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IHP 604 Module Seven Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric

Thinking about the goals and timeline you developed in Module Six, and considering major challenges in healthcare and how they can be improved, identify a

patient safety or a patient quality issue (such as falls, infections, interdepartmental communications, etc.) and use the Plan-Do-Study/Check-Act (PDSA/CA) tool

to describe the steps you would take for the issue you identified. Write your PDSA/CA cycle in narrative format using the Module Seven Short Paper Template.

However, you may find the PDSA/CA table below helpful in outlining the ideas for your paper prior to writing it:

PDSA/CA Table

Cycle Step Activities Time Frame To Complete (months, quarters, or years)

Plan

Do

Study/ Check

Act

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Your short paper should be a submitted as a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document (in addition to title and reference pages) with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (80%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Quality or Safety Issue

Thoroughly identifies patient safety or quality issue

Identifies patient safety or quality issue but lacks sufficient detail

Does not identify a patient safety or quality issue

10

Plan Step Properly identifies activities the Plan step and appropriately outlines time frame to complete

Identifies activities in the Plan step but lacks sufficient detail and/or does not appropriately outline time frame to complete

Does not identify activities in the Plan step and/or does not outline time frame to complete

20

Do Step Properly identifies activities in the Do step and appropriately outlines time frame to complete

Identifies activities in the Do step but lacks sufficient detail and/or does not appropriately outline time frame to complete

Does not identify activities in the Do step and/or does not outline time frame to complete

20

Study/Check Step Properly identifies activities in the Study/Check step and appropriately outlines time frame to complete

Identifies activities in the Study/Check step but lacks sufficient detail and/or does not appropriately outline time frame to complete

Does not identify activities in the Study/Check step and/or does not outline time frame to complete

20

Act Step Properly identifies activities in the Act step and appropriately outlines time frame to complete

Identifies activities in the Act step but lacks sufficient detail and/or does not appropriately outline time frame to complete

Does not identify activities in the Act step and/or does not outline time frame to complete

20

Articulation of Response

Response has no major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to- read format

Response has major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Response has critical errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total 100%