Assessment – Quality Improvement Project
1. RESULTS / FINDINGS (750-1000 words)
Report on your project, but do not discuss the results compared to the literature at this stage. Provide a participant summary, including the number of participants and any demographic data collected. Present the findings from your data analysis in a clear, logical and succinct manner. Label and number any diagrams, charts, and graphs. Attribute participant quotes from the data appropriately. Use participant numbers (e.g., Participant 1) or pseudonyms. Tables and figures (if used) should present relevant data which adds substance but does not duplicate what you have written.
2. DISCUSSION (750 words)
Discuss the relevance and implications of your results. Describe how your findings fit with other contemporary research in the area. Relate the discussion to your literature review, research question and aims and objectives.
3. LIMITATIONS (200 words)
Describe the limitations of your study and any strategies you used to try to manage these. Limitations are the influences that the researcher cannot control. They are the shortcomings, conditions or influences that may place restrictions on the methodology and results.
4. RECOMMENDATIONS (250 words)
List in bullet point form recommendations for practice change. Recommendations must directly result from your interpretation and discussion of the findings. List the recommendations in order of priority. Write these recommendations for an audience of peers from your discipline.
5. CONCLUSION (250 words)
Write a summary of your research findings and their implications and a brief outline of your plan for dissemination of the findings and recommendations.
Literature and references
In this assessment use at least 15 contemporary references (<7 years) in writing your literature review and discussion related to your findings. You may also use seminal scholarly literature where relevant. Suitable references include peer-reviewed journal articles as well as textbooks and credible websites. When sourcing information, consider the 5 elements of a quality reference: currency, authority, relevance, objectivity, and coverage. Grey literature sourced from the internet must be from reputable websites such as from government, university, or peak national bodies: for example, the Australian College of Nursing, or the World Health Organization
Requirements
• _Use a conventional and legible size 12 font, such as Times New Roman or Arial, with 1.5 line spacing and 2.54cm page margins (standard pre-set margin in Microsoft Word).
• _Include page numbers on each page in a footer.
• _Write in the third-person perspective using past tense.
Use formal academic language.
• _Use the seventh edition American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style.
Resources
• _You can use unit provided materials and other credible sources (e.g. journal articles, books, grey literature) to reference your argument. The quality and credibility of your sources are important.
Marking Criteria
Refer to the marking rubric on the Moodle site for more detail on how marks will be assigned.
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