Assignments & Applied Learning

Assignments in the Project ENACT curriculum are structured to assist students in incorporating TIC into clinical decision-making, self-reflection, communication, systems thinking, and scholarly inquiry. Spread across three semesters, these activities provide structured opportunities for students to deepen their understanding of TIC while building the competencies expected of PMHNPs. Each assignment reinforces core principles of TIC while encouraging students to examine their role in fostering safe, compassionate, and culturally responsive environments for care delivery.

Learning Objectives

Through the course assignments, students will be able to:

• Apply trauma-informed and culturally responsive principles to an identified clinical or systems-level issue, demonstrating competencies in leadership, ethics, and policy.
• Present a trauma-informed scholarly project in poster format, demonstrating the ability to communicate key findings and implications to peers, faculty, and clinical preceptors.
• Analyze clinical interactions through detailed process recordings that demonstrate awareness of therapeutic use of self, communication strategies, and trauma-informed responses.
• Engage in structured reflection using experiential learning models to process clinical experiences, identify learning moments, and translate insights into clinical growth.
• Conduct and document comprehensive psychiatric evaluations that integrate trauma-informed assessment, diagnostic reasoning, and care planning based on clinical practicum experiences.
• Demonstrate professional insight and emotional awareness through reflective journaling, including recognition of secondary traumatic stress (STS), ethical dilemmas, and identity formation as a trauma-informed provider.
• Synthesize current trauma-informed literature and clinical experience to guide reflective discussion and peer learning throughout didactic and practicum experiences.