Summarize the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community.
Distinguished
Summarizes the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community. Notes the rationale for pursing the issue, as well as a gap contributing to it.
Proficient
Summarizes the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community.
Basic
Provides an unclear or incomplete summary of the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community.
Non Performance
Does not provide any type of summary of the chosen economic issue and its impact on your work, organization, colleagues, and community.
Criterion 2
Identify any socioeconomic or diversity disparities that exist with how your chosen economic issue impacts any particular groups or populations.
Distinguished
Identifies any socioeconomic or diversity disparities that exist with how your chosen economic issue impacts any particular groups or populations. Supports assertion by using at least one piece of evidence (public health data, aggregated data from an organization, or other scholarly resource).
Proficient
Identifies any socioeconomic or diversity disparities that exist with how your chosen economic issue impacts any particular groups or populations.
Basic
Identifies disparities that exist with regards to the chosen economic issue. However, does not relate the disparities to any socioeconomic or diversity considerations.
Non Performance
Does not identify any disparities that exist with regards to the chosen economic issue.
Criterion 3
Explain the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources regarding the need to address your chosen issue and pursue potential change or implementation plans.
Distinguished
Explains the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources regarding the need to address your chosen issue and pursue potential change or implementation plans. Cites at least four relevant evidence-based or scholarly sources to support explanation.
Proficient
Explains the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources regarding the need to address your chosen issue and pursue potential change or implementation plans.
Basic
Identifies the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources, but the relevance to regarding the need to address the chosen issue is unclear or misaligned.
Non Performance
Does not identify the findings of evidence-based or scholarly sources.
Criterion 4
Explain the predicted outcomes and opportunities for growth as the result of the proposed change or implementation plan.
Distinguished
Explains the predicted outcomes and opportunities for growth as the result of the proposed change or implementation plan. Notes the specific economic benefits for patients and the organization.
Proficient
Explains the predicted outcomes and opportunities for growth as the result of the proposed change or implementation plan.
Basic
Identifies possible outcomes and opportunities of growth, but their relationship to the proposed change or implementation plan is unclear.
Non Performance
Does not identify possible outcomes and opportunities of growth.
Criterion 5
Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
Distinguished
Conveys clear purpose, in a tone and style well-suited to the intended audience. Supports assertions, arguments, and conclusions with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards, including APA style and formatting. Notes the specific economic benefits for patients and the organization.
Proficient
Conveys purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards. Attempts to apply APA style and formatting.
Basic
Conveys purpose, in an appropriate tone or style. Clear, effective communication is inhibited by insufficient supporting evidence or minimal adherence to applicable writing standards.
Non Performance
Does not convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and writing scholarly standards.
