Reflection

Understanding the Problem and My Growth

Throughout this project, I have explored how accessibility gaps in healthcare education directly affect community readiness and survival outcomes. Research revealed that over 70% of cardiac arrests occur outside of hospitals, yet fewer than half of bystanders feel confident enough to perform CPR. This insight pushed me to reimagine what accessibility looks like in health education and led to the development of my proposed Mobile CPR and First Aid Instruction Service. This journey has deepened my understanding of the intersection between healthcare, communication, and social equity — and it has also reshaped how I approach problem-solving as both a medical professional and a learner.

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Integrating the Six Core Competencies

The most significant lesson of this project has been realizing how interdisciplinary knowledge strengthens practical solutions. Each of the six IPS core competencies played a vital role in my project’s evolution:

• Design Thinking helped me focus on empathy and iterative design, ensuring that my solution addressed the real barriers people face — cost, time, and transportation.

• Systems Thinking guided me in mapping relationships between schools, clinics, nonprofits, and community networks, which revealed new collaboration opportunities.

• Understanding Data enabled me to measure key outcomes such as participation rates and confidence growth, allowing evidence to drive decisions.

• Contemporary Media Literacies improved how I communicate complex ideas through visuals, infographics, and digital outreach materials that engage diverse audiences.

• Self-Awareness encouraged me to reflect on my leadership style, particularly my ability to balance empathy with organization and strategy.

• Global Awareness and Intercultural Competence influenced how I tailored the training to be inclusive, ensuring equitable access across cultural and socioeconomic boundaries.

 

Assessing Success and Measuring Impact

Assessing this project’s success extends beyond numbers—it involves measuring empowerment and long-term behavior change. Quantitatively, I will track increases in training participation, completion, and confidence. Qualitatively, feedback from community partners and participants will measure satisfaction and inclusivity. My goal is for this program to raise post-training confidence to 85% or higher and achieve at least 40% greater participation compared to fixed-site training programs. These metrics will inform future program refinements, ensuring the project remains both data-driven and human-centered.

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Personal and Professional Transformation

This project has connected my career in healthcare with my academic focus on integrative professional studies, merging my experiences as a Certified Medical Assistant with my passion for community advocacy. It has taught me to think beyond individual patient care toward systemic solutions that empower entire communities. I now see myself not just as a healthcare professional, but as a bridge-builder between education, technology, and access. This reflection process reminded me that real innovation requires patience, humility, and the courage to stay open to complexity.

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Conclusion

Ultimately, this project represents more than a solution to a training gap — it symbolizes my evolution as an integrated professional thinker. By combining empathy, analysis, creativity, and reflection, I have built a framework that not only teaches lifesaving skills but also promotes long-term community resilience. The process of integrating theory with lived experience has reaffirmed my belief that learning is most powerful when it leads to meaningful action and lasting social impact.