Assessment 2: 6030 PICOT

Problem Statement (PICOT) Scoring Guide

CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED

Analyze a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.

Does not describe a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.

Describes a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management issue, but fails to analyze the need, its importance, or key pieces of evidence to support its urgency.

Analyzes a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.

Analyzes a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need, and identifies assumptions on which the analysis is based.

Describe a quality improvement method that could impact a patient, population, or systems outcome.

Does not describe a quality improvement method that could impact a patient, population, or systems outcome.

States a quality improvement method, but fails to describe why it could impact a patient, population, or systems outcome.

Describes a quality improvement method that could impact a patient, population, or systems outcome.

Describes a quality improvement method that could impact a patient, population, or systems outcome, and identifies potential challenges of working on the identified need with the target population and setting.

Explain an overview of one or more interventions that would help drive quality improvement related to an identified need within a target population and setting.

Does not provide an overview of one or more interventions that would help drive quality improvement related to an identified need within a target population and setting.

Provides an overview of one or more interventions that would help drive quality improvement related to an identified need within a target population and setting, but fails to explain how the interventions fit the target population, setting, and the identified need.

Explains an overview of one or more interventions that would help drive quality improvement related to an identified need within a target population and setting.

Explains an overview of one or more interventions that would help drive quality improvement related to an identified need within a target population and setting, impartially acknowledging weaknesses in each intervention.

Analyze potential interprofessional alternatives to an initial intervention with regard to their possibilities to meet the needs of the project, population, and setting.

Does not present potential alternatives to an initial intervention overview.

Presents potential interprofessional alternatives to an initial intervention, but fails to comparatively analyze their potentials related to interprofessional care opportunities or the needs of the project, population, or setting.

Analyzes potential interprofessional alternatives to an initial intervention with regard to their possibilities to meet the needs of the project, population, and setting.

Analyzes potential interprofessional alternatives to an initial intervention with regard to their possibilities to meet the needs of the project, population, and setting, impartially acknowledging weaknesses in each alternative.

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Define an outcome related to a health policy that identifies the purpose and intended accomplishments of an intervention for a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.

Does not define an outcome related to a health policy that identifies the purpose and intended accomplishments of an intervention for a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.

Attempts to define an outcome related to a health policy that identifies the purpose and intended accomplishments of an intervention for a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.

Defines an outcome related to a health policy that identifies the purpose and intended accomplishments of an intervention for a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need.

Defines an outcome related to a health policy that identifies the purpose and intended accomplishments of an intervention for a health promotion, quality improvement, prevention, education, or management need, and identifies criteria that could be used to evaluate achievement of the outcome.

Propose a rough time frame for the development and implementation of an intervention to address an identified need.

Does not propose a rough time frame for the development and implementation of an intervention to address an identified need.

Attempts to propose a rough time frame for the development and implementation of an intervention to address an identified need, but the proposed time frame is not realistic or does not consider challenges for development or implementation.

Proposes a rough time frame for the development and implementation of an intervention to address an identified need.

Proposes a rough time frame for the development and implementation of an intervention to address an identified need, and identifies areas of uncertainty or knowledge gaps that could affect the time frame.

Analyze current evidence to validate an identified need and its appropriateness within the target population and setting.

Does not present adequate current evidence to validate an identified need and its appropriateness within the target population and setting.

Attempts to present adequate current evidence, but the sources do not persuasively validate the need or its appropriateness within the target population or setting.

Analyzes current evidence to validate an identified need and its appropriateness within the target population and setting.

Analyzes current evidence to validate an identified need and its appropriateness within the target population and setting, and evaluates the relevance, currency, sufficiency, and trustworthiness of the evidence.

Evaluate and synthesize resources from diverse sources illustrating existing health policy, health care technologies, or other communications that could impact the approach taken

Does not cite resources relevant to existing health policy that could impact the proposed project.

Cites resources that illustrate potential existing health policy that could impact the approach taken to address an identified need, but fails to evaluate and synthesize policy impacts on the proposed project.

Evaluates and synthesizes resources from diverse sources illustrating existing health policy, health care technologies, or other communications that could impact the approach

Evaluates and synthesizes resources from diverse sources illustrating existing health policy, health care technologies, or other communications that could impact the approach taken to address an identified need, and identifies missing information

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to address an identified need.

taken to address an identified need.

related to health policy.

Communicate problem statement and literature review in a way that helps the audience to understand the importance and validity of a proposed project.

Problem statement and literature review are not communicated in a way that helps the audience to understand the importance and validity of a proposed project.

Inconsistently communicates problem statement and literature review, in a way that partially helps the audience to understand the importance and validity of a proposed project.

Communicates problem statement and literature review in a way that helps the audience to understand the importance and validity of a proposed project.

Communicates problem statement and literature review in a way that helps the audience to understand the importance and validity of a proposed project. Grammar, punctuation, spelling, and citations are error-free.

Demonstrate completion of hours toward the practicum experience.

Does not demonstrate completion of hours toward the practicum experience.

Demonstrates completion of hours toward the practicum experience, but provides no details about activities completed during those hours.

Demonstrates completion of hours toward the practicum experience.

Demonstrates completion of hours toward the practicum experience, and provides a clear and concise description of the focus of the clinical hours and alignment to the capstone project.

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