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Full Speed Ahead: Using a Senior Capstone Course to Facilitate Students' Professional Transition

Posted on 7 January 2021

“Results from the survey indicated that students felt more confident (gave a higher rating) in the following professional development areas after completing the course: (1) resume writing, (2) job searching, (3) interviewing, (4) verbal communication, and (5) research skills. Additionally, students indicated a higher awareness of the knowledge, experience, skills and competencies required for their […]

Teaching Evidence-Based Practice At The Bsw Level: An Effective Capstone Project

Posted on 7 January 2021

“Findings from a survey study of the project indicated that students felt better prepared to use best practices and that the project enhanced their overall sense of competence as practitioners.” (p.509) “Findings from a pre- and posttest with quantitative and qualitative elements indicated that participants perceived that the EBP capstone project: enhanced their familiarity with […]

Evaluating capstone courses: Employing the five R’s model to analyze an agricultural communications magazine class

Posted on 7 January 2021

“Students reported having improved their levels of confidence in their communications skills and having improved important skills to prepare them for the workforce.” (p.8) “All survey participants also reported improved practical skills as a result of their experiential exercises. In particular, they reported feeling more confident in their abilities with layout and design software as […]

Preregistration student nurses' self-reported preparedness for practice before and after the introduction of a capstone subject

Posted on 7 January 2021

“Both cohorts were uncomfortable performing invasive procedures and reported low levels of confidence in the area of professional identity. An overall trend of decreasing confidence as patient assignment size increased was observed for both cohorts, and higher confidence was associated with previous health care experience. Perceptions of preparedness for practice did not increase significantly following […]