{"id":37710,"date":"2026-01-15T11:23:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=37710"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:08:23","slug":"capstone-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/health-disparities-scholarship-track\/core-components\/capstone-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Capstone Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/Capstone-Project-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"Capstone Project\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37711 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/Capstone-Project-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/Capstone-Project-150x144.jpg 150w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/Capstone-Project.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The HDT Capstone is a longitudinal project completed over the course of the track with dedicated mentor support. The capstone is designed to allow participants to apply core concepts from the curriculum to a meaningful, real-world initiative that advances health equity within clinical, community, educational, or policy settings.<\/p>\n<p>Participants select a capstone focus area aligned with their interests and career goals. Capstone projects fall into one or more of the following domains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quality Improvement and Research<\/li>\n<li>Community Engagement<\/li>\n<li>Advocacy and Policy<\/li>\n<li>Curriculum and Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learners are paired with faculty and community mentors who provide guidance throughout project development, implementation, and dissemination. The longitudinal structure allows participants to move beyond short-term interventions and instead engage in sustained, iterative work that reflects the complexity of addressing health disparities.<\/p>\n<p>Capstone projects are expected to be grounded in real-world contexts and, when possible, connected to local or regional needs. Many projects leverage existing partnerships within Hartford and surrounding communities, reinforcing the HDT emphasis on place-based learning and community collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the track, participants produce a tangible scholarly or applied product, such as a quality improvement initiative, educational curriculum, community partnership deliverable, advocacy effort, or research project. The capstone serves as a culminating experience that integrates knowledge, leadership skills, and systems thinking developed throughout the HDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HDT Capstone is a longitudinal project completed over the course of the track with dedicated mentor support. The capstone is designed to allow participants to apply core concepts from the curriculum to a meaningful, real-world initiative that advances health equity within clinical, community, educational, or policy settings. Participants select a capstone focus area aligned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5287,"featured_media":0,"parent":37699,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 05:50:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38135,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37710\/revisions\/38135"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}