In this assignment, you will continue to develop the Methods section of your proposed proposal. The focus of the current assignment is continued to refine previously submitted sections of the proposal and to describe a plan to evaluate the impact of the project. You will provide a description of measures and procedures you will use to collect data including descriptions of valid/reliable tools from the literature (if indicated), drafts of data collection forms such as survey instruments, drafts of data management tools such as coded Excel spreadsheets, and the proposed data analysis plan. If you plan to use an established instrument, you will also need to show proof of permission to use the form from the author and incorporated this permission in the Appendix of proposal document.
The current submission will include the following:
- Working draft of the proposal that incorporates Faculty Project Advisor recommendations for previously submitted work. Ensure reference lists and appendices are updated.
- Outcome measures selected to evaluated the process and outcomes of the interventions (How you will evaluate the impact of the intervention on processes, individuals, clinical outcomes, system delivery, etc… This may include economic analyses.)
- Description of each measure and rationale for selecting the measure which may include economic indicators such as cost savings, personnel outcomes such as retention, or patient care outcomes such as length of stay or customer experience.
- Operational definition of each measure in this project
- Validity and reliability information of measures if known.
- Include any tools or surveys you will used to gather outcome data. Make mention of the tools in the text description of the outcome measures and make mention of availability of the survey or other instrument in the Appendices. Add copies of the outcome measures to the Appendices. Also, don’t forget to cite the tool in text and references and to add any citations to your reference list. Again, if an established tool, show proof of permission to use the instrument.
- Data collection procedures
- Description of the specific process you will use to collect data (who, what, when, where, how)
- Include spreadsheets you will use to aggregate and manage data in the Appendices. Refer the reader to the availability of the data collection form in the text.
- Data Analysis Plan
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- Description of processes you will use to analyze data (frequency counts, percentages, statistical tests, cost/benefit ratio, cost savings). You may want to consult your Faculty Project Advisor for guidance in developing this section. The clinical analytics and data management text also will be useful in developing this section of the proposal.
