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Final Paper Outline Week 3 

This week, you will prepare a PowerPoint presentation of your executive summary for your Final Paper proposal.  

Assignment requirements:

1. Review the Final Paper instructions in Week Five of your online course or in the “Components of Course Evaluation” section of this guide. 
2. Select one of the provided topics for your Final Paper. 
3. Prepare a presentation that outlines and summarizes the key points that will be included in your Final Paper: an executive summary, a statement of the problem(s), the history of the problem(s), its international context, the stakeholders involved, policy impact, and future recommendations.
4. Provide detailed speaker’s notes for each slide.      

For tips on creating an excellent presentation, read this overview.  Prior to creating your presentation, you are strongly encouraged to review the Ashford Writing Center and the Purdue O.W.L. website for information on how to write an effective academic research paper.   

Creating the PowerPoint Presentation:

The PowerPoint Presentation:

1. Must be 10 to 15 slides (including one for each of the key points described above), that provide an overview of your proposal  and explains the content that will be included in your Final Paper.

2.     

Must include a title slide with the following:

1. 1. Title of the training
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
2. Must include slide images and text that tastefully conveys the message of that particular slide. 
3. Must utilize the speaker’s notes function in PowerPoint must be used to write out in more detail what will be presented for each slide. 
4. Must begin with an introductory slide.  A succinct thesis statement must be present, either in the text on the slide or clearly stated in the speaker’s notes.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.  This must be stated either in the text on the slide or in the speaker’s notes.
6. Must use at least five scholarly resources, retrieved from the Ashford University Library.
7. Must have appropriate in-text citations of all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference slide, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Final Paper  Week 5 – Final Paper due on  8-10-2013

The U.S. health care system has numerous known issues that affect the overall quality, access, and cost of services available. For your Final Paper, you will create an eight- to ten-page proposal (excluding the title and reference pages) on your solution to one of these issues. In the proposal, you will describe the nature of the issue, trace the history of its development, describe what has and has not been done to address it thus far, provide a set of recommendations on what should be done to address it in the future, and discuss how major stakeholders should be involved to make your proposed changes.

Select one of the following issues in health care for the topic of your Final Paper:

1.    

The cost of health care

2.    

The health care workforce

3.    

The uninsured and under-insured population

4.    

Medical and health information technology

5.    

Select your own topic. If you would like to use a topic other than the ones listed above, you must get approval from your instructor by the end of Week Two of the course.

You are encouraged to break your proposal up into sections to be sure you address each of the questions below. Specifically, you should address the following in your proposal:

1.    

Executive Summary: Introduce the topic that you chose. Provide a brief overview of content of your proposal.

2.    

Statement of the problem: Clearly describe the topic that you chose. Define and explain the major problems related to this issue.

3.    

History of the problem: Review the major developments in the evolution of this problem in the U.S. How did this issue develop historically? How did we get to where we are now?

4.    

International context: Compare and contrast this problem in the U.S. to that of other countries. How does this issue in the U.S. compare to other countries? Is the issue more common here or in other countries and why?

5.    

Stakeholders: Describe the role of major stakeholders in the problem. How have federal and state governments and the health care industry worked to address this issue so far? What have been the successes and failures of their attempts?

6.    

Policy: Provide examples of how the P.P.A.C.A. and other federal policies have attempted to address this issue. What has been the impact of their action or non-action?

7.    

Recommendations: Provide a set of recommendations on what should be done to address this issue in the future. What should the major stakeholders, such as the government, the health care industry, and health care consumers do to implement these recommendations and how? Provide a justification for why you believe each recommendation will address one or more of the problems related to this issue.

8.    

Conclusion: Construct a brief conclusion that highlights the key points from your proposal and describes the expected outcomes if your recommendations were to be implemented.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1.    

Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

2.    

Must include a title page with the following:

a.    

Title of paper

b.    

Student’s name

c.     

Course name and number

d.    

Instructor’s name

e.    

Date submitted

3.    

Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.

4.    

Must address each of the eight points listed above.

5.    

Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

6.    

Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.

7.    

Must use at least five scholarly sources, all of which must be from the Ashford University Library.

8.    

Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

9.    

Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center