PDE Individual Assignment 2015

 

First Individual Assignment (25%): 2000 – 2500 words due 9am, Thursday, 24 September, 2015
Second Individual Assignment (45%): 3,500 – 4000 words due 9am, Monday, 2 November, 2015
Please note, as reinforced at the lecture, word count for the assignment is just a guide. The actual length will depend on the complexity of the projects chosen. Please develop your assignment according to the contents that are required as long as necessary.

Assignment formatting requirements:
? Times New Roman;
? Size 12;
? 1.5 spacing (1.5 spacing does not apply to tables and figures);
? with 2.5cm margin

Assignments Submission
? Via LMS assignment submission link available two weeks before the assignment due dates
? Students are required to generate an originality report to check thoroughly to ensure all work are properly referenced when applicable

The purpose of the assignments is to enable students to use planning and evaluation techniques and tools to design a project within the area of their interests. The individual assignments and group assignments may be related. Although, the 2nd and 3rd assignments should be prepared individually, students who are allocated in the same group are strongly encouraged to support each other throughout the semester and may use the same topic to develop their two assignments as long as they do not copy each other’s work.

Focus: To develop required details of a project plan based on either the group assignment project or a project of your choice. Please make sure you let your group know if you would not like to develop your assignment based on the group project.

For the first assignment, the following details are required:
• Project overview
• Project aims, objectives and strategies
• Project strategies and relevant activities with detailed timeframe and allocated responsibilities
• Sustainability consideration
• Key project stakeholders to be included in the Advisory Committee
• Project key personnel and budget consideration

For the second assignment, the following details are required:
• Project risk assessment and management strategies
• Detailed design of process and impact evaluation;
• Proposed one year post project outcome evaluation;
• Proposed control of internal and external validity
Five appendixes have been developed to guide the development of your project plan. You are also welcome to use other templates where appropriate.
Appendix One: Outline of final assignment
Cover Page: (If you are using the group assignment project, simply copy the details already developed for this page)
Project Title
Author Name (student number)
Target population and geographic coverage
Timeframe of the project
Estimated budget

Second Page
Brief Summary of the Project (no more than 100 words)
Project Aim
Project Objectives

New page (s) – Part one: Project Strategies (up to five key strategies) and key activities with timeline and responsible person/position (Appendix Two)

New page (s) – Part two: Sustainability consideration
Key project stakeholders to be included in the Advisory Committee

New page (s) – Part three Project key personnel and budget consideration

New page (s) – Part four: Evaluation Plan
Specific guidelines to the evaluation plan:
? Clearly stating the purpose of each types of evaluation
? Detailing the evaluation measures, methods for measurement, methods used to collect information/data and reporting arrangements, responsible persons and associating timeframes for both data collection and evaluation measurement
? Please also see Appendix Three & Appendix Four you can fit majority of the information in the table for process and impact evaluation. However, you may need explanations on specific details which may not be able to include in the table after the table.
? One-year post project outcome evaluation.

New page(s) – Part five: Proposed control of internal and external validity
Provide details on how internal validity and external validity will be considered and controlled.

New page(s) – Part six: Project risk management
? Details on the risks associating with the project implementation and evaluation process;
? Details on strategies to monitor, minimise and control these risks

Appendix Two – PDE Strategies vs. activities template

Strategies Key Activities Time-frame for each activity Positions involved Responsible person
Produce and distribute educational materials for GPs working within the WAHS catchment area on indications for bariatric surgery, appropriate patient selection and referral methods.
Appendix Three – PDE Process Evaluation Table

key evaluation questions Key Activities/components to be included in process evaluation/ Indicators of achievements/Success indicators Methods
(How will you gather answers to the questions?) When will the information be collected Responsible person

Appendix Four – PDE Impact Evaluation Table

Impact evaluation questions / objectives Indicators of achievements / Success indicators Methods for Measurements
including details of data collection When should data collection and analysis take place? Responsi
Key components required and marks distribution
Marks When to assess Project Proposal details
Overall presentation 3%
8% 2nd The assignment has been developed and presented in a professional manner and met all necessary formatting requirements (3)
2nd Well written with no grammatical and spelling errors (5)
• Overall writing quality: 5 marks
• Any one grammatical or spelling error will result in the losing of 0.5 marks to a maximum of 3 marks.
Cover Page 1% 1st This section will not be marked. If all required details are included, 1.5 marks will be given.
Second Page 1.5%
1%
2.5% 1st Project overview (no more than 100 words)
Project Aim
Project Objectives
Project Details
14% 1st Up to five strategies and relevant activities with detailed timeframe and allocated responsibilities and responsible person/position (16)
• Accurately written and relevant key strategies up to 2 marks.
• Comprehensiveness & accuracy of relevant activities for all strategies: 8 marks.
• Comprehensiveness & accuracy of timeframe for all activities: 2 marks.
• Comprehensiveness & accuracy of responsible persons: 2 marks.
20% 2nd Process Evaluation Table (20)
• Indicators of all key activities are well defined: total 12.5 marks.
• Sources and methods for tracking the indicators are clear and comprehensive: 7.5 marks
20%
12%

6%
6% 2nd Impact Evaluation Table (20)
• Comprehensiveness and accuracy of indicators for all objectives: 8 marks
• Comprehensiveness and accuracy of sources for all indicators: 4 marks
• Comprehensiveness and accuracy of methods used for measuring the indicators: 8 marks
2nd
One year post project outcomes evaluation
• Comprehensiveness and accuracy of indicators to be measured: 5 marks
• Comprehensiveness and accuracy of sources for all indicators: 2 marks
• Comprehensiveness and accuracy of methods used for measuring the indicators: 5 marks
2nd Proposed control of internal and external validity
2nd Risk Management strategies
Others 1.5%
1.5%
2% 1st Sustainability consideration
Key project stakeholders to be included in the Advisory Committee
Project Key personnel and budge consideration
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