Synthesis Project Presentation Assignment Description

Purpose

and Scoring Rubric

The purpose of this assignment is to provide an opportunity to share the results of the synthesis project with the student colleagues. This assignment is intended to allow you to show evidence of achievement of:

CLO1: Evaluate existing scientific evidence to be used in decision making related to practice, education or leadership.

CLO 2: Develop evidenced-based practice questions using PICOT format.

CLO 3: Conduct a literature search for research evidence related to a practice question. CLO 4: Synthesize high quality evidence related to a practice question.

CLO 5: Develop an evidence-based planned change process including an appropriate plan for evaluation of the outcomes.

Requirements

This assignment is a narrated presentation file (i.e., PowerPoint or Prezi). A draft of your presentation should be posted to the Week 14 discussion forum

. Instead of uploading a large file directly to Blackboard, please upload your presentation to YouTube and simply post the link of your video to the discussion board. Click here to see how you turn your ppt into a video, upload to YouTube and share the URL. Kaltura might be an alternative to some of you.

Peer reviews of two of your student colleagues (your discussion board assignment for Week 14) Your revised presentation is should be uploaded for grading by th

Your presentation should include an introduction, description and significance of the practice problem, the PICOT question, summary of search strategy and results, synthesis of the literature support for the proposed change, description of the setting for the planned change, proposed planned change process using a change model, evaluation plan including criteria with measures, data collection and analysis, plan for dissemination, and conclusion. The presentation should not be longer than 15 minutes.

Scoring Rubric

Criterion (points possible)	Exceeds expectations	Meets expectations	Nearly meets expectations	Does not meet expectation
Introduction	10	9	8	0-7
(10)	Student greeted the	Student greeted the	Student failed to	Student failed to
	audience.	audience.	greet audience or	greet audience or
	Introduced self and	Introduced self but	introduce self,	introduce self,
	qualifications to	did not identify	qualifications, or	qualifications, or
	speak on topic.	qualifications or	reason for interest	reason for interest
	Explained reason	reason for interest.	in topic OR did not	in topic AND did not
	for interest in topic.	Introduced topic	introduce topic and	introduce topic and
	Gave preview of	and areas to be	areas to be	areas to be
	presentation.	discussed.	discussed.	discussed.
Discussion of Practice Problem, Question, Search,	50	42	35	0-34
	Exemplary discussion of	Good discussion of practice problem,	Discussion did include required	Discussion omitted one or more areas

and Evidence	significance of the	question, and	content but	required content.
(description and	practice problem,	evidence support	superficially.	OR
significance of the	PICOT question,	for proposed EBP		Inadequate evidence
practice problem,	and evidence	change. Knowledge		to justify a change in
PICOT question,	support for the	of topic is evident		practice.
summary of the	proposed EBP	through
literature support for	change. Extensive	presentation and
the proposed	knowledge of topic	responses to
change).	is clearly evident	questions.
(50)	through
	presentation and
	responses to
	questions.
Proposed Change	50	42	35	0-34
Process (50)	The setting for the	The setting for the	The setting for the	Any of the following:
	proposed EBP	proposed EBP	proposed EBP	setting is not
	change is	change is	change is	described; the
	described. The	described. The	superficially	selected change
	selected change	change model is	described. The	model is not
	model is described	described and used	change model is	described; the
	and then applied to	to describe the	described but not	change model is not
	the specific	proposed EBP	used to describe	used to describe the
	proposed EBP	change in the	the proposed EBP	proposed EBP
	change process in	setting and	change in the	change.
	the specific setting	population.	specific setting and
	and population.		population.
	Extensive
	knowledge of topic
	is evident
	throughout
	presentation and
	responses to
	questions.
Data-Based	50	42	35	0-34
Evaluation (50)	The evaluation	The evaluation	One of the	Two or more of the
	criteria are	criteria are	following:	following:
	consistent with the	consistent with the	evaluation criteria	evaluation criteria
	outcome of the	outcome of the	not included;	not included;
	PICOT question.	PICOT question.	evaluation criteria	evaluation criteria
	The data collection	The data collection	not consistent with	not consistent with
	tool(s) and time of	tool(s) is discussed.	the O of the PICOT,	the O of the PICOT,
	data collection is	The plan for data	evaluation tool(s)	evaluation tool(s)
	included along with	analysis is	not included or	not included or
	the type of data	discussed and is	does not evaluate	does not evaluate
	produced by the	appropriate for the	the O of the PICOT,	the O of the PICOT,
	tool(s). The plan for	type of data	the type of date	the type of date
	data analysis is	produced by the	produced by the	produced by the
	discussed and	data collection tool.	tool(s) not included;	tool(s) not included;
	appropriate for the		data collection	data collection
	type of data		timing not included;	timing not included;
	produced by the		data analysis is not	data analysis is not
	data collection tool.		included OR the	included OR the
			type of the data	type of the data
			analysis planned is	analysis planned is
			not appropriate for	not appropriate for
			the type of data	the type of data
			produced by the	produced by the
			tool(s).	tool(s).
Dissemination (10)	10	9	8	0-7

