any independent research? If so, give details.

 

Stage 4

Work Experience

*List and describe the professional steps you have taken to grow your knowledge, in chronological order (e.g. jobs held; professional development).

  • Your first work step.

any work experience that helped inspire your decision to apply to graduate school, as well as any professional development experience. If you haven’t entered the workforce, you can include internships and relevant volunteer experience here.

 

  • Your second work step.

Tips: You can include any work experience that helped inspire your decision to apply to graduate school, as well as any professional development experience. If you haven’t entered the workforce, you can include internships and relevant volunteer experience here.

 

  • Your third work step.

Tips: You can include any work experience that helped inspire your decision to apply to graduate school, as well as any professional development experience. If you haven’t entered the workforce, you can include internships and relevant volunteer experience here.

 

  • Your fourth work step.

Tips: You can include any work experience that helped inspire your decision to apply to graduate school, as well as any professional development experience. If you haven’t entered the workforce, you can include internships and relevant volunteer experience here.

Independent Learning

*List and describe any supplemental and/or independent learning related to your chosen field, in chronological order.

Your first independent learning step

 

Tips: This section is for any experience outside of the classroom or work environment. This could include independent research, mentorships, conferences, personal experiences that inspired you to learn more about this field, relevant hobbies, etc.

 

Your second independent learning step

Tips: This section is for any experience outside of the classroom or work environment. This could include independent research, mentorships, conferences, personal experiences that inspired you to learn more about this field, relevant hobbies, etc.

 

Your third independent learning step

Tips: This section is for any experience outside of the classroom or work environment. This could include independent research, mentorships, conferences, personal experiences that inspired you to learn more about this field, relevant hobbies, etc.

 

Your fourth independent learning step

Tips: This section is for any experience outside of the classroom or work environment. This could include independent research, mentorships, conferences, personal experiences that inspired you to learn more about this field, relevant hobbies, etc.

Stage 5

Why this course?

  • In 1-2 sentences, describe why you are prepared for this course of study, and what you hope to get out of the program. 

Tips: Later in the module, we’re going to use this answer as the basis for your thesis statement. So, think about the essential details that would convince a reader that you’re prepared for this degree, and will benefit from the course of study you’ve chosen.

Example: An MBA with a marketing concentration will give me an edge over other creative people, who work in brand development. This degree will expose me to the business side of marketing, helping me better serve future clients and preparing me for a career as a marketing director.

 

*Please answer all required questions and at least 3 total questions.

  • What motivates you to pursue your degree?

Tips: Graduate study is rigorous, and readers want to know that you are highly motivated to pursue this degree. To prove this, show how the degree is essential to your goals.

Example 1: I am pursuing a law degree because I am passionate about prison reform. I want to become an advocate for incarcerated individuals, and am driven by my passion for social justice.

Example 2: I am pursuing an MBA because I am interested in consulting for a venture capital firm and would like a lucrative career so I can support my family.

 

  • What do you plan to specialize in within your course of study?

Tips: You can keep this answer short. Just focus on the topics or specializations that most interest you and align with your professional goals.

Example: Within the field of computer science, I am most interested in cybernetics and applications of unsupervised machine learning.

 

  • How would you summarize your research interest as a question, problem statement, or theme?

Tips: While your specialization will be very specific, this can be a broad question or statement within that field that encompasses your main curiosities

Example: With the rise of self-driving and connected cars, what steps should we take to ensure that these cars are safe from malicious actors?

 

  • What are your research goals?

Tips: Think about both your short-term and long-term research goals. What is feasible for you to achieve during your graduate program? Then, dream big and think about the end-goal of your life’s work of research.

Examples: In grad school, I hope to investigate the intersection of anaesthesiology and psychotherapy, looking at the potential uses of sodium pentothal to treat addiction and PTSD in conjunction with talk therapy. In the long-term, I want to develop innovative, compassionate treatments for individuals with PTSD, and bring these treatments into the mainstream.

Next Steps

*Describe why this degree is the next logical step in your intellectual and professional journey.

