IHP 670 Module Six Program Critique Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

You will complete five program critique assignments in the course to support your work as you prepare for your final project. These assignments ask that you critique a program described

within an identified article located in the module’s resources. These articles were chosen because they relate to the module’s topics and demonstrate some common problems that programs

encounter. In each assignment, you will have the opportunity to critique certain program components, such as resources, activities, outcome measures, use of feedback loops, assumptions, and

external barriers. Once planners have identified the details for each of the program components, they must step back and assess how those components can best operate within the program’s

environment. That involves considering concepts such as cultural competency, systems thinking, ethical practice, and others. You will focus on these different concepts, in turn, through the

program critiques. As you develop your program critique skills, you will be asked to identify areas that could be or need to be improved and offer recommendations.

In this assignment, you will critique a health or healthcare program selected for you. It is the program critique reading in the Resources section of the module. This is the only reading that can

be used for this assignment.

This assignment will help you examine activities used to improve participation in a sexual and reproductive health program. Pay particular attention to the activity that was designed to remove

an external barrier to care. Focus your critique on elements such as the risks involved, the benefits or desired results, and the intended results achieved to evaluate the program’s ability to

adjust.

This program critique will help you plan for the risks and external barriers to your program and improve the program’s ability to adjust and adapt over time.

Prompt

Write a program critique that examines a health or healthcare program intended to meet a specific health need.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. External Barriers to Care: External Barriers to Care: Describe why it is important to identify barriers that impede an individual’s or a group’s access to care. Consider the following question to guide your

response:

Why do you think the use of vouchers was effective or ineffective in achieving desired results?

2. Program Risks: Program Risks: Describe why identifying potential risks is important in program planning. Consider the following questions to guide your response:

What two risks did the program create?

What actions would you take to minimize these risks?

3. Program Benefits: Program Benefits: Describe what secondary benefits are achieved in addition to the desired results and their importance to stakeholders and the overall program. Consider the

following questions to guide your response:

Why is it important to appreciate these secondary benefits?

How would you let other program planners know about these secondary benefits?

4. Impact on Desired Results: Impact on Desired Results: Determine whether the planned activities achieved the desired results for the program and why you feel they did or did not achieve these results..

Consider the following question to guide your response:

How might the activities be adjusted for improving the program’s desired results if the program were to run again in the future?

Note that all the claims in your deliverable should be evidence based. Your citations should be from your independent search for evidence (not from the scenario, textbook, or module

resources) of credible sources and be current within the last five years. You are required to cite a minimum of one source overall. Refer to the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing—Graduate

located in the Start Here section of the course for additional support. If you need writing support, access the Online Writing Center through the Academic Support module of your course.

What to Submit

Your submission should be a 2- to 3-page Word document. Also include a title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. You should include a minimum

of two sources. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Module Six Program Critique Rubric

CriteriaCriteria Exemplary (100%)Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%)Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%)Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%)Not Evident (0%) ValueValue

External Barriers toExternal Barriers to

CareCare

Exceeds proficiency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-specific language

Describes why it is important to

identify barriers that impede an

individual’s or a group’s access

to care

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 20

Program RisksProgram Risks Exceeds proficiency in an Describes why identifying Shows progress toward Does not attempt criterion 20

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exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-specific language

potential risks is important in

program planning

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Program BenefitsProgram Benefits Exceeds proficiency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-specific language

Describes what secondary

benefits are achieved in

addition to the desired results

and their importance to

stakeholders and the overall

program

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 20

Impact on DesiredImpact on Desired

ResultsResults

Exceeds proficiency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-specific language

Determines whether planned

activities achieved the desired

results for the program and

why they did or did not achieve

these results

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 15

Articulation of ResponseArticulation of Response Exceeds proficiency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner

Clearly conveys meaning with

correct grammar, sentence

structure, and spelling,

demonstrating an

understanding of audience and

purpose

Shows progress toward

proficiency, but with errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, negatively

impacting readability

Submission has critical errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, preventing

understanding of ideas

10

Professional SourcesProfessional Sources Incorporates more than two

professional, current (within

the last five years) sources, or

use of sources is exceptionally

insightful

Incorporates two professional,

current (within the last five

years) sources that support

claims

Incorporates fewer than two

professional, current (within

the last five years) sources, or

not all sources support claims

Does not incorporate sources 10

APA StyleAPA Style Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with no errors

Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with fewer than five

errors

Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with five or more errors

Does not format in-text

citations and reference list

according to APA style

5

Total:Total: 100%

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