Practicum Project Methodology/Evaluation
PRACTICUM PROJECT METHODOLOGY AND EVALUATION JUSTIFICATION
Once you have a Practicum Project topic and objectives, you need to determine how you will execute the project. Breaking it down further, you should decide the who, what, how, where, and when associated with each of your Practicum Project objectives. For example, who will make what change, by how much, where, and by when? This methodology will guide the implementation of your project at the practicum site.
But how will you know whether you have met your objectives? How will you know the impact of your project? Formative evaluation, while the project is in progress, and summative evaluation, at the conclusion of the project, offer different types of feedback and information at different points. Thus, evaluation can offer helpful insight into objective achievement.
Post a description of your proposed Practicum Project. Identify a project methodology that is appropriate for your project and explain why it will be valuable to use. Then select the model you will use during your project and explain why it is appropriate for your project. Next, summarize two theories that relate to your Practicum Project and evaluate their application to your experience.
Explain how you will evaluate your Practicum Project. Specifically, describe a formative evaluation plan and a summative evaluation plan you will use. Detail what the evaluations will measure and what information you can gain from the evaluations. Then, describe any potential ethical issues that may occur as you complete your Practicum Project. Explain how you will avoid or address these issues.
Practicum Project Methodology/Evaluation
LEARNING RESOURCES
Required Readings
Jasper, M., Rosser, M., & Mooney, G. P. (2013). Professional development, reflection, and decision-making in nursing and healthcare. John Wiley and Sons.
Chapter 4, “Decision-Making in Professional Practice” (pp. 109–135)
Office of the National Coordinator. (2017). Implementing health IT Links to an external site… https://www.healthit.gov/topic/safety/implementing-health-it
Document: Practicum Project Plan Overview Download Practicum Project Plan Overview (Word document)
Technology Acceptance Model
Kotelawala, Y. (2011). The Technology Acceptance Model: Predicting nurses’ intention to use telemedicine technology (Eisu) Links to an external site. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 29(7), 411–418.
Pai, F.-Y., & Huang, K. (2011). Applying the Technology Acceptance Model to the introduction of healthcare information systems Links to an external site. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 78(4), 650–660.
Rippen, H. E., Pan, E. C., Russell, C., Byrne, C. M., & Swift, E. K. (2012). Organizational framework for health information technology. Links to an external site… International Journal of Medical Informatics, 82(4), e1–e13.
Diffusion of Innovation
Barnett, J., Vasileiou, K., Djemal, F., Brooks, L., & Young, T. (2011). Understanding innovators’ experiences of barriers and facilitators in implementation and diffusion of healthcare service innovations: A qualitative study. Links to an external site. BMC Health Services Research, 11, 342.
Kassi, A. (2012). “Learning” from other industries: Lessons and challenges for health care organizations Links to an external site. Health Care Manager, 31(1), 65–74.
Sociotechnical Theory
Practicum Project Methodology/Evaluation
Ancker, J. S., Kern, L. M., Abramson, E., & Kaushal, R. (2012). The Triangle Model for evaluating the effect of health information technology on healthcare quality and safety Links to an external site… Journal of American Medical Informatics Associations, 19(1), 61–65.
Currie, L., Sheehan, B., Graham, P., Stetson, P., Cato, K., & Wilcox, A. (2009). Sociotechnical analysis of a neonatal ICU Links to an external site. Studies In Health Technology and Informatics, (146), 258-262.
Booth, R. G., Sinclair, B., Brennan, L., & Strudwick, G. (2017). Developing and implementing a simulated electronic medication administration record for undergraduate nursing education using sociotechnical systems theory to inform practice and curricula. Links to an external site. CIN: Computers Informatics Nursing, 35(3), 131–139. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000000309
Kaplan, B. (2016). Evaluation of people, social, and organizational issues—sociotechnical ethnographic evaluation. Links to an external site. Studies in Health Technology & Informatics, 222, 114–124. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-635-4-114
McBride, D. (2018). Evaluation Links to an external site… In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (p. 624). SAGE.
Christ, T. J., & Kember, J. (2018). Formative evaluation Links to an external site. In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp. 697–699). SAGE.
Plotner, A. J. (2018). Summative evaluation Links to an external site… In B. B. Frey (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp. 1636–1637). SAGE. Use APA referencing style.