NO CODE status of patient

1

ASHLAND UNIVERSITY DWIGHT SCHAR COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Group Research & Health Advocacy Project/Presentation NUHS 510

Purposes of this assignment:  To find and examine a discipline specific area of advocacy  To develop or enhance skills for advocacy for clients in a legislative context  To consider ethical implications of advocacy as a professional mandate

Student Learning Outcomes: This assignment helps students to meet student learning

outcomes, 2) Examine ethical considerations and the impact of legislation and public policy on health-related delivery systems and research; 3) Evaluate discipline-specific an interprofessional opportunities for health advocacy and legislation and impacts clients and/or service delivery; and 4) Develop strategies to interact with legislators to facilitate public policy which meets the needs of clients.

Content/Grading: This assignment is a group project worth a possible 75 points.

 ELECTED OFFICIAL CONTACT: Each group member will make contact with an elected

official in Module 2 at a level appropriate to the selected topic and will submit an individual summary document (25 points).

 GROUP PRESENTATION: Each group will make a culminating oral presentation (50 points)

in a synchronous online session at the end of the semester (presentation dates per the syllabus calendar) and will provide a bibliography of resources.

Grading will be informed by the following rubrics.

Rubric for Elected Official Contact Criteria 4 points 2 points 0 points

Identification of appropriate elected official for contact

Elected official contact is clearly appropriate to level of topic, with rationale provided

Elected official contact may be appropriate to level of topic, limited or no rationale provided.

Elected official contact is clearly not appropriate to the topic.

Criteria 4 points 2 points 0 points

Creation of “talking points” to inform elected official about selected topic

Talking points are highly appropriate to selected topic and provide useful information to elected official. Format of talking points is succinct but informative. Your contact information is included for follow-up if needed/desired.

Talking points are somewhat appropriate to selected topic and provide useful information to elected official. Format may be excessively wordy or provide too little information to be useful. Contact information may not be included for follow-up if needed/desired.

No talking points are used.

Criteria 15-17 points 12-14 points 10-11 points

Synopsis of reading that addresses required criteria: 1. Methods used to make contact, 2. Knowledge level of elected official about topic, 3. Value of experience to student

You have thoroughly addressed all 3 required elements in the assignment. Your response is free, or nearly free of errors in grammar and/or sentence structure.

You have addressed at least 2 required elements in the assignment. Your response is free, or nearly free of errors in grammar and/or sentence structure.

You have addressed 1 required element in the assignment. Your response may include several errors in grammar and/or sentence structure.

Total Points 25

2

Rubric for Group Project/Presentation Criteria 5 points

Identification of appropriate group topic for legislative advocacy

Appropriate topic identified

Criteria 32-35 points 28-31 25-30 points

Presentation criteria met: Brief overview of topic selected for advocacy (5 points); Discussion of key stakeholders (5 points); Discussion of current practice, including existing or pending legal parameters and ethical concerns (5 points); Summary of information gained from contacts with elected officials (10 points); Lessons learned from process (10 points)

Everyone in group attends and participates in some part of the seminar. Group prepares a PowerPoint and offers discussion that fully and thoroughly meet the presentation criteria. Presenters demonstrate preparation and professional presentation skills.

Everyone in group attends and participates in some part of the seminar. Group prepares a PowerPoint and offers discussion that covers presentation criteria, but may lack depth and/or not all criteria included. Some presenters may lack evidence of preparation and/or professional presentation skills.

Not everyone in group attends and/or participates in some part of the seminar. Key elements of required criteria are missing and/or are discussed to a limited extent. Presenters clearly lack evidence of preparation and/or professional presentation skills.

Criteria 10 points 7-9 points 0-6 points

Group bibliography submitted

Bibliography submitted at time of presentation in correct APA format.

Bibliography submitted late and/or several errors in APA format.

Bibliography not submitted or multiple APA errors (e.g. in every reference).

Total Points 50

Processes: ELECTED OFFICIAL CONTACT:

 APPOINTMENT:

o You are required to meet either by telephone, synchronous media such as Skype, or face to face with an elected official to discuss the topic selected by the group for this project. It is important to select an elected official serving at a level appropriate to your group topic. This may be an elected official at the federal, state, regional, or local level. Depending upon the selected topic and the current status of legislative advocacy related to it, it may be appropriate to speak with a federal level senator or representative, or it may be more appropriate to make contact with someone on a school board. The topic at hand and the status of advocacy efforts are the main drivers of your choice.

o The purposes of your meeting are to determine what the elected official may already know about the topic and to inform his or her about it as needed. You are representing your discipline to advocate for the topic at hand. You are also developing or enhancing your skill level for legislative advocacy both as a citizen and a professional in your given discipline.

