Submit your draft of Evidence (Section III). In this section, discuss at least five peer-reviewed journal articles supporting the healthcare need or opportunity identified for this project and development of the initiative.
Steps for Development (Try to do at least one of these steps each day throughout the week to help you complete this milestone
- Begin by creating your ECLIPSE statement: expectation, client group, location, impact, professionals involved, and service. This framework is useful for a project related to health policy and management issues. Expectation encourages reflection on what information is needed for improvement, innovation, or knowledge. Impact looks at what you would like to achieve, for example, team communication improvements.
- Identify key search terms.
- Identify search databases (Medline, PubMed, etc.).
- Search and review articles that support your need or opportunity and initiative development.
- Synthesize the information in these articles to support your project. Synthesis is about concisely summarizing and linking different sources in order to review the literature on a topic, make recommendations, and connect your project idea to the research.
For additional details, please refer to the Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric and the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric.Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
- Evidence: Provide the research evidence that shows that the identified need or opportunity is in fact a need, and any research you completed to formulate the initiative.
What to Submit
One to two PowerPoint slides and any citations in APA format.
Milestone Two Rubric
| Criteria | Proficient (100%) | Not Proficient (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECLIPSE Statement | Creates an ECLIPSE statement for the project plan | Does not create an ECLIPSE statement for the project plan | 23 |
| Search Terms and Database | Identifies search terms and databases for articles to support ECLIPSE statement | Does not identify search terms and databases for articles to support ECLIPSE statement | 23 |
| Evidence | Provides articles that support the project's need or opportunity and initiative development | Does not provide articles that support the project's need or opportunity and initiative development | 23 |
| Synthesis | Synthesizes sources in order to review the literature on a topic, make recommendations, and connect the project idea to the research | Does not synthesize sources in order to review the literature on a topic, make recommendations, and connect the project idea to the research | 23 |
| Articulation of Response | Submission is mostly free of errors of organization and grammar; errors are marginal and rarely interrupt the flow | Submission contains errors of organization and grammar making the submission difficult to understand | 8 |
| Total: | 100% |