Week Three Annotated Bibliography
Research Project: Annotated Bibliography Assignment Instructions
Overview
After choosing a topic, you will complete the Research Project: Annotated Bibliography Assignment using the Research Project: Annotated Bibliography Template provided. This assignment will be used as a springboard for your research. It may also be used to begin to explore ideas or concepts you find interesting within the realm of the topics covered in this class.
Instructions
You must use the Jerry Falwell Library Research Portal and identify a minimum of 10 scholarly journal articles from peer-reviewed journals addressing your topic. All references must be less than 10 years old. Ensure that the document follows current APA format. When using the provided template, delete the placeholder material and replace it with your own material. Refer to the Grading Rubric for additional project insights.
You are required to read all instructor feedback and implement it on future assignments.
The template will provide the layout of the assignment. Once you have researched and selected your references, the following should be included in the Annotated Bibliography:
- A brief statement regarding the author and his/her credentials as an authority.
- A crisp statement regarding the relevance of this article for your topic.
- A salient or meaningful quote from the article that you would likely cite if you were to write an essay on this topic.
(Do not include the above criterion prompts in your final document—it is provided here only for instructional purposes. Your paper will have the above title and start with the below section.)
The Research Project: Annotated Bibliography Template provides examples on how the assignment to look. Ensure that you take heed to how the references and the Research Project: Annotated Bibliography is structured.
Requirements: 100 words each bibliography
Research Project – General Instructions and List of Topics
You will author a final research paper focused on a selected specific topic from the board topic areas below. This paper must be reflective of a graduate-level academic research paper.
The Research Project will be assembled throughout the course by producing several deliverables:
- Module/Week 1: Topic selection (Broad and specific)
- Module/Week 3: Annotated Bibliography
- Module/Week 4: Outline
- Module/Week 5: Draft
- Module/Week 7: Final Document
Your paper topic must be approved by the instructor before beginning to work on researching the topic. The following is a description of the overall topics along with several options for each group to choose from:
Healthcare organizations in the 21st century, and the management thereof, face numerous obstacles in relation to providing products and services that are cost-effective, of superior quality, and accessible to those that seek them. As a result, healthcare managers (in all functional areas) draw on a wide range of theories, best practices, and experience to guide their decisions.
Choose 1 of the following 10 broad areas as the main topic of your Research Project and then decide on a specific topic, focusing on the 21st-century healthcare environment (a current issue or current/future challenge) based upon knowledge of current literature and industry best practices.
Below are board topics to consider:
- Healthcare Marketing
- Quality Improvement in Healthcare
- Advances in Healthcare Information Technology
- Financing Healthcare
- Physician and/or Nurse Labor Shortages
- Addressing Health Disparities
- Managed health care
- Health reform
- Healthcare Access
- Healthcare Cost containment
This is the instructions of the overall and on picking the topic and the rubric for the bibliography and the instructions for the bibliography assignment.
