Healthy People 2020 Evidenced Based Practice (EBP)
Individual APA formatted Assignment & Group Presentation
Guidelines for individual Assignment:
- Healthy People 2020 topics needs to be approved with EBP topic for each student from website (Must have course instructor approval before using). One broad topic umbrella for the powerpoint presentation and then each student must have an EBP paper that agrees with it.
Link: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives
- Assignment must be double paced, include: Cover page, numbered, and running head in top left, and reference page properly sited. Use proper APA format: Visit this site https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ to better utilize APA formatting.
- The Individual written assignment needs to be at 2000 words no more than 2500 words. The Group Presentation needs to be 20-30 slides total (does not include the title, reference, or intro/conclusion)
- Include at least 5 references in your individual paper no more than 5 years old (this means your article has to be no older than 2014-present 2019. Must be scholarly peer reviewed Only. This means you may not use CDC, The textbooks, Healthy People website, or any other google source. Keep in mind a source is not proper if you are missing a date and an author(s). Please use the Stark State Digital Library for all your articles. NO GOOGLE searches.
- Include in your individual assignment or research paper: Introduction, conclusion, at least 4 areas related to the Healthy People 2020 with EBP; such as the problem and what was caused, the trials or options, and the final solution with EBP and references. You can use the objectives as your points. (Remember this is to be factual NOT your opinion so no 1st or 2nd person) Must use 3rd person only. (Avoid words such as me, you, we, or I). Also include any current useful resources utilized related to the topic. Include in text citations throughout your paper.
- The Individual assignment is worth 4% & The Group Presentation is worth 2% total = 6% overall. The grade is included in your final score.
- Assignment due date: __________See Course Calendar_____________________
- Submit via assignment tab in designated due date week. No late assignments will be accepted. Must include all sources on the reference page.
- All students must submit the peer evaluations on group project… Only team lead needs to submit the powerpoint via the assignment tab with their peer evaluations.
Rubric Individual Paper
| Meets 2000-2500 word limit | /5 |
| Proper APA format used. Font size, style, cover page, reference page, proper paragraph form etc… | /20 |
| Sources are at least 5 scholarly journal articles. All must be no more than 5 years old. Point deductions for using older sources. | /20 |
| Topics are appropriate per Healthy People 2020 with EBP approved | /20 |
| Includes proper paraphrasing and no direct quoting. In text citations are required. Proper formatting. Use proper reference citation | /25 |
| Facts and not opinion presented. (3rd person only) If you use 1st or 2nd person you lose entire points here. | /10 |
| Total | /100 = 4% |
Rubric Group Presentation
| Meets 20-30 slides | /5 |
| Proper APA format used. Font size, style, title, reference page, Bullet points, Creativity use of pictures and designs. | /20 |
| Sources are at least 5 scholarly journal articles. All must be no more than 5 years old. | /20 |
| Topics are appropriate per Healthy People 2020 with EBP approved | /20 |
| Combines all topics to agree and covers a broad area. Includes pictures and EBP referenced. | /15 |
| Speaks clearly, good direct eye contact with audience. Does NOT use note cards, does not read directly from the powerpoints. Keeps the audience engaged. | /20 |
| Total | /100 = 2% |