Sample Proposal 1 (Minnesota Department of Public Health and Environment QI Project Proposal, n.d.)

Initial Proposal

For your Initial Proposal, you will address the concerns presented in your selected case study from Week One and give recommendations for improvement. Utilize one of the following sample proposals to draft your Initial Proposal:

  • Sample Proposal 1 (Minnesota Department of Public Health and Environment QI Project Proposal, n.d.)
  • Sample Proposal 2 (TMIT Student Projects QuickStart Package TM, n.d.)
  • Sample Proposal 3 (Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Training Program Quality and Safety Module, 2011)
  • Sample Proposal 4 (Texas QIP, 2003)

Your Initial Proposal must include the following components:

  • Identify the needs that are present within your selected case study.
  • Explain each of the Minnesota Department of Health QI project SMART and meaningful objectives for your selected case study.
  • Apply each of the SDLC phases as they related to your study.
  • Demonstrate a clear understanding of HIT/QI acquisition by applying this in your Initial Proposal.

The Initial Proposal:

  • Must be three to four pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), double-spaced and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must follow one of the following proposal sample guidelines:
    • Sample Proposal 1 (Minnesota Department of Public Health and Environment QI Project Proposal, n.d.)
    • Sample Proposal 2 (TMIT Student Projects QuickStart Package TM, n.d.)
    • Sample Proposal 3 (Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Training Program Quality and Safety Module, 2011)
    • Sample Proposal 4 (Texas QIP, 2003)
  • Must Include a title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
  • Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  • Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
  • Must use at least three scholarly sources, including a minimum of one from the Ashford University Library.
  • Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Review the World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition of health in Chapter 7 of your textboo

Process of Identification & Definition
Review the World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition of health in Chapter 7 of your textbook. Then, write a research paper fulfilling the following requirements.

  • Why is the definition of health important to health policy?
  • Define the term “target population” as it relates to health policy.
  • How do societal influences impact the identification and definition process of policy?
  • Research a healthcare organization and highlight how their policies align or misalign with the WHO’s definition of health.

The paper

  • Must be 4 to 6 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least four scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

 

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment

“Policy Arguments” Please respond to the following:

“Policy Arguments” Please respond to the following:

 

  • From the case study, Case 8.1, use the argument mapping procedures presented in the chapter and provide two pros and two cons (or strengths and weaknesses) of the recommendation that the United States should NOT intervene in the Balkans.
  • From the e-Activity, discuss two different modes of argument and examples of formal and informal fallacies. Provide the source(s) of the modes of arguments and fallacies you identified.

Complete the Organizing Space exercises in the Discovering Art 2.0 CD-ROM:

Assignment: Formal Analysis of Art
Review: Ch. 5–7.
Complete the Organizing Space exercises in the Discovering Art 2.0 CD-ROM:
Open the CD-ROM.
Click on Interactive Exercises.
Click on Organizing Space.
Complete all exercises and reviews in Linear Perspective, Spatial Depth, and
Directional Light. Then, complete the Self-Test.
Click on Log after you complete the Self-Test. Then, save the Organizing Space Self-Test as a .txt file on your computer.
Look at Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez on your CD-ROM and describe the formal qualities of this work in terms of its organizing space. Do the formal qualities working together create a particular effect? If so, what is it and how is this accomplished?
Summarize your description of Las Meninas in 150 to 200 words using APA format.
Complete the Elements of Color and Light exercises in the Discovering Art 2.0 CDROM:
Open the CD-ROM.
Click on Interactive Exercises.
Click on Elements of Color and Light.
Complete all exercises and reviews in Functions of Light, Properties of Color, Expressive Qualities, and Optical Effects. Then, complete the Self-Test.
Click on Log after you complete the Self-Test. Then, save the Elements of Color and Light Self-Test as a .txt file on your computer.
Look at Nighthawks by Edward Hopper on your CD-ROM and describe the formal qualities of this work in terms of its color and light. Do the formal qualities workingtogether create a particular effect? If so, what is it and how is this accomplished?
Summarize your description of Nighthawks in 150 to 200 words using APA format.
Organize your summaries of Las Meninas and Nighthawks into one Microsoft® Word
document.
Submit your summaries and two self-tests as attachments.