Implementing Problem Solving Processes[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 3, 5, 7]
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 3 and 4 from the course textbook, Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach and review the ‘Doing’ Health Policy Analysis: Methodological and Conceptual Reflections and ChallengesLinks to an external site. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2515406/article and the CDC’s Policy Analytical FrameworkLinks to an external site.https://www.cdc.gov/policy/paeo/process/analysis.html webpage.
You are the administrator of a local long-term care facility, and your regional administrator has asked you to participate in a healthcare team policy assessment group culminating multiple facilities and department managers. The group will be assessing the current admissions policy process regarding Medicaid patients. As this will be your first time serving in this capacity, you must research implications for problem solving in a team setting.
McLaughlin and McLaughlin (2023) suggest “multidisciplinary groups will be better able to work together cooperatively if they discuss the following questions early on in their work” (p.58).
- Describe how the group can express personal assumptions and vision and incorporate them into intellectual discourse that respects others’ points of view.
- Define two notions of social equity and social change processes that should be considered when developing and implementing a health care organization’s policy change within their strategic plan process.
- Describe a reasonable objective for social change and how this objective could improve the equity of patient admissions in long-term care facilities.
- Explain how the group can cooperate if they cannot agree on specific assumptions and visions and how they can best cooperate on limited objectives despite their disparate viewpoints.
You must provide cited content to support and validate your thoughts and suggestions. Also, note that you should not write in first person. You can refer to Writing Center’s First vs. Third PersonLinks to an external site. tutorial for specifications.
The Implementing Problem Solving Processes paper
- must be four to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site., as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
- must include a separate title page with the following:
- Title of paper in bold font
- Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
- Student’s name
- Name of the institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Date submitted
- Title of paper in bold font
- must utilize academic voice. Review the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
- must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
- For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
- must use at least three scholarly or peer-reviewed sources published in the past 5 years in addition to the course text.
- The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
- To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review the Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
- must document any information used from sources in APA StyleLinks to an external site., as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
- must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site., as outlined in the Writing Center.
- Refer to the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
Carefully review the Grading RubricLinks to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
First vs. Third Person WritingFor Example
First person example (only acceptable for personal writing):
I think Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is about the relationships between family members. I really liked the play, and in some ways the characters reminded me of my own family.
Third person correction (appropriate for all other academic writing):
Shakespeare’s play Hamlet deals with the relationships between family members. In Examining Hamlet, Arnold Latimer describes these relationships as “conflicted” (2005, p. 327).
In the second example, the pronouns “I” and “me” have been omitted, and academic sources were used as evidence.
