Individualized Professional Learning Plan for Susan Rabinowicz

Individualized Professional Learning Plan for Susan Rabinowicz

8/1/16

Competency Area / Why is this area important to me? / Goals/Learning Objective / Strategies How? / Resources What is Needed / Timeline
Develop mutual understanding of goals and cultures / 1. I think it will be essential for me to create an environment that fosters discussion among practitioners and administration. The environment will have to be a place where all participants will feel safe to express their opinions. This will be an essential first step in developing an ongoing relationship among the knowledge users.
2. It will be important for the practitioners and administrators to understand one another’s goals, so that they can they develop a shared goal. / 1. Introduce the role of a KB to the director of the county early intervention program, agency directors and individual physical therapists. Explain, the various roles that the KB can fulfill.
2. Determine if a culture of learning/research exists at the county level.
3. Determine if a culture of learning/research exists at the agency level.
4. Cultivate/foster a culture of learning.
5. Establish the goals of the early intervention director.
6. Establish the goals of the agency owners
7. Establish goals of the early intervention providers.
8. Develop a mutual goal. / 1. On a personal level I will have to develop negotiation skills
2. Create in my own words, what a KB is and what it means to me
3. At the level of the organization provide them with a self-assessment tool such as “Is Research Working for You from CHSRF
4. Establish a CoP for the physical therapists. / 1. Tools to assess if the organization supports learning.
2. A tool to assess how learning and professional development is provided/offered to the physical therapists.
3. I will need to refer back to books I have from my organizational leadership course for tips on developing negotiation skills.
4. Tools, or discussions with colleagues on improving negotiation skills.
5. Develop a way to record concise notes on the meetings.
6. Get support at organizational level for CoP.
7. On a personal level I will have to enhance my technical skills in creating on line meeting spots. / Spring of 2017
Collaborate with knowledge users and producers / 1. I am not sure if in the initial stage of my KB role I will collaborate with knowledge producers. Down the road, I see this as a valuable experience and opportunity to be the link between the researcher and practitioner. / 1. Create an atmosphere, a culture where questioning is valued and encouraged.
2. Create a sense of curiosity & motivation to seek out a new resource or intervention for a child/family.
3. To have PTs reflect on the effectiveness of their interventions.
4. Facilitate discussion, exploration and curiosity among the members of the group
5. Build the capacity of the group to formulate a question or a topic for exploration, i.e. an assessment tool, treatment approach, theoretical foundation, case study
6. Develop a means for PTs to reflect on their engagement in researching the literature and access to scholarly journals. / 1. Enhance my facilitation skills
2. Establish a relationship with an author of an article that may be of interest to PTs in early intervention.
3. Establish a relationship with an expert in the field of early intervention and physical therapy. / 1. Find a tool that allows physical therapists to reflect on their practice.
2. Find a resource/ a way for the members of the CoP to discover a question, on their own. A topic of interest that they would want to explore. / Spring/Summer 2016-2017
Facilitate the identification, access, assessment, interpretation and translation of evidence into policy & practice / 1. This is important so that I can effectively and accurately present the information to members of a CoP.
2. It will enhance my abilities to communicate with researchers. / 1. Form study groups with colleagues and critically appraise the same articles.
2. Refer back to my statistics book.
3. Refer back to articles and forms I have on how to critique articles / Summer 2017
Facilitate the management of information and knowledge / Facilitators of knowledge transfer in the practice environment. Barriers of knowledge transfer in the practice environment / A tool that can be used by both the physical therapists and administration that will allow them to focus and reflect on the practice environment. / Fall 2017

My central role as a knowledge broker is to support the process of knowledge use among physical therapists practicing in early intervention. Supporting the movement of physical therapists from initial awareness of new research finding to changes in practice behaviors will require the implementation of varying assessment tools and strategies. The assessments and approaches will be tailored to fit the characteristics of the practice environments, practitioner and knowledge.