	The plan for dissemination of the evaluation of the EBP change includes institutional, local, regional, and/or national venues are presented. Both presentations and publications are considered and thevenues are appropriate.	The plan for dissemination of the evaluation of the EBP change includes institutional, local, regional, and/or national venues and the venues are appropriate.	The plan for dissemination is superficial and predominantly institutional.	The plan for dissemination is poorly considered, inappropriate, or absent.
Conclusion/ Summary (10)	10	9	8	0-7
	Student provided an exemplary summary of what was discussed and conclusion with recommendations.Student invited questions.	Student provided a summary of what was discussed but no recommendations given. Student invited questions.	Student provided a brief summary with no conclusion or recommendations OR student did not invite questions.	Student provided no conclusion or summary AND student did not invite questions.
Verbal and Nonverbal Presentation (50) (webcam)	50	42	35	0-34
	Professional attire. Enthusiastic and engaging. Speech is fluid with clear enunciation. Uses voice to communicate interest by varying intonation and appropriate loudness and speed. Excellent vocabulary with no mispronunciations. No use of slang or profanity. No reading from slides. Establishes eye contact with audience; scans room. Natural hand gestures. Smiles when appropriate.Presentation is organized in an interesting and logical sequence.Adheres to 15 minute time limit.	Professional attire. No hesitancy or “uh”s, “hmmm”s, or “you know”s. Does vary intonation and speech is of appropriate loudness and speed. Good vocabulary and no more than 1-2 mispronunciations. No use of slang or profanity. Uses notes minimally and does not read from slides. Occasionally looks at audience members. Uses some hand gestures. Smiles when appropriate. Presentation is organized. No more than 10% over time limit (<17 minutes).	Any of the following: Casual attire.Hesitancy, some “uh”s, “hmmm”s, or “you know”s.Limited variation in intonation. Speech is too soft, too loud, too fast, or too slow. Limited vocabulary and more than 2 mispronunciations. Use of slang or profanity.Frequently reads from slides or notes. Rarely looks at audience. Stiff body movements. Does not smile.Presentation is disorganized and difficult to follow. No more than 15% over time limit (<18 minutes).	Any of the following: Disheveled appearance.Frequent pauses, lots of “uh”s, “hmmm”s, or “you know”s, or monotone. Speech is too soft, too loud, too fast, or too slow. Limited vocabulary and frequent mispronunciations. Use of slang or profanity. Almost exclusively reading from slides or notes.Does notlook at audience, move, or smile. Distracting mannerisms.Presentation jumps from topic to topic and impossible to follow. More than 20% over time limit (>18 minutes).
Visual Presentation (50)	50	42	35	0-34
	No errors in spelling, word usage, or punctuation. Fontsize and/or selection	No more than two errors in spelling, word usage, or punctuation. Fontsize and/or	Any of the following: More than two errors in spelling, word usage, orpunctuation. Font	Any of the following: Many errors in spelling, word usage, orpunctuation. Font

	appropriate. Good use of color and contrast.Appropriate use of visuals.Demonstrates exemplary creativity.	selection appropriate on some slides. Good use of color and contrast.Demonstrates only moderate creativity.	selection and/or size inappropriate. Distracting colors or poor contrast.Distracting visuals or inadequate visuals.Demonstrates little creativity.	selection and/or size inappropriate. Use of distracting colors or visuals. Demonstrates no creativity.
References (20)	20	18	16	≤15
	More than 14 references with at least 10 research references AND only websites used were .org, .edu, or.gov.. Appropriate citations throughout slides and references slide(s) at the end. No APA errors on citations or references.	At least 10 references with at least 8 research references AND only websites used were .org, .edu, or.gov. Appropriate citations throughout slides and references slide(s) at the end. No more than 1-2 APA errors on citations or references.	At least 8 references with at least 5 research references OR use of.com websites. . Some necessary citations omitted OR several (more than 2) APA errors on citations or references.	Fewer than 8 references OR 5 or less research references OR use of multiple .com websites. OR use of multiple .com websites OR multiple necessary citations omitted OR no references slide OR many (4 or more) APA errors on citations or references.
Total Points Possible: 300	Comments:

NOTE: Evidence of plagiarism results in a score of 0 for this assignment and possible referral to the professional misconduct committee.