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Project Proposal: Increasing CERFP Activation
No full textThis project proposal is a practicum exercise developed by Concordia University as a Homeland Security and Emergency Management program graduation requirement. The practicum is used to present a practical application for students\u27 cumulated learning process. Students must apply all that they have learned throughout the program to critical thinking and problem/solution analysis within the Homeland Security and Emergency Management field. Students are tasked with teaming up with an organization and a sponsoring employee to identify a problem, thoroughly analyze it, provide multiple solutions, and recommend actions to be submitted in the arrangement of a project proposal. The following proposal was completed for the Medical Detachment of the Oregon CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP). CERFP is located at Portland Air National Guard base (PANG) and provided in person collaboration with the student, who, after discussion with unit specialists revealed the underutilization and lack of activation of the unit since its initial establishment. Through analysis of project objectives, organizational restrictions, and solution benefits/disadvantages it was recommended that the Oregon CERFP use a phased outreach campaign that will allow the unit to create clarity in mission capabilities specific to its operating location and improved connectivity with local activators
The Relationship between Social Integration in Learning Community and Retention of Freshmen Minority Students
No full textThis dissertation examined whether student social integration through participation in a learning community is associated with the retention of freshman minority students from the first semester to the second semester of their first year in college. A web-based Qualtrics survey questionnaire was administered through social media to the target population of freshmen aged at least 18 years old in learning communities across the United States. A correlational quantitative research design was utilized to address the research questions. The study examined whether retention between freshmen first and second semester relates to their social experiences in a learning community. In addition, this study looked to see if these factors which were (a) gender, (b) age, (c) high-school GPA or (d) end-of-first-semester GPA, had any effect on the retention of minority freshman students between the first and second semester of college. Data was entered and analyzed using IBM Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 25 (2017) software and the Minitab Express (2017) software. Analysis of the data demonstrated that there was no correlation between social integration in a learning community and retention for the Hispanic, Other Minority, and Caucasian group of participants. However, the African American or Black category showed retention as constant between the first and second semester of college. The variables of (a) gender, (b) age, (c) high-school GPA or (d) end-of-first-semester GPA, had no effect on the retention
A Qualitative Comparison Case Study Evaluation of the Emotional Intelligence of College Health Care Business Students
Get PDFHealth care is undergoing significant transition in practice models, payment structures, and assessment strategies requiring health care leaders to adapt to support transition and lead change (Larkin, 2015; Miles, 2017). There is speculation that current health leaders lack the necessary awareness to connect the patient’s needs with critical business decisions (Quy, 2017). If this ability is lacking in current employees, academic institutions should evaluate college students to determine if there is a gap in knowledge that can be identified. Using emotional intelligence (EI) as the conceptual framework, this study aims to evaluate EI in college health care management (HCM) business students to answer the research questions: What are the emotional intelligence characteristics of college health care management business students?; How do college health care management business students use emotional intelligence when evaluating patient scenarios?; and How does a practicum experience influence emotional intelligence in college health care management business students? Through a qualitative comparative case study, 14 HCM students participated after purposeful sampling selected qualified individuals who aligned with the case under investigation at a private, midwest, liberal arts college. Semistructured interviews and focus group questions gathered data that was then evaluated through in vivo, value, and pattern coding. It was determined that a practicum experience enhanced emotional intelligence characteristics in the study population. Through these finding it is recommended that academic HCM business programs incorporate practical learning to stimulate the connection of patient care into enhanced business decisions
