Assignment : evaluation plan for an existing public health initiative
PUBH402 Design of Program Evaluation Systems
AY2018-19
Fall Semester
Assessment Type: Assignment
Weighting: 40%
Conditions of Assessment: Small groups of 3 or 4
Out of class preparation
Due Date: Presentations during week 13
Report due at the end of week 13
Task Description
Students work in small groups of 3 or 4 to develop a comprehensive, theoretically informed, values-based evaluation plan for an existing public health initiative. The findings are presented in a 10 to 15 minute oral presentation and a written report of up to 2500 words.
Format
Title slide/page
- Course code and title
- Title of the presentation/report
- Student names and IDs
- Date of presentation/report submission
Introduction (250 words)
- Introduce the group members by name (for the presentation only)
- State the purpose of the presentation/report
- Briefly introduce the public health initiative selected for evaluation
- Outline the structure of the presentation/report
Evaluation plan (2000 words)
- Describe the public health initiative more fully, including the goals, objectives, strategies and activities (500 words)
- Describe the process, impact and outcome evaluation plan (250 words or a table)
- Describe in detail the data collection and data analysis methods for each aspect of the evaluation (500 words)
- Describe how the plan addresses the ethical values of privacy, respect, and beneficence (500 words)
- Describe how the proposal is designed to minimise bias and errors (250 words)
Conclusion (250 words)
- Restate the purpose of the presentation/report
- Summarise the evaluation plan
- Do not introduce any new material
Presentation details
The oral presentations will be held in class time in week 13. A hard copy of the presentation slides or materials must be provided to the course professor BEFORE the start of the presentation. The slides must be printed double sided with three slides per page. One member of the group must upload the slides to the submission folder on Blackboard immediately after the presentation.
Presentation assessment
The course professor will mark the presentations using the following criteria:
- The relevance and quality of the content presented in the introduction, evaluation plan and conclusion
- The clarity, pace and confidence of delivery, tone and modulation of voice, interaction and eye contact with audience, extent of reliance on reading from notes, professional standard and appropriate use of multimedia aids, timing and balance of time between presenters, and the provision of a hard copy of the slides or materials to the course professor before the start of the presentation
Report submission details
One member of the group must upload the report to the submission folder on Blackboard by 11.59 pm on Saturday 24 November. Students should check the similarity score before the due date, to ensure the similarity score is 15% or lower. Reports can be resubmitted up to the due date.
Report assessment
The course professor will mark the reports using the following criteria:
- The relevance and quality of the content presented in the introduction, evaluation plan and conclusion
- Appropriate and correct referencing
- The synthesis, clarity, structure and mechanics (grammar, punctuation, spelling) and length of the report
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