Communicating in Health Care Administration

Tips for Communicating in Health Care Administration

Item 2 of the Portfolio: Annotated Bibliography

This week, you will submit an annotated bibliography for two (2) of your sources for the final project  Both sources should be scholarly and from the APUS Library. Read the instructions for upcoming Assignments so you will have a good idea of sources you might need.

Each source (listed in alphabetical order) should have a complete Works Cited or References entry for the citation style you are using, as well as an annotation, which should be a paragraph or two summarizing and evaluating the article.   Information about the author’s credentials and the publisher’s  credibility may be included. The value of the sources to the final  project should be part of the annotation. (Summaries/evaluations  under one hundred words each will be considered under-developed.)

Write in the third person only. It’s a good idea to include a signal phrase, a direct quote or paraphrase, and a parenthetical citation within each summary.

To format your Works Cited or References entries, you may use the library cite button  discussed in the week four lessons. Include the article’s web link (the  https address—not just the DOI) at the end of your Works Cited entry.  Just copy and paste it from your web browser if it is not already  included. Examples are shown in the attached Template (which you will  download) and Sample (which is attached to show you an example of what a  good submission looks like).

Problem-   Tips for Communicating in Health Care Administration

(Problem Analysis)

Assignment Instructions

This  analysis project requires you to tackle a problem within your field of  study by first exploring the problem, its causes, and its impacts. Then, if you want, you can  recommend one or more practical solutions to solve the problem. After  deciding on the problem you wish to tackle, begin building questions  about it. Your goal for the analysis is to answer the questions through  your sources. Finding multiple angles and perspectives is ideal so that  you explore those possibilities in the final  before settling on  your recommendation. Be sure to identify what is at stake.

Here are questions to help guide your analysis:  

1. What is the problem being addressed (explain, describe, and “prove” that it exists)?
2. Who is affected by this problem?
3. Why does this problem exist? (Identify the root causes.)
4. Why does the problem persist? (Identify the major factors that contribute to the problem’s ongoing presence.)
5. What is at stake if the problem is not solved?

If you choose to address a solution (you don’t have to), you may find these prompts helpful:    

1. Who can take action?
2. What should they do, exactly?
3. Why would this help?
4. What are the positive and negative aspects of your solution(s)?