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URGENT NOTE: YOU WILL DO THIS AS INDIVIDUAL, NOT AS GROUP.
Reflection Assignment: A Piece of Your Mind
To wrap up the week, I’d like you to read a short essay from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and think about some of the big questions we’re exploring in the course. The essay is part of JAMA’s weekly column called A Piece of My Mind, where medical practitioners reflect on their personal experiences.
1. Read
Read “Healing in Spaces” by Cheryl Dellasega, GNP, PhDLinks to an external site. on the JAMA website. Note: If you are having trouble accessing through the link above you may need to go to scholar.google.com and search for keywords JAMA and Healing in Spaces to find the essay online. If still having trouble accessing, here is the pdfDownload pdf
2. Reflect
Click Submit Assignment.
In the text area, write two paragraphs total (three or four sentences each) with your thoughts on these questions. (It’s a good idea to write your paragraphs in Word or Pages on your computer, saving, and then pasting into the course, so there’s no chance you’ll lose your work.)
Do you believe the artwork in a hospital, clinic, or private practice can have an effect on patients? What effects? Do the healthcare spaces you’ve visited do a good job choosing artwork and other visual elements of the space? Why or why not? 
The paintings in the exhibition the writer describes are of people with disabilities. What would your reaction have been if you’d been a patient in the hospital?
REFLECTION Rubric (1) (1)
Criteria Ratings Pts
Quality of reflection writing structure
1.5 pts
Full Marks
Paragraphs have a beginning, middle, and end that follow logically from each other to tell the story of your reflection.
0.76 pts
Partial credit
Content of reflection is evident but flow of ideas is difficult to follow over the 2+ paragraphs OR the paragraphs are repetitive such that distinct points are unclear per paragraph
0 pts
No Marks
Content of reflection not evident. Example: ” I did/didn’t like this work. It was ok/awful to read. I have nothing more to say about it. The End”
/ 1.5 pts
Length & Paragraph structure
0.25 pts
Full Marks
150-250 words organized into 2+ paragraphs. Each paragraph expresses a distinct point and has a beginning, middle, and end sentence (so at last 3 sentences)
0.15 pts
Partial credit
1 issue. Get in the habit of using spell & grammar check and providing references for college-level writing. Personally, I am a poor typist and need to autocheck everything I write. For instance, I tend to reverse g and n in words ending with “-ing”. It’s annoyign when I don’t catch this typo. If you catch me makign a typo in announcements or assignments (other than in this rubric where I’m doing it on purpose as an example), message me through Carmen and I’ll waive 1 such error for you for every 1 of mine you catch so I can fix it! You might be surprised how this adds up given my lack of touch-typing skill…