Sharmey Holloman Posts: 9 1/29/2020	Sharmey Holloman Posts: 9 I am working on developing new assessment day tasks. I would like to assess in the areas of communication such as asking for help, following directions, and taking initiative. I find that these skills are what many interns need to strengthen.I am trying to develop activities that focuses on these skills. I find that the students who are strong in these areas do quite well, because it makes the hard skills easier to acquire. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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David Palenschat Posts: 3 2/8/2020	David Palenschat Posts: 3 Don't know if you're familiar with Kaagan but they have a lot of activites you can use for this. Focus on group work where they have to work together to accomplish a task. Team building exercises are always good for this.
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Erin Riehle Posts: 34 2/9/2020	Erin Riehle Posts: 34 Great ideas. Thanks Sharmey and David.
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Susie Rutkowski Posts: 25 2/10/2020	Susie Rutkowski Posts: 25 Hi Sharmey Here are some tasks that I've seen lately that were fun for the intern and interesting to evaluate from a resort in Tennessee: - Food Service - the students had to peel real (large carrots) and then cut them under the supervision of the chef. Next he had all the ingredients for to make a yogurt parfait. They had to scoop the yogurt first into the cup without it dripping; then scoop out the different fruits that were on the table with a measuring cup into the parfait plastic cup. Next came the flat plastic top and scooping the granola on the flat top and finally the dome top. The dome top was the hardest because you had to press the dome top in place and then it popped in place. (I couldn't do it even with the chef's help!). Most of them could do the first part with guidance but all had issues with the top, especially me! The chef was so patient and the students got to eat their parfait! - Housekeeping: We did this station in a suite guest room of the resort. The students had to make a typical king bed in the room. Next they had to make Murphy bed in the living room area. This skill was more about balance than anything. The students had to reach up and pull the bed down - it was tricky! While making the bed they to keep their feet on the bar at the bottom or the bed would begin floating back up Most of them caught on quickly. Again, the staff was so patient and encouraging with the students. The hardest task at this station was putting on pillowcases. Many of the students had done pillowcases but had never done the final step of tucking the top back in against the pillow so it looked more like a closed envelope. - This task was from a large hospital in SC: The pharmacist was very interested in Project SEARCH and was hoping to find a few students who could learn to be Pharmacy Tech's. He ran this station and was assigned to his station. He had a few tasks for them to complete. One of the tasks was to find the expired drugs in small peel packs. It was difficult because the numbers were so small. The pharmacist had actually included one that he thought was good but a year too old and many of the students caught his mistake! He was so pleased with that. Another task was to pull the correct medications from the pharmacists prescription and most of the students could do that as well. Many teams have a separate rooms for families with a presentation just for them. That can be very helpful for everyone. Hope these tasks help! Skills Assessment Days are one of my favorite days!
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Guest 2/12/2020	Guest I LOVE the pharmacy activity for dates and sequencing. We are stealing this one for sure!!
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Sharmey Holloman Posts: 9 3/5/2020	Sharmey Holloman Posts: 9 Thank you for the suggestions they are all great!!
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