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This assessment is an opportunity for you to analyze and have a better understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and the importance of recognizing unconscious bias and microaggressions in the field of healthcare. Your insights and reflections are valued, so feel free to draw from your own experiences to provide depth to your paper. In addition to the suggested readings, use the Capella library to locate at least two academic peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last 35 years to support your main points and conclusions.

• Describe the evolution of DEI in healthcare and how it is continuing to influence patient care.
• Reflect on how the concept of diversity, equity, and inclusion has evolved during your career.
• Discuss any significant changes, initiatives, or policies that have contributed to a more inclusive healthcare environment.
• Explain how unconscious bias leads to microaggressions.
• Discuss how unconscious bias can lead individuals to make assumptions about others based on their appearance or other characteristics associated with their identity.
• Describe the ways in which individuals may not be aware of the biases that influence their perceptions and behaviors.
• Explain how unconscious bias may lead individuals to show preference for those who are perceived as being similar to themselves in terms of race, gender, or other characteristics.
• Discuss how, while often unintended, microaggressions have a negative impact on the individuals who experience them.
• Describe strategies for overcoming bias in healthcare and how they can continue to shape DEI practices in the future.
• Discuss any initiatives or training programs that address unconscious bias and microaggressions, and how they have influenced your practice.
• Explain the importance of diverse workforce and leadership.
• Explain how DEI in healthcare results in improved health outcomes and increased patient satisfaction.
• Discuss how healthcare providers are better equipped to understand and respect the cultural beliefs, practices, and preferences of their diverse patient population.
• Describe how an inclusive company allows patients to feel heard, understood, and valued.

Organize your paper using the following structure and headings:

• Title page. (A separate page.)
• Describe the evolution of DEI in healthcare and how it is continuing to influence patient care.
• Explain how unconscious bias leads to microaggressions.
• Describe strategies for overcoming bias in healthcare and how they can continue to shape DEI practices in the future.
• Explain how DEI in healthcare results in improved health outcomes and increased patient satisfaction.
• Conclusion. (One paragraph.)
• References. (A separate page.)

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Length: Include at least 35 typed, double-spaced pages, in addition to the title page and reference page.
• Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Writing: Produce text with minimal grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
• Sources: Integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.
• References: Use at least two scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles and three in-text citations within the paper. Visit the page if needed. Use scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles published during the past 35 years that relate to your topic. Visit for help with research.
• Academic Honesty: Submit a draft of your assessment to Turnitin and make any necessary changes before you submit it to your instructor for grading.

Example assessment: You may use the to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 4: Describe strategies for overcoming biases in healthcare settings.
• Describe the evolution of DEI in healthcare and how it is continuing to influence patient care.
• Explain how unconscious bias leads to microaggressions.
• Describe strategies for overcoming bias in healthcare and how they can continue to shape DEI practices in the future.
• Explain how DEI in healthcare results in improved health outcomes and increased patient satisfaction.
• Competency 5: Write for a specific audience, in an appropriate tone and style, in accordance with Capella writing standards.
• Produce text with minimal grammatical, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
• Integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.

This assessment is an opportunity for you to analyze and have a better understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and the importance of recognizing unconscious bias and microaggressions in the field of healthcare. Your insights and reflections are valued, so feel free to draw from your own experiences to provide depth to your paper. In addition to the suggested readings, use the Capella library to locate at least two academic peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last 35 years to support your main points and conclusions.

• Describe the evolution of DEI in healthcare and how it is continuing to influence patient care.
• Reflect on how the concept of diversity, equity, and inclusion has evolved during your career.
• Discuss any significant changes, initiatives, or policies that have contributed to a more inclusive healthcare environment.
• Explain how unconscious bias leads to microaggressions.
• Discuss how unconscious bias can lead individuals to make assumptions about others based on their appearance or other characteristics associated with their identity.
• Describe the ways in which individuals may not be aware of the biases that influence their perceptions and behaviors.
• Explain how unconscious bias may lead individuals to show preference for those who are perceived as being similar to themselves in terms of race, gender, or other characteristics.
• Discuss how, while often unintended, microaggressions have a negative impact on the individuals who experience them.
• Describe strategies for overcoming bias in healthcare and how they can continue to shape DEI practices in the future.
• Discuss any initiatives or training programs that address unconscious bias and microaggressions, and how they have influenced your practice.
• Explain the importance of diverse workforce and leadership.
• Explain how DEI in healthcare results in improved health outcomes and increased patient satisfaction.
• Discuss how healthcare providers are better equipped to understand and respect the cultural beliefs, practices, and preferences of their diverse patient population.
• Describe how an inclusive company allows patients to feel heard, understood, and valued.

