Student Make a Presentation a Macro-Level Practice

¶ … student make a presentation a Macro-level practice skill obtained internship. Examples include developing an assessment, developing a program agency, fundraising, grant writing. If developed a macro skill participated a macro activity, responsibility discuss Field Instructor develop a plan complete.

Macro-level practice skill: Needs assessment

Conducting an effective needs assessment is a critical component of working as a sociologist. Needs assessment requires an understanding of the needs of the community which the agency is designed to serve. Methods of needs assessment will vary depending on the resources of the organization. In my case, it involved reviewing the relevant statistical data available from government agencies about the general population along with conducting more informal qualitative interviews of the community. Needs assessment may also entail a review of the relevant scholarly literature on different ways similar communities have been served. "Needs assessment is the formal process of identifying needs as gaps between current and desired results, placing those needs in priority order based on the cost to meet each need vs. The cost for ignoring it, and selecting the most important needs (problems or opportunities) for reduction or elimination" (Leigh 2000).

Asadi-lari, M., & Gray, D. (2005). Health needs assessment tools: Progress and potential.

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 21(3), 288-97.

As well as psychological and social aspects of client health, the physical health of clients can and should not be ignored when treating patients. This paper examines various ways in which needs assessment can take place to assess client health, which may encompass general overviews of clinical data, patient surveys, and objective and subjective measures of patient health. "Qualitative methods describe dimensions of a population's health needs and, provided they are followed by a thorough content analysis, help quantitative surveys to perform well. Despite the ability of qualitative methods to discover unmet needs, lack of generalizability jeopardizes their conclusions. Therefore, some researchers prefer to conduct both at the same time or at different stages" (Asadi-lari & Grey 2005).

Leigh, D., Watkins, R., Platt, W.A., & Kaufman, R. (2000). Alternative models of needs assessment: Selecting the right one for your organization. Human Resource Development

Quarterly, 11(1), 87-93.

There are many different forms of needs assessment. This article first offers a working definition of needs assessment, followed by a recommendation for using the Organizational Elements Model which links "what organizations use, do, produce, and deliver to the value-added that all of these elements have on external clients and society" (Leigh et al. 2000). As well as the needs of the specific population being cared for, the interactions between the agency and the exterior world must also be addressed. Needs assessment must integrate all levels of the process of providing care, from the agency itself and beyond.