Demonstration of Proficiency

Create an 8-12 slide PowerPoint presentation for one or more stakeholder or leadership groups to generate interest and buy-in for the plan proposal you developed for the third assessment.

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Introduction
As a current or future nurse leader, you may be called upon to present to stakeholders and leadership about projects that you have been involved in or wish to implement. The ability to communicate a plan—and potential implications of not pursuing such a plan—to stakeholders effectively can be critically important in creating awareness and buy-in, as well as building your personal and professional brand in your organization. It is equally important that you know how to create compelling presentations for others' delivery and ensure that they convey the same content you would deliver if you were the presenter.

You are encouraged to complete the Evidence-Based Practice: Basics and Guidelines activity before you develop the presentation. This activity consists of six questions that will create the opportunity to check your understanding of the fundamentals of evidence-based practice as well as ways to identify EBP in practice. The information gained from completing this formative will help promote success in the Stakeholder Presentation and demonstrate courseroom engagement—it requires just a few minutes of your time and is not graded.

Demonstration of Proficiency
Competency 1: Explain strategies for managing human and financial resources to promote organizational health.
Explain how the interdisciplinary plan could be implemented and how the human and financial resources would be managed.
Professional Context
This assessment will provide you with an opportunity to sharpen your ability to create a professional presentation to stakeholders. In this presentation, you will explain the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle and how it can be used to introduce the plan (P), implement the plan (D), study the effectiveness of the plan (S), and act on what is learned (A) to drive continuous improvement. By using this cycle, the stakeholders will have a tool and a proposal to expand on these ideas to drive workplace change and create improved processes to solve an interprofessional collaboration problem.

Scenario
In addition to summarizing the key points of Assessments 2 and 3, you will provide stakeholders and/or leadership with an overview of project specifics as well as how success would be evaluated—you will essentially be presenting a discussion of the Plan, Do, and Study parts of the PDSA cycle. Again, you will not be expected to execute the project, so you will not have any results to study. However, by carefully examining the ways in which your plan could be carried out and evaluated, you will get some of the experience of the thinking required for PDSA.

When creating your PowerPoint for this assessment, it is important to keep in mind the target audience: your interviewee's organizational leadership. The overall goal of this assessment is to create a presentation that your interviewee could potentially give in his or her organization.

Instructions
Please follow the Capella Guidelines for Effective PowerPoint Presentations [PPTX]. If you need technical information on using PowerPoint, refer to Capella University Library: PowerPoint Presentations.

Be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.

Explain an organizational or patient issue for which a collaborative interdisciplinary team approach would help achieve a specific improvement goal.
Summarize an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to address an organizational or patient issue.
Explain how the interdisciplinary plan could be implemented and how the human and financial resources would be managed.
Propose evidence-based criteria that could be used to evaluate the degree to which the project was successful in achieving the improvement goal.
Communicate the PowerPoint presentation of the interdisciplinary improvement plan to stakeholders in a professional manner, with writing that is clear, logically organized, and respectful with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.
There are various ways to structure your presentation; following is one example:

Part 1: Organizational or Patient Issue.
What is the issue that you are trying to solve or improve?
Why should the audience care about solving it?
Part 2: Relevance of an Interdisciplinary Team Approach.
Why is using an interdisciplinary team relevant, or the best approach, to addressing the issue?
How will it help to achieve improved outcomes or reach a goal?
Part 3: Interdisciplinary Plan Summary.
What is the objective?
How likely is it to work?
What will the interdisciplinary team do?
Part 4: Implementation and Resource Management.
How could the plan be implemented to ensure effective use of resources?
How could the plan be managed to ensure that resources were not wasted?
How does the plan justify the resource expenditure?
Part 5: Evaluation.
What would a successful outcome of the project look like?
What are the criteria that could be used to measure that success?
How could this be used to show the degree of success?

