IHP 670 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
Imagine you are a unit manager or top level leader in your facility. You are responsible for planning and implementing a new program in your facility related to
your research findings based on where you currently work (or a different facility of your choice). Perhaps there is a need for a program where you are working.
The purpose of this project is to prepare you to understand the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating a new program.
For your final project, you will assume a management role from which you will create a program proposal that addresses the design, implementation, and
evaluation of a program within your healthcare organization. This project will allow you to work through the program proposal process in an orderly fashion using
data from a facility of your choice. You have learned to perform a needs assessment, which includes creating a logic model, anticipating outcomes, justifying
resource allocations, and evaluating the program by proposing expected benchmarks and other measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented
program. This process will provide you with a strong foundation in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a program proposal.
The project is divided into three milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure a quality final
submission. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three, Five, and Seven. The final project will be submitted in Module Nine.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Analyze U.S. healthcare delivery systems for identifying key organizational design concepts with regard to program planning and design
Recommend programmatic strategies based on ethical guidelines for addressing disparities in community health services
Assess healthcare programs for the extent to which they comply with cultural competence standards in ensuring healthcare equity across diverse
populations
Recommend programs that align with strategic objectives for improving the flow of healthcare delivery at the organizational level
Justify resource allocation solutions for various healthcare programs for informing budget decision-making processes
Develop comprehensive logic models that consider collaborative practice within healthcare settings
Prompt
Using a product such as PowerPoint or Prezi, prepare a presentation that outlines your program proposal. Your presentation should be directed at the
organizations upper management and should include detailed speaker notes or an audio recording. Your presentation must specifically address the following
critical elements:
I. Introduction: Identify and describe the institution in which the new program would take place. Be sure to include the institutions name, location, focus
(such as hospital or other acute healthcare facility) and any other pertinent demographic identifiers.
II. From a management perspective, perform the following assessments for implementation of a program:
A. Assess the organizational design for potential program development.
B. Assess the community needs in terms of healthcare disparities.
C. Assess the organizations current healthcare programs in terms of the level of cultural competence they exhibit.
D. Recommend an appropriate and logical programmatic strategy, based on the results of your assessments.
E. How does your recommended programmatic strategy align with ethical guidelines? Be sure to justify your response.
III. Design the program by developing a logic model.
A. Identify key organizational stakeholders and discuss their relationship to your proposed program. In other words, what role will these
stakeholders play with regard to the components of your logic model?
B. Create a logic model based on the critical components of a logic model:
1. Resources or inputs: Consider human, financial, organizational, and community resources.
2. Activities: What does the program do with the resources? Activities are the processes, tools, events, technology, and actions that are an
intentional part of the program implementation.
3. Outputs: These are short-, medium-, and long-term definitions of outcome criteria.
C. Assign appropriate connections and feedback loops for the logic model.
IV. Discuss the anticipated outcomes of your program.
A. What is your anticipated end result? How do you see the program producing results within your organization?
B. How does this program fit into the organization? How does it affect the overall flow of healthcare delivery within the organization?
C. What will be the impact of this program on other areas within the organization or community? Why? If you feel there will be no effect on other
areas, be sure to explain your reasoning.
D. What will be the impact from this program with respect to complying with cultural competence standards? If you feel there will be no effect in
this regard, be sure to explain your reasoning.
V. Attend to the financial aspects of your program.
A. What specific resources would you suggest for use in your program? For example, what staffing and equipment suggestions would you make? Be
sure to explain your rationale.
B. How will the program fit into the organizations current budget? In other words, will the program fit into the existing budget, or will concessions
need to be made?
C. What recommendations would you make for ensuring the program is financially sustainable?
VI. Consider the evaluation methods and results for your program.
A. What will you measure (such as benchmarks, patient outcomes, or other measurable data) in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the program
implementation?
B. What tools will you use to measure the effect of your program on reducing the incidence of healthcare disparities?
C. How will these evaluation tools tell you whether the program is successful?
D. To what extent will the program help ensure healthcare equity across diverse populations? Be sure to justify your reasoning.
VII. Provide a brief summary of the key points and findings of your program proposal.
Milestones
Milestone One: Program Plan
In Module Three, you will submit a short paper that will include a brief description of your chosen organization, a needs assessment, and an identification of
expected outcomes. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric.
Milestone Two: Program Design Map
In Module Five, you will submit a program design map in the form of a logic model. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.
