Health Promotion / Quality Improvement Project & Presentation

Purpose

To encourage enquiry into health promotion and protection or service improvement. Health care is often reactive and we need to offer patients advice and methods to maintain their health and elevate wellbeing.

Maintaining one�s health is a responsibility that cannot be achieved unless individuals are in receipt of the correct education, advice and encouragement, especially during a period of disablement, disease or ill health.

By undertaking an aspect of health promotion you will demonstrate how you have identified a problem and attempted to resolve or minimise the problem / situation / health deficit. It will also demonstrate how you have interacted with others in your quest to make a difference.

Method

Identify a small health promotion or quality improvement project. You may work in small groups or as a whole class. The project will have a bearing on your area of practice but may involve other groups or individuals within the wider health care environment or local community e.g a school, youth club, residential home, health centre or even a supermarket.

The content of such a project may include a patient information leaflet, an event at a school or youth club, an information session or activity involving health care staff or community groups, a poster display, a sponsored awareness generating activity, talking to a community group etc.

Formulate ideas by communicating with Nurse Unit Manager, your preceptor, members of the multidisciplinary health care team and in the context of situations you have encountered in your nursing practice. Ideas should be put in writing to the programme coordinator.

When your idea has been given approval you will work up the idea to present to an invited audience at one of the study days held during the programme. If you are working in groups all group members will be expected to participate.

Following the presentation you will complete your project and write it up. This will contain the following:

Back ground to the project � the why
What you decided to promote � the what
How you did this � the how
Evaluation and recommendations - did you make a difference?

Criteria

This is a summative assessment. You will be assessed on your overall knowledge of the topic you chose to promote; your presentation of the project and how you implemented it and upon the final write up of the project. The following assessment will be used

Presentation of Topic

Observed

Identifies self and topic	YES	NO
Clearly states objectives of the project	YES	NO
Attempts to establish knowledge base of the audience	YES	NO
Attempts to establish a rapport with the audience	YES	NO
Structures the presentation to facilitate understanding	YES	NO
Presents the project from beginning to conclusion	YES	NO
Provides and uses appropriate resources	YES	NO
Speaks clearly	YES	NO
Allows time for questions and offers a suitable response	YES	NO
Seeks feedback from the presentation	YES	NO

Implementation of Project

The project is implemented	YES	NO
The project is advertised	YES	NO
The project involves professional interaction and liaison	YES	NO
The project demonstrates health gain	YES	NO

The write up of the project

Is written in an academic style	YES	NO
Shows depth of understanding	YES	NO
Demonstrates research of health impact of topic	YES	NO
Shows an awareness of national policy	YES	NO
Applies national policy to local community	YES	NO
Assesses the impact of the project / draws a conclusion	YES	NO

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