Organize your paper using the following structure and headings:

• Title page. (A separate page.)
• Describe the evolution of DEI in healthcare and how it is continuing to influence patient care.
• Explain how unconscious bias leads to microaggressions.
• Describe strategies for overcoming bias in healthcare and how they can continue to shape DEI practices in the future.
• Explain how DEI in healthcare results in improved health outcomes and increased patient satisfaction.
• Conclusion. (One paragraph.)
• References. (A separate page.)

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Length: Include at least 35 typed, double-spaced pages, in addition to the title page and reference page.
• Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Writing: Produce text with minimal grammar, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
• Sources: Integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.
• References: Use at least two scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles and three in-text citations within the paper. Visit the page if needed. Use scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles published during the past 35 years that relate to your topic. Visit for help with research.
• Academic Honesty: Submit a draft of your assessment to Turnitin and make any necessary changes before you submit it to your instructor for grading.

Example assessment: You may use the to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 4: Describe strategies for overcoming biases in healthcare settings.
• Describe the evolution of DEI in healthcare and how it is continuing to influence patient care.
• Explain how unconscious bias leads to microaggressions.
• Describe strategies for overcoming bias in healthcare and how they can continue to shape DEI practices in the future.
• Explain how DEI in healthcare results in improved health outcomes and increased patient satisfaction.
• Competency 5: Write for a specific audience, in an appropriate tone and style, in accordance with Capella writing standards.
• Produce text with minimal grammatical, usage, spelling, and mechanical errors.
• Integrate into text appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.

*Things to add on to the personal statement*

recently graduated with my bachelors degree in Human Resources.

would like to continue education to have more experience and hands on*

• words that explain my skills: (integrity, teamwork, leadership, customer focus, communication, and passionate)
• interests in this class (Training and Development in Organizations)
• like to excel and become either a human resource manager or director.

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• Feb 2 – Feb 8

Read Chapter 1 from Melton et al., and Otto & Olgoff (2013) and write a clear, relevant, and coherent reflection.

Students are expected to post approximately 250 words, incorporating readings under the designated discussion board thread. Your reflections should demonstrate an understanding of and an advanced level of consideration of the readings, lectures, and other course material from this week’s content.

For this assignment, write a 2-3 page paper in APA format. Use the format: introduction paragraph, 4 body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.

Use the template attached below.

We are looking for concise, professional writing.

Avoid starting a sentence with “This” unless you use a noun following. For example: “This is” is missing the noun and has the reader thinking “This WHAT is??” Better to say: “This device is…”

• You will need to identify the four factors that lead to technology abandonment. Describe how you could prevent technology abandonment for each one based on a potential client’s needs and contextual factors.
• Consider the cultural, ethnic, or sociological relevance based on evidence and how you would use occupation in the assessment process. Provide detailed examples, images or links.
• Provide an occupation-based example, use the OTPF as guidance. Avoid examples centered around gait or mobility devices, focus on OT-related examples.
• Using additional literature, support your statements and examples.
• Refer to the rubric for more specific expectations
• Use a minimum of three literature sources to support your statements and examples.
• Also, attached is the seminal work of Phillips and Zhao for historical information so please use sparingly:
• Phillips, B. & Zhao, H. (1993). Predictors of Assistive Technology Abandonment. Assist Technol, 5:36-45.

Cruz, D. M. C., Emmel, M. L. G., Manzini, M. G., & Braga Mendes P. V. (2016). Assistive technology accessibility and abandonment: challenges for occupational therapists. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 4(1).

• Use a minimum of two other literature sources to support your statements and examples. Additional articles are linked below or you can research to find your own. Resources should be less than five years old and from a peer-reviewed source or specific OT publication.

Larsena, S. M., Mortensenc, R. K., Kristensena, H. K., & Hounsgaard, L. (2019). Older adults perspectives on the process of becoming users of assistive technology: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 14(2), 182-193.

Mortenson, W. B., Pysklywec, A., Fuhrer, M. J., Jutai, J. W., Plante, M. & Demers, L. (2018). Caregivers’ experiences with selection and use of assistive technology. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 13(6), 562-567.

Sugawara, A. T., Ramos, V. D., Alfieri, F. M., & Battistella, L. R. (2018). Abandonment of assistive products: assessing abandonment levels and factors that impact on it. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 13(7), 716723.

Ward-Sutton, C., Williams, N. F., Moore, C. L., & Manyibe, C. O. (2020). Assistive technology access and usage barriers among African Americans with disabilities: A review of the literature and policy. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, 51(2), 115-133.

Also, attached is the Phillips and Zhao article for historical information:

Phillips, B. & Zhao, H. (1993). Predictors of Assistive Technology Abandonment. Assist Technol, 5:36-45.

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