Your first reason why this degree is your next logical step

Tips: Getting a graduate degree takes a lot of time and effort. You’ve thought long and hard about this decision, and you might have expressed some aspects of it when you were talking about your ambitions. This section lets you write out your reasoning explicitly to make sure it’s clear to admissions readers, and to you.

 

Your second reason why this degree is your next logical step

Tips: Getting a graduate degree takes a lot of time and effort. You’ve thought long and hard about this decision, and you might have expressed some aspects of it when you were talking about your ambitions. This section lets you write out your reasoning explicitly to make sure it’s clear to admissions readers, and to you.

Stage 6

Goals

 

(Post-program short term and long term goals)

  • What are your goals immediately after graduation? 

 

Tips: Think about what knowledge you hope to have after you graduate, and what you hope your next professional or academic step will be. Think about what job you would like to get after graduation, or the next degree you will pursue.

Example: After graduation, I hope to scale my family’s organic grocery store into a national franchise.

 

  • What do you hope to have achieved 5 years after earning your degree? How about 20 years?

 

Tips: Dream big! Imagine the day you retire, and think about what you will have achieved. Then, consider the steps you will take in order to achieve those goals.

Example: Five years after earning my degree, I hope to be doing my surgical residency at a hospital in the tri-state area. After twenty years as a cardiothoracic surgeon, I hope to have been at the forefront of advancements to the field and have a long track record of publications and successful surgeries.

 

  • How will your values, skills, and traits impact your future classmates?

 

Tips: Think about your defining traits and the impact you have already contributed to your academic and professional communities. Imagine how you will carry these things with you into the future, and how your presence will enrich your classmates’ experience.

Example: I enjoy collaborating with others, and I’m a good leader. I think I’ll be an asset to group projects because I stay organized, am good at delegating based on team members’ skills and preferences, and enjoy balancing details with big-picture thinking.

 

Your Ambition

Goal

Define what you hope to study in graduate school, and why you want to study it.

 

  • Why Include Ambition?

Graduate programs want to understand your reasoning for applying. They want to know how this degree will help you reach your goals, and what those goals are. So, it’s important to consider what you want to do in the future and why it’s meaningful. Although you won’t dwell on your ambitions in your essay, they will provide context for the rest of what you write.

 

  • What you’ll do?

In this section, you’ll find a list of questions. Read them all, and begin reflecting on your reasons for applying and what you hope to achieve with your degree. You’ll select at least 3 questions to answer. Some particularly important questions are required; work on these first, and then answer the optional questions that you find interesting.

 

  • How much to write?

Write at least 1-2 sentences for your answers, and remember to add a title! Don’t worry if you don’t answer every question. The more content you generate here, the more you’ll have to choose from in later sections.

 

Stage 7

Why this University?

 

CONNECTION & AMBITIONS

*These questions will help you connect identify reasons you want to attend related to your ambitions.

What do you plan to specialize in within your course of study?

E.g.: Within the field of computer science, I am most interested in cybernetics and applications of unsupervised machine learning.

  • List at least 2-3 required classes that align with your academic interests.

 

Tips: On the department’s home page, look up the curriculum for the degree, and reach course descriptions to determine which are most appealing to you.

  • What other classes, clubs, or opportunities within this specialization does the school offer?

 

Tips: After looking at recent syllabi, you can do a search for “Student life,” or “[your specialization] + clubs” to find additional opportunities offered by the department.

  • List at least 2-3 supplementary courses that best align with your interests, goals and/or prior experience.

 

Tips: Look at electives within the department’s curriculum, and determine which are of interest to you. If the department allows for interdisciplinary study, you may look at other related departments that appeal to you.

  • Does the school offer unique or specialized coursework that is not typically offered in similar programs? How does this coursework directly align with your experiences and interests?

 

Tips: You can find this coursework by looking at the department’s curriculum and syllabi.

  • Which classes, faculty members, or other opportunities will help you address this interest?