Milestone Three: Evaluation Plan
In Module Seven, you will submit a paper in which you describe an evaluation plan and explain the financial aspects of your program as well as your evaluation
methods. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Three Rubric.
Final Submission: Comprehensive Program Proposal Presentation
In Module Nine, you will submit your final project. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should
reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Rubric.
Deliverables
Milestone Deliverable Module Due Grading
One Program Plan Three Graded separately; Milestone One Rubric
Two Program Design Map Five Graded separately; Milestone Two Rubric
Three Evaluation Plan Seven Graded separately; Milestone Three Rubric
Final Submission: Comprehensive Program
Proposal Presentation
Nine Graded separately; Final Project Rubric
Final Project Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your presentation should be between 15 and 20 slides (in addition to title and references slides) and should contain detailed speaker
notes or an audio recording. Please feel free to be creative with this project, experimenting with backgrounds and ; however, be sure that
any citations and references are formatted according to APA guidelines.
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction Meets Proficient criteria and
employs industry-specific
language to establish expertise
Identifies and describes the
institution where the new
program would be implemented,
including institution name,
location, focus, and other
pertinent demographic
identifiers
Identifies and describes the
institution where the new
program would be implemented,
but response is cursory,
ambiguous, or lacking necessary
detail
Does not identify and describe the
institution where the new program
would be implemented
3
Assessments: Potential
Program Development
Meets Proficient criteria, and
response meaningfully
synthesizes connections
between organizational design
and assessment of needs for
potential program development
Assesses the organizational
design for potential program
development
Assesses the organizational
design for potential program
development, but response is
cursory, vague, or inaccurate
Does not assess the organizational
design for potential program
development
5.05
Assessments:
Disparities
Meets Proficient criteria and
meaningfully synthesizes
connections between the
organization and community
needs in terms of healthcare
disparities
Assesses community needs in
terms of healthcare disparities
Assesses community needs in
terms of healthcare disparities,
but response is cursory, vague,
or inaccurate
Does not assess community needs
in terms of healthcare disparities
3.79
Assessments: Cultural
Competence
Meets Proficient criteria and
meaningfully synthesizes
connections between the
organizations healthcare
programs and cultural
competence
Assesses the organizations
healthcare programs in terms of
the level of cultural competence
they exhibit
Assesses the organizations
healthcare programs in terms of
the level of cultural competence
they exhibit, but response is
cursory, vague, or inaccurate
Does not assess the organizations
healthcare programs in terms of
the level of cultural competence
they exhibit
5.05
Assessments: Strategy Meets Proficient criteria, and
recommendation demonstrates
keen insight into organizational
and community needs
Recommends an appropriate
and logical programmatic
strategy, based on results of
assessments
Recommends a programmatic
strategy, but strategy is
inappropriate or illogical or is not
based on results of assessments
Does not recommend a
programmatic strategy
3.79
Assessments:
Alignment
Meets Proficient criteria and
meaningfully synthesizes
connections between
recommended programmatic
strategy and current ethical
guidelines
Logically assesses programmatic
strategy for alignment with
ethical guidelines
Assesses programmatic strategy
for alignment with ethical
guidelines, but assessment is
cursory, vague, or illogical
Does not assess programmatic
strategy for alignment with ethical
guidelines
3.79
Logic Model:
Stakeholders
Meets Proficient criteria and
demonstrates keen insight into
the relationship between
stakeholders and organizational
programs
Identifies key stakeholders and
discusses their relationship to
proposed program
Identifies key stakeholders and
discusses their relationship to
proposed program, but response
is cursory, vague, or inaccurate
Does not identify key stakeholders
and does not discuss their
relationship to proposed program
5.06
Logic Model:
Components
Meets Proficient criteria, and
logic model is exceptionally clear
and well informed
Creates a comprehensive logic
model, based on critical
components
Creates a logic model, but it is
not based on critical
components, or it has gaps in
detail or clarity
Does not create a logic model 5.06
Logic Model:
Connections
Meets Proficient criteria and
demonstrates nuanced insight
into relevant directional and
feedback connections for logic
models
Assigns appropriate connections
and feedback loops for logic
model
Assigns connections and
feedback loops for logic model,
but connections and feedback
loops are inappropriate or
unclear
Does not assign connections and
feedback loops for logic model
5.06
Outcomes: Anticipated Meets Proficient criteria and
meaningfully synthesizes
connections between the
organization and the program
with regard to producing results
for the organization
Articulates the anticipated end
result and explains how the
program will produce results
within the organization
Articulates the anticipated end