Full Answer Section

    Image: A diagram of an interdisciplinary healthcare team Slide 3: Problem Problem Currently, healthcare delivery is often fragmented. Patients may see multiple different healthcare professionals who may not be communicating with each other effectively. This can lead to duplication of services, missed diagnoses, and medication errors. Image: A cartoon of a patient being pulled in different directions by different healthcare professionals Slide 4: Solution Solution An interdisciplinary plan can help to address these problems by improving communication and collaboration between healthcare professionals. This can lead to better patient care, improved outcomes, and reduced costs. Image: A cartoon of a patient being cared for by a team of healthcare professionals who are all working together Slide 5: Implementation Plan Implementation Plan The implementation of an interdisciplinary plan will require the cooperation of all stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, patients, and administrators. The following steps will be taken to implement the plan:
  1. Establish an interdisciplinary team: The team will be composed of healthcare professionals from a variety of disciplines, including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, and physical therapy.
  2. Develop a shared care plan: The team will develop a shared care plan for each patient. This plan will outline the goals of care and the specific roles and responsibilities of each team member.
  3. Implement the care plan: The team will work together to implement the care plan. This may involve providing direct patient care, coordinating referrals, and communicating with other healthcare professionals.
  4. Monitor and evaluate the plan: The team will monitor and evaluate the care plan to ensure that it is meeting the patient's needs and achieving the desired outcomes.
Image: A flowchart of the implementation plan Slide 6: Benefits of an Interdisciplinary Plan Benefits of an Interdisciplinary Plan An interdisciplinary plan can offer a number of benefits, including:
  • Improved patient care: Patients are more likely to receive high-quality, coordinated care when healthcare professionals are working together as a team.
  • Improved outcomes: Patients with chronic diseases are more likely to have improved outcomes when they are receiving coordinated care from an interdisciplinary team.
  • Reduced costs: Interdisciplinary care can help to reduce costs by reducing duplication of services and preventing medical errors.
Image: A graph showing the benefits of an interdisciplinary plan Slide 7: Resources Needed Resources Needed The following resources will be needed to implement the interdisciplinary plan:
  • Personnel: The plan will require the participation of healthcare professionals from a variety of disciplines.
  • Training: Healthcare professionals will need to be trained on how to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
  • Technology: Technology can be used to facilitate communication and collaboration between team members.
Image: A photo of a healthcare team using technology to communicate and collaborate Slide 8: Timeline Timeline The following is a tentative timeline for implementing the interdisciplinary plan:
  • Month 1: Establish an interdisciplinary team and develop a shared care plan for each patient.
  • Month 2-6: Implement the care plan.
  • Month 7-12: Monitor and evaluate the plan and make adjustments as needed.
Image: A Gantt chart showing the timeline for implementing the plan Slide 9: Conclusion Conclusion An interdisciplinary plan can help to improve patient care, improve outcomes, and reduce costs. I am confident that the implementation of this plan will be a success, and I look forward to your support. Image: A photo of a healthcare team celebrating their success Slide 10: Questions? Questions? Please feel free to ask any questions you have about the interdisciplinary plan. Image: A photo of a speaker answering questions from an audience Slide 11: Thank You Thank you for your time and consideration. Image: A photo of a speaker thanking an audience This PowerPoint presentation is designed to generate interest and buy-in for the plan proposal you developed for the third assessment. It is important to tailor the presentation to your specific audience and to focus on the benefits of the plan that are most relevant to them. You should also be prepared to answer questions about the plan and its implementation.  

Sample Answer

   

Slide 1: Title Slide

Title: Stakeholder Presentation for the Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Plan to Improve Patient Care

Subtitle: Presented by [Your Name]

Image: A photo of a healthcare team working together to care for a patient

Slide 2: Introduction

Introduction

In this presentation, I will be discussing a plan for implementing an interdisciplinary plan to improve patient care. This plan is designed to improve communication and collaboration between healthcare professionals, and to provide patients with more integrated and comprehensive care.