 

Tips: Look up the department’s faculty members, read their bios, and Google any who interest you. Make note of any faculty publications or research that aligns with your interests. You may also look into internships and other professional development opportunities.

  • What additional research or hands-on opportunities does this program offer? How will these opportunities help you build your understanding of your research interest?

 

Tips: Most programs have a newsletter or blog that features student projects and research opportunities. You may look here or in the department’s curriculum.

How would you summarize your research interest as a question, problem statement, or theme?

E.g.: With the rise of self-driving and connected cars, what steps should we take to ensure that these cars are safe from malicious actors?

 

  • Which classes, faculty members, or other opportunities will help you address this interest?

Tips: Look up the department’s faculty members, read their bios, and Google any who interest you. Make note of any faculty publications or research that aligns with your interests. You may also look into internships and other professional development opportunities.

 

  • What additional research or hands-on opportunities does this program offer? How will these opportunities help you build your understanding of your research interest?

Tips: Most programs have a newsletter or blog that features student projects and research opportunities. You may look here or in the department’s curriculum.

What are your goals immediately after graduation?

E.g.: After graduation, I hope to scale my family’s organic grocery store into a national franchise.

  • What is the typical career path of graduates from this program?

Tips: Most programs have a ‘Career path’ section to help you see the typical trajectory of a graduate. If not, you may look up notable alumni from the program and make note of any whose career path matches your own. Your goal here is to help assess your fit, as well as how you might stand out from other candidates.

 

What are your research goals?

E.g.: In grad school, I hope to investigate the intersection of anaesthesiology and psychotherapy, looking at the potential uses of sodium pentothal to treat addiction and PTSD in conjunction with talk therapy. In the long-term, I want to develop innovative, compassionate treatments for individuals with PTSD, and bring these treatments into the mainstream.

  • List 2-3 faculty members you are excited to work with and explain why.

Tips: Look into the faculty’s publications, research, current projects, and bios. If any faculty are role models for you or have followed a path that you aspire to, make note of them.

 

  • Will this program allow you to work closely with faculty? If so, how will this help you reach your academic goals?

Tips: Search for research and mentorship opportunities in the department homepage, and look at the department’s blog or social media for any highlighted collaborations between faculty and students. Then, imagine how you would take advantage of this opportunity and apply it to your own research.

 

What do you hope to have achieved 5 years after earning your degree? How about 20 years?

E.g.: Five years after earning my degree, I hope to be doing my surgical residency at a hospital in the tri-state area. After twenty years as a cardiothoracic surgeon, I hope to have been at the forefront of advancements to the field and have a long track record of publications and successful surgeries.

 

  • What resources does the program offer to help you reach your long-term goals?

Tips: Look into mentorship opportunities, networking opportunities, job placement rates of recent graduates.

CULTURE

*Next, let’s discuss the school’s culture. You’ll need to learn what goes on there and think about how you’ll contribute.

  • How does this program foster networking opportunities with peers, grads, and professionals? How will you take advantage of this?
  • Does the department have any traditions that seem exciting to you?
  • What is the culture within the department? (i.e. competitive, collaborative, etc). How does this culture align with what you’re hoping to get out of a program?
  • How does the school differentiate itself in its marketing materials? What appeals to you about these unique factors?
  • Research the typical class size and teaching style in the department. How do these factors align with the way you learn?
  • What industry/line of work do grads from the school come from and go to? Is this atypical?
  • How do you see yourself contributing to the department’s culture, traditions, and classroom environment?

 

Other Things to Consider

WHAT COLLEGE WANTS FROM YOU

  • Your Primary Goal?

Graduate admissions are complex, and every program has its own way of weighing certain aspects of the application. There’s no way to predict what thousands of admissions readers are looking for in your application.

Or is there?

The answer is simple. Throughout all of your application materials, you should have one main goal:*To PROVE you will be SUCCESSFUL in grad school and beyond

Make this your mantra!

 

  • How Programs Define you?

Graduate programs want to be sure that:

  • You will graduate
  • You will perform well in your classes and in any research you do
  • Your graduate experience will help you achieve your goals
  • You’ll have a positive impact on whatever you choose to do in the future

 

  • Proving you’ll be successful?

