-Week Doctoral Term Plan & Capstone Stage Goals

Student Name: Student ID:

Student Walden Email: Student Phone #:

Program and Specialization/Focus:

Faculty Advisor:

2nd Member (if applicable):

University Research Reviewer:

Date Started Program:

Current Term Start Date: Phase of Capstone: Choose an item.

Do you have an Individual Academic Plan (IAP)? )? No Choose an item. Note: Your Term Plan goals must align with your IAP.

Instructions

Your Term Plan: On the page labelled YOUR Term Plan, indicate your term goal(s), stretch goal(s), and the tasks you will accomplish during the weeks of the term. Your tasks should make clear what you will be working on and your plans for appropriate substantive submissions to your Faculty Advisor (refer to the syllabus for more information). Remember that you must demonstrate substantial academic PROGRESS each term to receive a satisfactory grade for the course. Students must complete a minimum of Phase 1 to obtain a satisfactory grade in during the first enrollment of the project course. Following the successful completion of Phase 1 in the next enrollment of the project course, students must complete a minimum of Phase 2 to obtain a satisfactory grade in the project course.

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By Day 7 of Week 1 | Submit your Term Plan Draft for Faculty Advisor review, negotiation, and commitment.

By Day 7 of Week 2 | Submit your completed, agreed-upon Term Plan. [Faculty Advisor notes acceptance on form.]

SMART GOALS can help you create a Term Goal that clearly articulates outcomes.

Specific:Set specific goals, which have a much greater chance of being accomplished than general goals.

Measurable: Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal you set.

Attainable: Ensure that you can map out a clear path to achieving your goal.

Realistic: Write a goal that represents an objective toward which you are bothwillingandableto work.

Timely: Ground your goal within a time frame (i.e., by the end of this term).

Midterm Progress Check and Adequate Progress Final Review: Throughout the term, track your progress on YOUR Term Plan by entering dates for task completion and by making journal notes on activities completed or modifications needed, noting any barriers and strategies to overcome them. Your Faculty Advisor must approve any modifications and can add journal notes on the plan document for archival purposes. Submit your Updated Term Plan midterm, following your Midterm Progress Check. [Faculty Advisor assesses progress to date.] Submit your Final Term Plan by Day 7 of Week 11. [Faculty Advisor assesses final grade.]

Capstone Stage Goals: Think about your long-term goal (anticipated date of program completion) as you work on your Term Goal(s) and weekly tasks each term. Complete the Capstone Stage Goals. It is helpful to think about overall progress as you think about term-by-term progress. Begin with the end in mind!

YOUR Term Plan

TERM GOAL(S) | By the end of this term, I will have completed: the implementation and evaluation of the DNP project

STRETCH GOAL(S) | Additionally, by the end of this term, I will try to complete: the second phase of project evaluation, which compares the incidence of medication errors in the year of project implementation with past years.

Faculty Advisor Feedback: ?????

Week

Tasks Toward Term Goal(s)

Date Completed

Journal Notes

1

Draft the initial version of the DNP project implementation and evaluation plan.

Meet with the faculty advisor and project mentor by day 7 of week 1 to review the plans and obtain recommendations.

Your Notes: I was able to draft the implementation and evaluation plans, and also held a conference call with both the faculty advisor and project mentor to discuss both

Faculty Advisor Notes: ?????

2

Term Plan Negotiation & Commitment

Use the final project implementation plan to develop the term plan.

Submit the term plan...

Faculty Advisor Notes: ?????

10

Carry out data analysis on the collected post-training data to assess whether the education program had a significant change on staff attitudes and knowledge on medication errors. I also plan to begin drafting the final report on the project findings by day 5 of week 10

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Your Notes: I began to carry out multiple analysis of variance tests comparing participants pre-training and post-training scores on the knowledge-based, practice-based, and attitude-based questions around medication safety. I submitted the journal and time log at the end of day 7.

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11

Submit the final term plan and report on project findings to the faculty advisor for grading. Develop a presentation to be used in communicating the project findings in the dissemination workshop.

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Your Notes: I held a phone call with the project mentor and faculty advisor to communicate the findings of the evaluation. I also submitted the final draft of the final report on day 7.

Faculty Advisor Notes: ?????

Looking Ahead | Capstone Stage Goals

To ensure that you meet your long-term goal for program completion, it is important to keep track of both your term plan progress (each term) and your term-to-term/capstone stage progress toward completion.

Capstone Stage

Goal Date

Completion Date

Journal Notes

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LONG-TERM GOAL |

Note: Time to completion will vary based on individual factors applicable to the student. Factors may be programmatic or academic, such as tuition and fee increases; transfer credits accepted by Walden; program or specialization changes; unsuccessful course completion; credit load per term; part-time vs. full-time enrollment; writing, research, and editing skills; use of external data for the doctoral study/dissertation; and individual progress in the program. Other factors may include personal issues such as the students employment obligations, caregiving responsibilities, or health issues;…