result and explains how the
program will produce results
within the organization, but
response is cursory or vague
Does not articulate the anticipated
end result and does not explain
how the program will produce
results for the organization
5.06
Outcomes: Fit Meets Proficient criteria and
demonstrates meaningful insight
into how the program will fit and
interact within the organizations
Describes how the program will
fit into and interact with the rest
of the organization
Describes how the program will
fit into and interact with the rest
of the organization, but response
is cursory, vague, or illogical
Does not describe how the
program will fit into and interact
with the rest of the organization
5.06
Outcomes: Other Areas Meets Proficient criteria and
demonstrates meaningful insight
into the interrelationship
between the program and the
organization and community
Assesses the impact, or lack
thereof, of the program on other
areas of the organization or the
community, explaining why
Assesses the impact, or lack
thereof, of the program on other
areas of the organization or the
community, explaining why, but
response or reasoning is cursory,
vague, or illogical
Does not assess the impact, or lack
thereof, of the program on other
areas of the organization or the
community
5.06
Outcomes: Standards Meets Proficient criteria and
meaningfully synthesizes
connections between the
proposed program and cultural
competence standards
Assesses the impact of this
program with respect to
complying with cultural
competence standards
Assesses the impact of this
program with respect to
complying with cultural
competence standards, but
response is cursory, vague, or
inaccurate
Does not assess the impact of this
program with respect to complying
with cultural competence
standards
5.05
Financial Aspects:
Resources
Meets Proficient criteria and
meaningfully synthesizes
connections between the
organizations available
resources and the rationale for
suggested resources
Suggests specific resources to be
used in program, explaining
rationale
Suggests resources to be used in
program, explaining rationale,
but response or reasoning is
cursory or illogical
Does not suggest specific resources
to be used in program
5.06
Financial Aspects:
Budget
Meets Proficient criteria and
demonstrates exceptional insight
into the organizational budgeting
process
Explains how the program will fit
into the organizations current
budget
Explains how the program will fit
into the organizations current
budget, but response is illogical
or contains inaccuracies
Does not explain how the program
will fit into the organizations
current budget
5.06
Financial Aspects:
Sustainable
Meets Proficient criteria and
demonstrates exceptional
knowledge of the organizational
budgeting process
Makes recommendations for
ensuring the program will be
financially sustainable
Makes recommendations for
ensuring the program will be
financially sustainable, but
recommendations are cursory or
inappropriate for the purpose
Does not make recommendations
for ensuring the program will be
financially sustainable
5.06
Evaluation: Measure Meets Proficient criteria and
demonstrates nuanced insight
into measuring program
effectiveness
Determines appropriate
measures for evaluating program
implementation effectiveness
Determines measures for
evaluating program
implementation effectiveness,
but measures are cursory or
inappropriate for the purpose
Does not determine appropriate
measures for evaluating program
implementation effectiveness
5.05
Evaluation: Reducing Meets Proficient criteria and
meaningfully synthesizes
connections between theory and
practice to demonstrate
nuanced insight into measuring
programmatic reduction of
healthcare disparities
Identifies appropriate tools for
measuring effect of program on
reducing healthcare disparities
Identifies tools for measuring
effect of program on reducing
healthcare disparities, but tools
are cursory or inappropriate for
the purpose
Does not identify tools for
measuring effect of program on
reducing healthcare disparities
3.79
Evaluation: Successful Meets Proficient criteria and
meaningfully synthesizes
connections between theory and
practice to demonstrate
nuanced insight into using tools
for measuring program success
Details how the evaluation tools
will denote program success
Details how the evaluation tools
will denote program success, but
response is cursory, vague, or
illogical
Does not detail how the evaluation
tools will denote program success
5.05
Evaluation: Equity Meets Proficient criteria and
demonstrates exceptional
consideration of social
responsibility with regard to
ensuring healthcare equity
Assesses the extent to which the
program will help ensure
healthcare equity and justifies
reasoning
Assesses the extent to which the
program will help ensure
healthcare equity and justifies
reasoning, but response or
reasoning is cursory, vague, or
illogical
Does not assess the extent to
which the program will help ensure
healthcare equity and does not
justify reasoning
5.05
Summary Meets Proficient criteria and
expertly balances brevity with
detail
Briefly summarizes key points
and findings of program proposal
Summarizes key points and
findings of program proposal,
but response is wordy or lacks
necessary detail
Does not summarize key points
and findings of program proposal
3
Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and organization
and is presented in a
professional and easy to read
format
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
3
Total 100%
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