your Role as a Practitioner-Scholar Draw from your previous study of the practitioner-scholar model
to answer the following:
In your own words, explain McClintock’s scholar practitioner model.
Reference Capella’s Learning Model Quick Reference Guide to compare the differences between the levels
of practitioner-scholar and scholar-practitioner.
What it will mean to you to be a practitioner-scholar? Explain how the practitioner-scholar model can
help guide you in developing the knowledge and skills that you will need to reach your professional
vision and goals.
Be sure to cite your sources.
Vision: In response to feedback you have received and the evolution of your ideas since you began, and
in light of what you have learned about the practitioner-scholar model, revise and refine the vision
statement that you developed in the previous two units so it is as personally meaningful as possible.
This statement should articulate how your passions and interests connect to a specialization in psychology.
Note: It may be useful to update your Articulating Your Purpose activity to help support these revisions.
Goals and Milestones: Review the long-term educational, career, and life goals that you identified as relevant
to achieving your vision. In response to feedback you have received and the evolution of your ideas since your
earlier drafts, revise, expand, refine and consolidate your goals as needed.
Identify significant milestones for each goal. Be sure that your goals and milestones are:
Specific.
Measurable.
Achievable.
Relevant.
Time-bound.
Be sure to discuss the reasons for each goal and milestone.
