| Course Code | Class Code | Assignment Title | Total Points |
| HCA-530 | HCA-530-O500 | Benchmark - Population Health Essay | 100.0 |
| Criteria | Percentage | Unsatisfactory (0.00%) | Less Than Satisfactory (74.00%) | Satisfactory (79.00%) | Good (87.00%) | Excellent (100.00%) | Comments | Points Earned |
| Content | 70.0% |
| Select one or more SDOH (Social Determinants of Health) that you feel would be most beneficial for your organization to focus on and have the biggest impact on its population. Explain how you would use your selected SDOH(s) to benefit the population. | 30.0% | Essay fails to explain how student would use the selected SDOH(s) to benefit the population and but not how it would be most beneficial for their organization. | Essay explains how student would use the selected SDOH(s) to benefit the population but not how it would be most beneficial for their organization. Lacks relevant evidence. | Essay explains how student would use the selected SDOH(s) to benefit the population and how it would be most beneficial for their organization on a basic level. Some evidence is irrelevant. | Essay adequately explains how student would use the selected SDOH(s) to benefit the population and how it would be most beneficial for their organization with reasoning supported with strong relevant evidence. | Essay thoroughly explains how student would use the selected SDOH(s) to benefit the population and how it would be most beneficial for their organization with logical reasoning and relevant evidence to support claims. |
| Explain how economics may influence the approach you take. (C: 3.1) | 20.0% | Essay fails to explain how economics may influence the approach the student would take. | Essay explains how economics may influence the approach the student would take in a less than satisfactory way. Explanation is vague, illogical, or lacks relevant evidence to support claims. | Essay explains how economics may influence the approach the student would take in a basic way. Some reasoning doesn’t make sense. Some evidence to support claims is irrelevant. | Essay adequately explains how economics may influence the approach the student would take with reasoning supported with strong relevant evidence. | Essay thoroughly explains how economics may influence the approach the student would take with sound reasoning supported with ample relevant evidence. |
| Describe population health and how health care organizations can best strive to address the social determinants of health. | 20.0% | Essay fails to describe population health and how health care organizations can best strive to address the social determinants of health. | Essay describes population health and how health care organizations can best strive to address the social determinants of health in a less than satisfactory way. Explanation is vague, illogical, or lacks relevant evidence to support claims. | Essay describes population health and how health care organizations can best strive to address the social determinants of health in a basic way. Reasoning doesn’t make sense. Some evidence to support claims is irrelevant. | Essay adequately describes population health and how health care organizations can best strive to address the social determinants of health with reasoning, connects ideas, supports claims with some relevant evidence. | Essay thoroughly describes population health and how health care organizations can best strive to address the social determinants of health with logical reasoning, strongly connects ideas, supports claims with ample relevant evidence. |
| Organization and Effectiveness | 20.0% |
| Thesis Development and Purpose | 7.0% | Paper lacks any discernible overall purpose or organizing claim. | Thesis is insufficiently developed or vague. Purpose is not clear. | Thesis is apparent and appropriate to purpose. | Thesis is clear and forecasts the development of the paper. Thesis is descriptive and reflective of the arguments and appropriate to the purpose. | Thesis is comprehensive and contains the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear. |
| Argument Logic and Construction | 8.0% | Statement of purpose is not justified by the conclusion. The conclusion does not support the claim made. Argument is incoherent and uses noncredible sources. | Sufficient justification of claims is lacking. Argument lacks consistent unity. There are obvious flaws in the logic. Some sources have questionable credibility. | Argument is orderly, but may have a few inconsistencies. The argument presents minimal justification of claims. Argument logically, but not thoroughly, supports the purpose. Sources used are credible. Introduction and conclusion bracket the thesis. | Argument shows logical progressions. Techniques of argumentation are evident. There is a smooth progression of claims from introduction to conclusion. Most sources are authoritative. | Clear and convincing argument that presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and compelling manner. All sources are authoritative. |
| Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) | 5.0% | Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction is used. | Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied. | Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are employed. | Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech. | Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. |
| Format | 10.0% |
| Paper Format (use of appropriate style for the major and assignment) | 5.0% | Template is not used appropriately or documentation format is rarely followed correctly. | Appropriate template is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken. A lack of control with formatting is apparent. | Appropriate template is used. Formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present. | Appropriate template is fully used. There are virtually no errors in formatting style. | All format elements are correct. |
| Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style) | 5.0% | Sources are not documented. | Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct. | Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error. |
| Total Weightage | 100% |