Problem
ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES (NHS8051)
As you prepare for your professional doctorate, acquiring knowledge about an organization's priorities should be one of your primary activities. You must be prepared to have conversations with the organization's leaders, informed by evidence, about the challenges they face so that together, you can align a potential doctoral project with their priorities.
For this discussion, you'll share your plans to acquire information about your prospective practicum site's priorities, which you'll use to ensure that a potential doctoral project aligns with those priorities. Complete the following:
1) Provide a brief description of your practicum site so that your colleagues understand the organization you refer to.
2) Identify three publicly available resources you'll research to find and review specific organizational priorities for your prospective practicum site. For each resource, do the following:
3) Provide an APA-formatted reference.
4) Describe the organization-specific information available.
5) Provide the publication date of the available information.
6) Explain why you plan on using this resource.
7) Explain how the knowledge you obtain from this resource will prepare you for discussions with the organization's leaders.
8) Identify two current and relevant peer-reviewed sources of evidence from the literature (publications, articles, or studies) that provide specific information about your prospective practicum site. For each resource, do the following:
9) Provide an APA-formatted reference.
10) Describe the organization-specific information available.
11) Provide the publication date of the available information.
12) Explain why you plan on using this resource.
13) Explain how the knowledge you obtain from this resource will prepare you for discussions with the organization's leaders.