Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Preventive care and screenings are essential components to primary practice. Identify your clinical practicum setting (primary care office, urgent care, etc.) and a population that you typically see (i.e., adolescents, women, older adults). Use the US Preventative Services Task ForceLinks to an external site. or HealthyPeople 2030Links to an external site. to describe two preventative care screenings recommended for the identified population.
Discuss the preventative care provided at your clinical practicum site by addressing the following:
What guidelines do providers use to determine which screenings to offer?
How would you describe the quality of the preventative care you have observed? Have you observed disparities or bias in the care provided to different members of the population?
How are screening recommendations presented to patients? How do providers address health literacy and the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health CareLinks to an external site. when providing patient education about screenings?
Screening opportunities are often missed in vulnerable populations and those with limited access to care. Describe changes you recommend in your practice setting and community to increase the frequency of preventative screenings within vulnerable populations.
Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:
Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives#populations
https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/assets/pdfs/EnhancedNationalCLASStandards.pdf
