Assignment
TEXT Reading: Behavioral Health Response to Disasters, Author: Framingham, Julie:
Original Question:
For this Forum, respond to the following: This week, we'll share our annotated bibliography progress a little! In the forum, share your topic selection for the Annotated Bibliography assignment.
• Discuss the reasons you choose the topic you selected and whether you have encountered this topic in prior courses?
• Examine and explain how the topic is important to the larger field of psychology?
Reply to the following response with 200 words minimum. (please make response as if having a conversation, respond directly to some of the statements in below post.This is not providing an analysis of the original post. Respectfully address it and even ask clarifying or additional questions.)
1. Good Morning Class on this blustery, snowy day,
For this forum, the first thing I thought of when it comes to interviewing a professional in the field was to not as the obvious; and by obvious, I mean questions such as, "why did you choose psychology?" "have you always wanted to be a psychologist?" "if you did not major in psychology, what else would you do?" and other vague questions as such. I want to ask thought provoking questions, challenge questions, questions that are not real common that dig deep and bring out the true soul of an individual. It is nice to inquire about one's experience within the field, but I want to seek the truth of a professional in the field. The following questions are what came to my mind:
What assessments are you most comfortable and familiar with?
What grade level of student are you most comfortable assessing?
What are the credentials needed to obtain your position?
What are your weaknesses and strengths as a professional?
How do you deal with conflict between staff, clientele and your opinion?
What did you learn from [insert specific research experience]?
How do you handle stress?
How did your opinion of psychology evolve?
Did you find your interests shifting?
Do you like learning about personality traits or why people behave in a particular way?
Do you enjoy learning about the interventions or therapeutic techniques that improve people's lives?
Do you enjoy the biological or medical aspects of psychology?
What are the top five skills you have acquired through your psychology major?
What traits/characteristics did it take to be a good psychology major?
Where have you excelled and struggled in your major/field?
What has come naturally for you?
Are you interested in related fields such as counseling or social work or organizational behavior?
What parts of your major have you not enjoyed?
Would you combine your knowledge of psychology with another field?
Would you hone in on a specific area like positive psychology or the criminal mindset?
2. Greetings!
Obviously, in any interview, one wants to get a bit of background information on the interviewee in order to be able to tailor questions to the specific person and to make the most out of the interview itself. Thus, I would begin with the following as my opening questions:
1. What is your name?
2. What is your quest?
3. What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Having the answers to these simple questions would give one a good baseline and lend to a most effective interview.
Ok, Monty Python references aside, I have prepared several questions for a professional that I think would help me on my own quest to becoming a clinical psychologist focusing on family care.
1. How long ago did you receive your education?
2. What was your undergraduate major?
3. What, if any, was your Master's/Doctorate level major?
4. If you had to go back to the beginning of your education with the goal of making it to where you are today, what would stay the same and what would change regarding your educational and career choices?
5. Are you at the place you envisioned when you started your educational journey? If not, how does your reality differ from your vision and what you do differently?
6. What was your motivation for the education and career paths you chose?
7. What is your favorite part of the profession you are in?
8. What is your least favorite part of the profession you are in?
9. Do you find that by working in the field of Psychology that your personal relationships are the same or different? If different, how so?
10. Do you find that you are working a similar schedule to what you expected? If not, are you working less or more?
11. What do you find to be the most rewarding aspect of your profession? Least rewarding?
12. Do you find that it is easy or difficult to maintain personal relationships with colleagues?
13. How has your profession affected the way you live your daily life?
14. Do you find that opportunities for employment/advancement are ample in your field?
That is the start that I have. As my four-year-old has kept us awake for most of the last few nights, my brain is pretty much fried and I keep coming back to the same types of questions I already have, just using different words to ask them. Please be honest with your feedback and I hope you enjoy!
-Mike
3. Hello everyone,
For this we are showing our questions we would like to ask in our week seven interview.
1) What graduate courses would you recommend?
2) What is the biggest challenge you face in your profession?
3) What graduate courses do you find the most useful?
4) What are some of the unknown duties of your profession?
5) What recommendation would you make for choosing your sub-specialty?
6) What type of professional development is available for your position?
7) What personality traits do you feel match the best for this field?
8) What are some daily routines you participate in at work?
9) How would you suggest going about establishing a strong consultation network?
10) Where does your pool of clients come from?
11) What type of marketing strategies do you use?
12) What sort of professional routines would you recommend for someone just starting a practice?
13) How do you suggest choosing an internship or a first time job?
14) How have your experiences in life influenced your career choice?
15) What are the costs of licensure and continuing education like in order to maintain your license?
16) How much collateral is involved in starting a private practice?
17) What is your pre-screening protocol for new patients?
18) How do you maintain your patients confidentiality?
19) How do you know when your patients needs will be better served by another colleague?
20) How do you decide what types of medical insurance you will honor?
This is of course just a rough draft and I welcome all comments and suggestions to help in this assignment. At this time I am currently attempting to establish an interview with a psychologist that has a private practice. Here in Longview we have several so I believe my chances are going to be good.
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