Write a 7-9 page paper in which you further define your vision, analyze the requirements needed for achieving your vision, and create an action plan to achieve your goals.In this assessment, you will refine your vision of yourself as a multicultural practitioner-scholar and you will create a plan to actualize your vision and achieve your goals. The more specific you make your plan, the more likely you are to see it through to a successful conclusion.
Complete the following in the Your Career in Psychology [DOCX] template:
- Application of Vision.
- Update an inspiring description of your future career vision as a psychology practitioner-scholar.
- Explain the benefits of becoming a practitioner-scholar in the field of psychology and explain the importance and relevance of your vision and goals to your personal and professional aspirations.
- Goals.
- Discuss personally meaningful and relevant educational, career, and life goals to achieve your vision.
- Further discuss three specific goals that are measurable and achievable and include timed steps to leverage current competencies and overcome skill gaps and potential barriers.
- Influence of Research and Resources.
- Explain how reading the course resources, journal articles, and Career Center resources has affected your vision.
- Discuss why it is important to look for evidence-based literature to support your studies, including the types of articles you may need to find beyond peer-reviewed articles, to support your work in the field.
- Value of Networking and the Professional Interview.
- Discuss how developing and maintaining supportive professional relationships will contribute to your overall academic and career success.
- Include information on what you learned from conducting a professional interview.
- Specialization-Specific Professional Competencies.
- Describe the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for success in your career path.
- Include common skills critical to success within psychology, such as those related to critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, evidence-based practices, cultural competence, and conflict resolution.
- Include ethical competencies related to your specific profession.
- Include any key responsibilities associated with positions related to your future career.
- Critical Thinking.
- Reflect on the importance of critical thinking and analyze the importance of critical thinking and effective decision making as a psychologist, with reference to real or hypothetical examples.
- Cultural Competence.
- Discuss methods and techniques you will use now and throughout your program to establish cultural competence as it relates to your specialization and the future population you would like to work with.
- Ethical Competencies.
- Discuss the ethical competencies related to your profession. Analyze the functions, responsibilities, and ethics required of a professional practitioner in a specialized area of psychology, integrating comprehensive knowledge of relevant professional standards and requirements.
- Specialization-Specific Professional Requirements.
- Outline the requirements for your future career including high-level Capella program and specialization requirements, credentialing, certification, licensure, accreditation practices and standards, additional training, et cetera.
- Action Plan.
- Create and discuss a detailed action plan to achieve career goals that includes all the required elements including the start-to-end duration of the goal or milestone, the goal or milestone being addressed, and the skill and experience gains from this goal or milestone.
- Written communication: Written communication should be free from errors that detract from the overall message.
- Writing style: APA expectations for scholarly writing include the use of third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so. However, because you are talking about yourself in this paper, you may write in the first person.
- APA formatting: References and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and format. Refer to the Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center for guidance. Include a title page, abstract, and references list.
- Resources: A minimum of five resources with at least three of them from course readings. Your references may include both scholarly literature and practitioner sources. All references need to be cited in-text, according to current APA standards. Remember that citations are to support your thoughts, not take the place of them!
- Length: 7–9 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page, abstract, or references page.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
- Template: Use the Your Career in Psychology [DOCX] template to format your assessment. Also see the Assessment 3 Example [PDF] for an example of a completed assessment.
- Conclusion.
- Explain the benefits of becoming a practitioner-scholar in the field of psychology and explain the importance and relevance of your vision and goals to your personal and professional aspirations. Summarize the entire paper from the abstract to the action plan
