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Discuss your experiences with communication and interpersonal skills in health assessment. How have you improved in these areas, and how do you plan to continue developing these skills to enhance patient care?
Evaluation:
The following scoring rubric will be used to score this assignment.
Discussion Rubric
Description of a Selected Experience (15)
15 
13 
10 
0 
Post provides a detailed description of the learning experience in a clear, succinct, organized, logical manner and identifies and describes significant aspects of the learning.
Post provides adequate description of the learning experience and identifies and describes significant aspects of the experience in a clear, organized, logical manner.
Post provides a description of the learning experience with a few gaps in detail that impact clarity; at least one significant aspect of the experience is identified.
Post does not describe a detailed selective experience. 
Identification and Evaluation of Learning Strengths and Challenges (10)
10 
8 
6 
0 
Post includes exploration of how well the experience went, incorporating the ongoing impact of various thoughts and feelings identified making specific connections to the overall experience AND includes a detailed discussion of own strengths and challenges and how they impacted the experience 
Post includes discussion of how well the experience went, incorporating the ongoing impact of thoughts and feelings AND discussion of own strengths and challenges and how they impacted the overall experience. 
Post identifies how well the experience went, incorporating the impact of thoughts or feelings but lacks identification of learning strengths and challenges impacting the experience.  
Post does not identify strengths or challenges. 
Analysis and Self-Reflection of the Experience. (10)
10 
8 
6 
0 
Post includes self-reflection and discussion of possible rationales for why the experience went the way it did; includes thorough exploration of a wide variety of factors (i.e., positive and negative) that may have contributed to the experience; Post includes exploration of other possible interpretations.   
Post includes self-reflection and discussion of possible rationales for why the experience went the way it did; includes discussion of several factors (i.e., positive and negative) that may have contributed to the experience; Post includes limited discussion of other possible interpretations. 
Post includes self-reflection and discussion of at least one possible rationale for why the experience went the way it did.
Post includes no self-reflection.
Two Responses to Peers or Faculty Feedback on two different days (10)
10
8 
6 
0 
Two responses are offered to peers’ posts and/or faculty responses. (Minimum of 2 total responses). Responses offer critical thought and add to the substantive discussion.
Two responses are offered to peers/faculty that are brief, and offer some critical thought to the overall reflection.
One to two responses to peers/faculty are offered with minimal contributions.
No responses to peers or faculty are noted.
Professional Writing  format (5)
5 
4 
2 
0 
Post has no errors in spelling, word usage, sentence structure, grammar, or punctuation that distract the reader from the content.
Post has only minor errors in spelling, word usage, sentence structure, grammar, or punctuation that do not distract the reader from the content.
Post has several errors in spelling, word usage, sentence structure, grammar, or punctuation that distract the reader from the content. 
Post has many errors in spelling, word usage, sentence structure, grammar, or punctuation that distract the reader from the content. 
Total Points 
50