Good Shepherd Community Care: Pedi Pal

2nd Internship-
Goals and Objectives

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Goal #1: To better understand the unique differences between palliative and hospice care services.

Objective 1) I will research Good Shepherd Community Care resources, programming, and online literature to identify how this distinction is made for patients and families and reflect on these findings in my goals binder.

Objective 2) I will create my own definition of both palliative and hospice care, with specific note given to their delineation and add these resources to my goal binder.

Objective 3) I will create a powerpoint presentation to be shared and presented to my peers highlighting these principles.

 

Goal #2: To design and create a legacy project for a patient and their family (if appropriate, using dance as an expressive and therapeutic art form).

Objective 1) I will observe Jessica in her routine interventions with patients and families and identify how she formats projects to encourage legacy work to be reflected on in my weekly journals.

Objective 2) I will review online resources and Good Shepherd materials to identify relevant legacy projects for patient and family visits.

Objective 3) I will introduce, create, and perform a legacy project intervention with (4) children and their families within my personal caseload.

 

Goal #3: To gain more comfort and routine surrounding caregiver conversations, active listening, and topics of bereavement (as deemed appropriate).

Objective 1) I will observe Jessica on her visits for 6 weeks, with specific observation to initiation of caregiver rapport, as reflected on in my weekly journals.

Objective 2) I will attend visits with Jessica’s supervision and practice caregiver communication skills, discussions of end of life/ bereavement (as appropriate), and rapport building.

Objective 3) I will meet with (2-3) amount of families independently, initiate conversation with caregivers using the skills learned, and reflect on these visits in anonymized charts to be added to my goals binder.