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ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS & MARKING GUIDE Topic Code & Name: Nurs 3005 Transition to Professional Practice 2 (PEP) Assessment Number & Title (as per SAM): Assignment 1: Individual Poster: Specialty Stream Content Assessment (1500 words +/- 10%) Assessment Description: Poster Presentation This assignment requires you to create a poster (using one of the templates provided or by designing a poster yourself) addressing an area of practice or issue from your specialty stream content (you must do your assignment on the topics from your first specialty content tutorial). You are expected to read a wide range of peer reviewed journal articles to support information contained in your poster and this assignment requires you to present the current research evidence throughout your poster. A POSTER IS NOT AN ESSAY. Please check the criteria for a poster. Look on the web for examples of posters. Points that you need to address: • Title: Question or Issue to be stated in the title of the poster. Your specialty stream tutor will identify the options which you can do for this assignment. • Author and ID • Flinders University Logo • Introduction – Introduce the poster and area of study. • Background and Significance - Discuss the background knowledge of the question or issue, ensuring it is relevant to your specialty stream content referring to existing literature. • Key Messages - Perform a literature search and through reviewing the literature, identify three (3) key messages to support the importance of the question or issue. Use dot points for clear key messages that should stand out. • Recommendations: o What recommendations can be made for clinical practice surrounding your question or issue? o Does it require further research? Sometimes reading through the discussion, limitations and conclusion of the article helps. o Think of the ways for providing education and developing policy and procedures. • Implementation in Practice: o Discuss how the literature you have reviewed, and recommendations made can be implemented in practice. Always remember to link in to your question or issue. o Based on the answers you have reviewed from the literature – what are the implications for practice? This could be positive or negative implications. Are there any disagreements between the authors or conflicting results? Is the evidence strong enough to change practices? • Summary or conclusion • Other o You may use the template or make your own to make the poster individual o Images and colours can be used as it will make the poster more visually appealing, but these must be referenced as to source. Remember to reference as per the normal university policy- APA style both intext and citations in the reference list. All images have to be referenced as to their source so don’t forget to reference any images used and make sure there is no copyright infringement and image is for public use. Performance standard Assessment criteria Weighting Excellent (8-10) Good (6.5-7.5) Satisfactory (5-6) Unsatisfactory (0-4) Notes Question or Issue and Background 10% /10 Exceptional, analytical background. Identification of the current literature to support the issue or question. Highly relevant to the specialty content Advanced description of background and question or issue. Relevance to the specialty content linked to a good standard. Clear description of background of the question or issue. Satisfactory link made to the specialty content topic. Unclear description of background linked to the question or issue. No references used to support the introduction and background. Assessment criteria Weighting Excellent (24-30) Good (20-23.5) Satisfactory (15-19) Unsatisfactory (0-14) Notes Key Messages 30% /30 Exemplary analysis and discussion of the key messages from a wide range of primary research papers. High level of knowledge of the issue or question demonstrated. Three highly applicable key messages from 4 primary or secondary research papers. Good level of knowledge presented with only small areas for improvement. Description only of the three key messages from 4 primary research papers. Adequate knowledge of the researched issue/question. Less than 3 relevant or incorrect key messages. Studies selected are not peer reviewed papers. Student does not demonstrate an adequate knowledge of the issue/question. Assessment criteria Weighting Excellent (16-20) Good (13-15) Satisfactory (10-12) Unsatisfactory (0-9) Notes Recommendations 20% /20 Exceptional, critical and relevant recommendations based on the current evidence. Recommendations based on research within the past 5-10 years maximum. Clear recommendations that can be implemented into practice, further research or education. Recommendations based on research within the past 5-10 years maximum. Limited and basic recommendations for practice, research or education. Recommendations based on research within the past 5-10 years maximum. Irrelevant recommendations for practice, research or education. Recommendations not based on current research. Assessment criteria Weighting Excellent (24-30) Good (20-23.5) Satisfactory (15-19) Unsatisfactory (0-14) Notes Discussion/ Implementation 30% /30 Demonstrate original thought, exceptional analysis of 4 research papers. Analysis of review outcomes demonstrates exceptional integration of relevant additional literature. Demonstrates a high understanding of the issues in relation to the research question. Demonstrate comprehensive critical analysis of 4 research papers. Analysis of review outcomes demonstrates high level integration of relevant additional literature, impressive. Demonstrate satisfactory critical analysis of outcomes from 4 research papers. Analysis of review outcomes demonstrates adequate use of 3 relevant additional literature sources. Descriptive level analysis. Poor and/or unrelated analysis of 3 or less research papers. Not critical. Poor, inadequate and/or unrelated implementation of results for practice and other areas. Assessment criteria Weighting Excellent (8-10) Good (6.5-7.5) Satisfactory (5-6) Unsatisfactory (0-4) Notes Poster, Writing Style and Referencing 10% /10 Has a succinct introduction and conclusion. Exceptional creative flair in layout; impressive use of colour. Succinctly expresses insightful and original thought using exemplary poster presentation skills. Adheres to all writing guidelines, no grammar or spelling errors. Excellent visual appeal, engaging the author. Graphics draw in the reader. Template used to display discussion. Correct referencing used throughout the entire poster- no errors. Reference list present. Adheres to word count +/- 10% Has a clear Introduction and conclusion Impressive creative flair in layout; fonts; use of colour. Template adjusted to create greater appeal to the reader. Succinctly expresses ideas high impact images and poster presentation skills. Adheres to all writing guidelines Template used to display discussions. Minimal grammar and spelling errors throughout the paper. Minor errors in the referencing noted. Reference list present. Adheres to word count +/- 10% Satisfactory introduction and conclusion Basic layout; some problems with fonts and use of colour. Some images irrelevant. Too much text. Vague, limited or inadequate lacking in clarity in some areas Template used to display discussions. Limited graphics and editing to engage the reader. Clear Structure- identified points for discussion. Between 5 and 10 grammar and spelling errors however does not stop the reader. Less than 5 errors in referencing noted. Reference list present. Adheres to word count +/-10% No or poor introduction or conclusion. Poorly presented, little appeal busy, difficult to read due to problems with font and colour. All images irrelevant or no connection to question or issue. Poor logic, Sections required to meet assignment instructions deleted from template. Poor presentation, no graphics used to enhance the poster. Graphics used do not relate to the chosen question or issue. Disjointed format of the Poster. Multiple spelling and grammar issues which detracts the marker from the poster. Incorrect referencing throughout the poster. Reference list not present. Does not adhere to word count +/-10% Deductions (if applicable) Student Name: ID: Total mark /100 Grade (if applicable) Overall comment Name of marker Date CRITERIA FOR A POSTER A poster is meant to be eye catching, easy to read and has the aim of portraying important information in a concise format. Consider the poster is for educating others around an area of practice. A POSTER IS NOT AN ESSAY. A poster emphasises the main points and can use pictures and diagrams to help get across a message. 1. Introduction and conclusion sections convey relevant information 2. Poster draws attention to key points 3. Information in text is clear and concise 4. Information in illustrations is clear, concise and relevant 5. Important messages are clear to viewers 6. The use of dot points and numbering is acceptable 7. Headings signpost the flow of ideas 8. Clear and natural sequence to ideas in poster 9. Overloading of poster is avoided 10. Balance is achieved between text and illustrations, pictures, diagrams and graphs 11. Poster is understandable without supporting