Topic overview
For Assessments 1 and 2 you will need to develop a proposal for a quality improvement project that could be undertaken to address an issue of your own choosing from your place of clinical practice.
For this first assessment task, you are required to submit a brief summary / basic overview of the quality improvement project proposal you plan to do using the criteria provided. This document provides you with all the information you will need to complete this assessment.
For Assessment 2 you will write a proposal for the quality improvement project. For the full information on Assessment 2, please see the information in the Assessment page in the LMS.
Assessment criteria
This assessment will measure your ability to:
Succinctly summarise the workplace issue that your QI project intends to address (30%)
Describe the two key changes you are considering making as part of your QI project (30%)
Outline the key criteria that you would use to see if the changes you proposed led to any improvement (30%)
Use appropriate written communication and referencing (10%)
It is important to note that even though this is an overview of your QI project, you will still need to include citations to support your work.
As the basis for both Assessments 1 and 2, you are required to identify an issue from your place of work that would be a suitable candidate for a QI project. You can choose whatever project area you would like but examples of common types of QI projects.
You are not required to provide an introduction or conclusion for this assessment task.
Sections addressing each of the three key requirements of the task as follows (as this is an overview/summary, bullet points are acceptable):
a summary of the workplace issue that your QI project will seek to address (approximately 80 words)
an overview of the two key changes that you intend to implement in your QI project (approximately 80 words)
an outline of the criteria you could measure to determine the effects/effectiveness of your changes (approximately 80 words).
Assessment criteria
This assessment will measure your ability to:
Introduce your paper with clear and concise aims and objectives (5%)
Provide a detailed overview and background to the workplace issue (problem/gap) that your QI project intends to address, including identifying factors contributing to the development and continuation of the issues (20%)
Describe the overall aims for your QI project: this should involve describing the specific outcomes you are aiming to generate related to the issues you are trying to address (20%)
Present and describe the improvements (interventions/measures) to be introduced and undertaken as part of your QI project, including identifying any support needed to complete the project (20%)
Outline the criteria that you would use to see if the changes you proposed led to any improvement (20%)
Conclude the assignment with a succinct and accurate summary of the main points presented in the assignment (5%)
Use appropriate written communication and referencing (10%)
It is important to note that you need to support your work with relevant, current literature.
Assessment structure
Your report should include the following items.
Assessment cover sheet (use the template provided).
Introduction: introduce your assignment, clearly stating your aims and outlining your key goals (approximately 80 words).
Sections addressing each of the four key requirements of the task as follows.
An overview and background to the workplace issue that your QI project will seek to address. What is the problem/gap and why is it an issue? What are the factors contributing to the development and the continuation of the issues? What are the barriers to making positive change to address the issue? (Approximately 335 words)
Delivers a detailed outline of the specific aims for the QI project. What are you trying to achieve (and why have these aims been selected)? (Approximately 335 words)
Provides a detailed description of the improvements (interventions/measures) to be introduced and undertaken as part of the QI project. This should include specific instructions on what is to be done, who it will involve (e.g. colleagues, experts, consumer support workers) and what resources will be required to complete the project. (Approximately 335 words)
Outlines the criteria that you would use to see if the changes you proposed led to any improvement. How will you measure whether or not things improved? How did each of the interventions/measures undertaken in the project actually contribute to improvements? (Approximately 335 words)
Conclusion: conclude your paper by providing a brief summary of your key points (approximately 80 words).
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