Career Exploration Presentation= 25%

The Career Exploration Presentation group project includes a powerpoint that must be
handed in by Friday, November 10th, 2023 at 11:59 PM along with the Group Contract and
the Peer Evaluations. Please see page 3 for the Marking Rubric regarding how this
assignment will be evaluated.

Career Exploration Presentation

Working in small groups assigned by the instructor, students are required to create a 15-20 min
presentation on an assigned health care employment opportunity.

Group topics will be randomly assigned by the instructor. In class time will be scheduled into the
syllabus to explain requirements and allow for rapport building, task delegation and communication
channels to be shared.

Purpose

This assignment provides students with an opportunity to explore career opportunities in the health
care sector. Students will also have the opportunity to use the skills provided in class to collaborate
and work as a team which is an essential part of providing excellent patient care.

The presentation will include an in depth review of the assigned career path including; scope of
practice, academic requirements, certification, employment opportunities, and career advancement.

Requirements

Once your topic is assigned, using the appropriate link below, locate your assigned topic and
research the career, ensuring guidelines are followed.

Pre-health Sciences: http://www.stclaircollege.ca/programs/postsec/prehealth_sciences_pathway/

PSW Program: http://www.stclaircollege.ca/programs/postsec/personalsupport/

Compose a 15 - 20 minute powerpoint presentation. Ensure your presentation is conducted in a

manner that is understandable to someone who is not knowledgeable in health care (ie do not use
acronyms or medical jargon etc.). It may be easiest (but not necessary) to assume your audience to
be high school students you are trying to recruit into this career.

Research the scope of practice for the career assigned and ensure all questions are answered and
expanded on. Refer to grading rubric.

GRADING
The assignment will be graded out of 100 marks and worth 25% of your overall mark. Marks will be
individually assigned, based on peer assessments of your contribution to the group work.

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Presentation

The content outlined in your presentation, your 5 multiple choice quiz questions followed by the
answers and your presentation as a whole will consist of 100% of your assignment grade.

The Expectations of content include:

 Scope of practice of your selected career

 Soft skills pertinent to the profession
 Best practice guidelines specific to the career
 Academic requirements to become a professional in your field of choice
 Any additional certifications or professional membership options
 Employment opportunities
 Career advancement options
 Develop a 5-question multiple choice quiz with answers which accurately assesses the
presentation content
 Professional appearance, various communication methods, audience engagement, relevancy
of content, and the flow of the presentation will all be considered in the assessment (please
see attached rubric).

Quiz Questions

Each group will be required to create a 5-question quiz (Multiple Choice). The quiz, along with
answers must be included in the presentation.

Peer evaluation

All members of the group are required to complete a confidential (only for an instructor to view)
assessment of each group member’s contribution to the project. Peer evaluation forms will be posted
on blackboard. Each group member will complete and submit the peer evaluation. Each group
member will also evaluate themselves. These will be submitted along with the presentation and group
contract. Failure to submit a peer evaluation on time will get a zero grade for their peer evaluation
portion (20%).

AREAS OF FOCUS:
1) Thoroughly describe the scope of practice (what are the tasks/responsibilities), ensuring you
include hard and soft skills and best practices.
2) Identify the academic training required. This should include requirements to get into the
program along with expectations of the programs. Be Specific. (e.g. what is the required
entrance grade average from high school? Next, what grade average is required to ensure
program completion?
3) Identify any additional certification and any professional association requirements (ensure
you discuss the steps for belonging to this association)
4) Identify employment opportunities including the the availability of employment and wages.
MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION IS ACCURATE, (check out Employment Services Canada,
Stats Canada, job postings, websites etc.)
5) Research career advancement options (a nurse can become a nurse practitioner)
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Scoring Excellent Fair Needs Improvement
/5 4-5 3 2 or less
/10 8-10 5-7 4 or less
/15 12-15 8-11 7 or less
/20 16-20 10-15 9 or less
Presentation • Presentation flowed well • Some issues with the the • Presentation lacked
Appearance format of presentation preparation resulting in
• Slides included only main confusion
ideas, keywords, and • Slides sometimes included
talking points main ideas, keywords, and • Slides did not include main
talking points ideas, keywords, and talking
• Large/simple font was points/ too much information
easy to read/pleasant to
look at
• Font was sometimes easy on slides
to read/sometimes
pleasant to look at • Font was not easy to read/not
• Animations/videos
enhanced presentation pleasant to look at
• Animations/videos
sometimes enhanced • Animations/videos not used or
presentation did not enhance presentation
/15
Content: Provided in depth Identified some knowledge of Little or no discussion on the
Identified knowledge of the scope of the scope of practice, and/or scope of practice, hard and soft
scope of practice, hard and soft skills hard and soft skills and/or skills and best practices
practice, hard and best practices best practices
and soft skills,
best practices
/15
Content: Accurately identified Identified some academic Little or no academic
Identified academic both post- requirements but omitted requirements identified
academic secondary entrance specific details
requirements requirements and continued
maintenance requirements /10
Content: Researched and provided in Provided some information on Identified little or no certification
Additional depth knowledge of certification and professional and professional association
certification certification and professional association requirements requirements
Professional association requirements
membership
/5
Content: Provided accurate and Discussed employment Did not identify employment
Employment tangible employment opportunities but neglected opportunities or did not provide
opportunities opportunities some details correct information on
employment opportunities /10
Advanced Identified in depth career Identified some career No career advancement identified
Career options advancement opportunities advancement opportunities
but no specific details
provided /5
Quiz Provided 5 well written Provided 5 adequately written Did not provide questions with
Questions multiple-choice quiz multiple choice quiz questions answers for all students, or poorly
questions with answers for with answers for each student written.
each student in the class. in the class. /5
Group Provided complete details Provided some detail on Identified little or no details on
Contract regarding group project group planning but omitted group planning
planning specific details /15
Individual Peer Actively involved in Some issues with attendance Did not meet peer expectations/
evaluation contributing and/or contributions did not complete peer evaluation
mark given by
group
members /20
Comments: Total Mark

/100

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