Senior Project Components
(senior project overview)

My senior project will take the form of a public presentation, written essay, and web portfolio.

Public Presentation Component: I presented the results of my senior project in a public presentation. I used my web portfolio, a power point presentation, a video clip, and open discussion to help my audience understand how my senior project incorporates into major. The date and location of the presentation was April 29, 2005 in Buntrock room 242.

Written Essay Component: My essay explores compassion as an essential element of a healing relationship in the practice of medicine. To understand this concept, I consider the intrinsic moral good of medicine, examine the overall purpose of medicine; critique the healing process in terms of the science and art of medicine; investigate the spiritual component of the healing process; and consider compassion as the facilitator of the spiritual component of healing in the practice of medicine. The outline and links to my essay follows:

I. Prologue
II. Compassion
III. Good Medicine
IV. Purpose of Medicine
V. Healing
VI. Spirituality
VII. Compassoin in Medicine
VIII. Works Cited

Web Portfolio: The purpose of the web portfolio is to present the culmination of all I have learned through my CIS major and make it easily accessible to the general public. I have incorporated an array of information, including interviews, an overview of my experience and observations while interning at the Hospice center, information regarding Hospice care, and an overview of how compassion is linked with professionalism in the healthcare field. My goal in creating this web portfolio is for people to understand the importance and necessity for compassion in the practice of medicine. Hopefully the web portfolio is interesting, eye-catching, personal, and explicit.