Description
Overview
For this Performance Task Assessment, you will create a narrated PowerPoint presentation recommending and supporting an evidence-based practice change for your current healthcare organization.
Submission Length: An 8- to 14-slide narrated PowerPoint presentation.
Your response to this Assessment should:
Reflect the criteria provided in the rubric.
Adhere to the required assignment length.
This Assessment requires submission of one (1) file, a narrated PowerPoint presentation. Save your file as EB005_presentation_firstinitial_lastname (for example, EB005_presentation_J_Smith).
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Instructions
Access the following to complete this Assessment:
APA Presentation Template
Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the Assessor will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON INTERPRETING THE ASSESSMENT RUBRIC (CLICK TO EXPAND)
Achievement vs. Mastery of the Competency
Mastery of this Competency means that 80% or more of the rows have been assessed as Exceeds Expectations and no rows have been assessed as Does Not Meet Expectations.
Achievement of this Competency means that all rows are assessed at Meets Expectations or above (but lower than the 80% threshold required for Mastery).
Assessment of Individual Rubric Rows
In order to achieve Meets Expectations for a particular row of the rubric, you must have adequately completed all criteria in that row. This means that you have addressed all required elements to the required level of quantity and/or quality.
In order to achieve Exceeds Expectations for a particular row of the rubric, you must have adequately completed all criteria in the row, and in addition, your response must reflect a depth and breadth of knowledge and expertise. Examples of this include—but are not limited to—the following:
You provide additional, specific, and/or particularly relevant examples to illustrate points made.
You seamlessly incorporate your original thoughts and diverse, credible, and relevant academic sources, when applicable, to express your viewpoint or develop a persuasive argument.
You demonstrate a deeper understanding of the subject that draws from discipline-specific knowledge and theory and incorporates the viewpoints of a diverse set of business and management thought leaders.
You draw additional connections between multiple, complex topics to support your explanations.
You are able to apply your knowledge in unique, creative, and/or innovative ways.
You thoroughly break down concepts into simpler parts and use your understanding of business to make connections.
Your analysis is insightful and original.
You design processes, products, and/or solutions that are creative, high-quality, and innovative.
You consider diverse perspectives and relevant social, ethical, and business-related issues when proposing new ideas or formulating judgments.
Rubric
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To complete this Assessment:
Reflect on your current healthcare organization and think about potential opportunities for evidence-based change.
(You may have completed the next three points in previous competencies.)
Identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of an evidence-based change. (Note: You are required to focus on the same clinical issue of interest in the competencies EB002–EB006.)
Develop a PICOT question to address this issue.
Using the keywords from the PICOT question, search at least four different databases in the Walden Library to identify at least four relevant peer-reviewed articles at the systematic-reviews level.
Create a PowerPoint presentation by addressing the following in 8–14 slides (total for all topics)
Briefly describe your healthcare organization, including its culture and readiness for change. (You may opt to keep various elements of this anonymous, such as your company name.) (1–2 slides)
Describe the current problem or opportunity for change. Include in this description the circumstances surrounding the need for change, the scope of the issue, the stakeholders involved, and the risks associated with change implementation in general. (2–3 slides)
Propose an evidence-based idea for a change in practice using an evidence-based practice approach to decision making. Note: You may find further research needs to be conducted if sufficient evidence is not discovered. (3–5 slides)
Be sure to include a description of the PICOT question that you developed for your search, and which databases you consulted.
Describe your plan for knowledge transfer of this change, including knowledge creation, dissemination, and organizational adoption and implementation. (1–2 slides)
Describe the measurable outcomes that you hope to achieve with the implementation of this evidence-based change. (1–2 slides)
Be sure to provide APA citations for the supporting evidence-based, peer-reviewed articles that you selected to support your thinking.