Of course, there’s no way to know for sure what the future holds for anyone. Instead, graduate programs look for key personality traits that many successful candidates share.

THE FIVE TRAITS ARE:

  • Drive
  • Intellectual Curiosity
  • Initiative
  • Contribution
  • Diversity of Experience

How we’ll use the traits?

The rest of the modules are designed to help you showcase your most important traits in the context of your experience. You don’t have to obsess over the traits, because we’ve done the hard work for you. However, you will write stronger content if you understand these traits and keep them in mind.

CONTRIBUTION

  • Applicants who contribute are always coming up with ideas to improve everything they touch. Then, they act on those ideas in a way that is noticeable by their peers.
  • They can proudly say “I made this happen,” or “I made this better than it was before.”
  • These applicants may hold leadership positions in their universities or work environments, and/or they may make substantial contributions to other communities.

DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE

  • Applicants with a diversity of experience have a background, upbringing, or other life circumstances that have fundamentally shaped how they see the world.
  • These experiences could be cultural, ethnic, religious, geographic, socioeconomic, or any number of factors that contribute to their unique perspective.
  • These experiences can also be related to an applicant’s professional or academic interests—i.e., taking atypical academic or professional paths on the way to this degree.

DRIVE

  • Driven students push themselves to succeed no matter the odds.
  • Driven students usually have confronted difficult situations and emerged stronger, wiser, and determined.
  • They are confident in their ability to solve new challenges.

INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY

  • Intellectually curious applicants can point to academic and/or professional examples of times when they sought more than just the required knowledge needed to meet a goal.
  • These applicants will go above and beyond their coursework to gain a deeper understanding of the subjects and topics that interest them.
  • They love finding unique connections between their areas of interest and formulating new ideas.

INITIATIVE

  • Applicants who take initiative are not willing to accept the status quo, but instead aim to challenge it, do things to improve, and generate outcomes.
  • They are proactive in finding solutions and putting them into action.

SUMMARY

[The 5 Traits: Contribution, Drive, Intellectual Curiosity, Initiative Diversity of Experience]

We suggest having one to three traits rated higher than the others – after all, everyone has their strengths. Be honest with yourself, and don’t worry about what other people would think. These traits will play a critical role in the content of your essays, and it’s important that they accurately reflect who you are.

 

Describe the major categories of health care fraud and abuse. Provide a synopsis of five laws relating to health care fraud and abuse. Explain in detail one law pertaining to upcoding. Be sure to explain how the law specifically applies to upcoding. Provide an actual example of upcoding. Propose a list of evidence-based recommendations to identify and address upcoding in the health care environment.

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Compliance Program Implementation and Ethical Decision Making

Instructions
In this assessment, you will continue as a member of the Chief Compliance Officer’s team. Recently, an incorrect billing practice known as upcoding has been discovered. Upcoding is a common area for fraud and abuse, and the recent incident has become an area of major focus for the Chief Compliance Officer.

The Chief Compliance Officer has tasked you with researching and making evidence-based recommendations about how to identify and address this incorrect billing practice. Your recommendations will be considered for possible inclusion in future policy and procedure content.

The Chief Compliance Officer has stressed with you the importance of incorporating evidence-based recommendations. This individual is specifically interested in the Office of the Inspector General’s position on upcoding, any relevant case precedents, and any available resources for health care organizations. You know from experience that the workplace brief will need to include substantiation of all facts and recommendations from authoritative sources. The team leader has asked you to cover all of the following headings in your brief:

Major Categories of Health Care Fraud and Abuse (2 pages)
Describe the major categories of health care fraud and abuse.
Be sure to include the billing practice known as upcoding.

Five Health Care Fraud and Abuse Laws (3 pages)
Provide a synopsis of five laws relating to health care fraud and abuse.
Include the rationale for why you selected the laws you did.

