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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.
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.