3

o Each person in the group makes an individual contact and you will compare your information as you continue work on the project.

o I am available to help you make an appropriate decision, based on your group topic and possibly the geographic location of the members of your group.

o Your contact with an elected official must be complete by the end of course week 5 – this part of assignment will inform your group work.

o Higher-level elected officials may schedule constituent meetings with a staff member. This is fine. They have very busy schedules, sometimes involving travel, and rely on staffers to communicate important information.

 TALKING POINTS:

o You will need to create a 1-2 page list of “talking points” to leave with your official if you meet in person, or send by email or fax if you speak by phone.

o The main intent of talking points is to serve as a resource for the elected official by providing information about the most salient points of your topic, but they can also serve to guide your conversation. Remember that elected officials are typically busy and you want to keep these brief and to the point. Keep it simple.

o There are many resources on the web to guide you in creating your talking points. o It can also be helpful to provide a few references for him or her to use and to provide

your contact information in the event that follow-up questions are needed.

 SUMMARY REPORT:

o The summary report of your elected official contact is due by the day of the group presentation. You will SUBMIT this report to the course dropbox provided in link Group Advocacy Project in the Bb left hand banner.

o The report should be 1–2 double-spaced pages. o Include the name and position of the elected official and the date, time, and method

of contact. o Address the following 3 requirements: 1. Methods used to make contact with the

elected official; 2. Discussion of the knowledge level of the elected official about topic, and 3. Value of experience to student.

GROUP PRESENTATION: Each group will make a culminating oral presentation (50 points) in

a synchronous Bb online session at the end of the semester (presentation dates per the syllabus calendar) and will provide a bibliography of resources. Please use the following timeline and steps.

Assignment Timeline/Steps Timeline Steps Comments

Weeks 1 – 2

 Make contact with your group members to establish a method of communication and a point person to keep the project on track.

 Begin to discuss potential areas that might be appropriate for legislative advocacy for your group.

 Review the assignment guidelines and consider dividing group tasks.

It is acceptable to divide the work of the group as desired. However, each person has to plan to make an individual contact with an elected official.

Weeks 3–4

 Complete the Module 2 web quest assignment to search for potential issues in your discipline that might be appropriate for legislative advocacy. This should help to inform the group selection of a topic for the project.

 Once your group has selected a topic, identify the key stakeholders who may be impacted by

This is during that timeframe for Module 2 in the course. The WebQuest is a Module 2 assignment that you will turn in individually, but it should prove helpful for your work on the group project as well. The remainder of the

4

Timeline Steps Comments

legislation, or lack thereof, on this topic

 Research current practice. Identify any existing legal parameters, including any actions that may be pending at the national, state, regional, or local levels. Identify any ethical concerns and/or support in the ethics literature that might be helpful to convince stakeholders that action is needed. For example, are there any ethical dilemmas related to a lack of action? What ethical principles/virtues would legislative advocacy on this topic support?

 Plan and implement your individual contact with an elected official to advocate for this topic.

research and work toward the group project is not due until the final due date in week 7.

Weeks 5-6

 While you are completing course Module 3, your group will need to work separately from the module work to finalize your oral presentation and bibliography.

Week 7  Submit individual summary of elected official contact in course dropbox from the link Group Advocacy Project.

 Submit group PowerPoint presentation and Bibliography page in the course dropbox in the Group Advocacy Project folder.

 Work with your partner(s) to prepare a 12–15 minute seminar presentation about your work on this project. This presentation will be done using the course synchronous meeting function. The presentation will include:

 Brief overview of topic selected for advocacy

 Discussion of key stakeholders

 Discussion of current practice, including existing or pending legal parameters and ethical concerns

 Summary of information gained from contacts with elected officials

 Lessons learned from process

 Bibliography of sources used in APA format

Each pair/group will decide how to prepare/present their content. The only rules are to stay within the time limit and to address the 6 bulleted criteria in the left-hand column of this table. Since projects are selected by group members, I do not have a preconceived notion of how your presentation should look. What I want to see is evidence that you:

 each planned and contacted an elected official and synthesize the information from your contacts for your presentation

 worked together to research current practice, including existing legal parameters and ethical concerns related to the topic

 can articulate what you have learned about health advocacy by using this process

 are in attendance for all group presentations as assigned (if the class is very large, I will schedule several sessions and you will attend one)

 have prepared prior to the presentation time and present in a professional manner (e.g., introduction of topic and presenters, transitions, professional language, conclusion, respect for time limit)