Upcoding and the Law (2–4 pages)
Explain in detail one law pertaining to upcoding.
Be sure to explain how the law specifically applies to upcoding.
Provide an actual example of upcoding.
Select your example from your suggested resources, from the research you conducted on the topic, or from your professional experience. If your example stems from your professional experience, be sure to protect individual and organizational identities.

Identifying and Addressing Upcoding in Health Care (2–4 pages)
Propose a list of evidence-based recommendations to identify and address upcoding in the health care environment.
Be sure to consider in your recommendations what the Office of Inspector General has to say about identifying and addressing upcoding.

What will you incorporate into your practice as a nurse? What would you change in how you completed this assignment?

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Reflection

Reflection uploaded to Canvas within 72 hours of patient care conference. Include:
 1. Strengths in completion of the care conference.
 2. What will you incorporate into your practice as a nurse?
 3. What would you change in how you completed this assignment?

-For my mental health class, we did a Vsim and then after the Vsim we filled out a cpf form and me and 2 colleagues did a post-conference where we discussed the patient’s situation came ou with nursing problems, goals, and interventions and discussed it with the rest of the care team.
-The patient is a mental health patient diagnosed with schizophrenia who was about to get discharged previously noncompliant with med we had to speak to the avatar and use therapeutic techniques while addressing him .

How do you characterize Dr. Green’s leadership style? What are the strengths and challenges she faces as a leader? Should the vice president of medical operations be involved? How or why? Is this leadership style having an impact on morale? What recommendations do you have to improve the situation? What style of leadership would you prefer to work with? Justify your response.

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Paper on attached scenario 6

How do you characterize Dr. Green’s leadership style? What are the strengths and challenges she faces as a leader?
Should the vice president of medical operations be involved? How or why?
Is this leadership style having an impact on morale? What recommendations do you have to improve the situation?
What style of leadership would you prefer to work with? Justify your response.

When thinking about the media you consume, what types of bodies do you typically see displayed? Do you notice any differences in the ways bodies are treated based on their size, shape, color, etc.? Describe 2-3 ways that the media positively affects how you think/feel about your body or treat your body.

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Refection: Body Image, Media, and Health

Specifics: 2 (min) pages- 4 (max) pages. (size 12 font, double-spaced) No citations or title page needed. You may use a first-person point of view (‘I’, ‘my’, ‘me’). Writing can be informal, but you should still pay close attention to spelling and grammar (e.g., complete sentences, well-formed topical paragraphs). You should put your answers into paragraphs, not bullet points. You do not need an introduction and conclusion. Use narrative form and reasonable paragraphs, but you do not need to make it into a cohesive essay.

Details: Respond to all of the questions below based on your personal experiences and attitudes, as well as material covered in class/the readings.

  1. In your own words, define “body image” (do not pull my definition from the slides or cut and paste from the internet) and give two ways that body image might lead to negative health outcomes.
  2. When thinking about the media you consume, what types of bodies do you typically see displayed?
  3. Do you notice any differences in the ways bodies are treated based on their size, shape, color, etc.?
  4. Describe 2-3 ways that the media positively affects how you think/feel about your body or treat your body (e.g., the behaviors you engage in).
  5. Describe 2-3 ways that the media negatively affects how you think/feel about your body or treat your body (e.g., the behaviors you engage in).
  6. List 2-3 things healthcare providers, psychologists, teachers, or parents could do to mitigate the negative impact of thin/idealized media imagery on adolescents?
  7. Watch the following video and answer the question “What is Facetune (describe it) and give 1-2 sentences on what you think about it? Do you think Facetune is harmful for the mental and physical health of the person Facetuning their photos and/or the people viewing them? Do celebrities/influencers/people on social media have a responsibility to improve/not harm our health?”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7mgPKtnYZA

Grading (look through these before submitting your paper):

Were all of the questions answered? (50 points)

Was the writing clear and engaging? (40 points)

Was the paper well-structured (e.g., topical paragraphs)? (10 points)

Was the paper the correct length? (if not, -5)

Were there excessive spelling and grammar issues? (if yes, -3)