The purpose of the project is to apply and demonstrate your understanding of clinical and community outcomes research principles and methods. Your project will serve as a measure of what you have learned in the certificate program. Your project experience will be enhanced if you take POP HLTH 709 - Translational and Outcomes Research in Health and Health Care before or during your project. (However, the course is recommended for those with at least one or two courses in research design and/or analysis.)
Principles and methods to be demonstrated
Develop a research question addressing a health concern of an actual community.
Select an evidence-based approach to address the health concern.
Involve investigators from two or more disciplines and stakeholders from two or more sectors as partners in your project.
Demonstrate an understanding of collaboration skills for sustainable partnerships, e.g., benefits to the community partner(s) are built into the project; evidence of partner input to project design.
Employ data gathering and analysis methods that respect community partners’ organizational culture, values, staffing, and work flow.
Requirements for completion
(See link below for detailed steps.)
Certificate advisers typically serve as the student's project adviser but students can choose a different faculty member to serve as their project adviser. Either way, you must work with your certificate adviser to make sure your project meets certificate requirements by doing the following.
Schedule a meeting with your certificate adviser to discuss your project ideas(s).
Obtain approval signature from your certificate adviser on your project plan, your rubric for evaluating your project, and other materials your adviser will use to review your project.
When you’re ready to work on your project, obtain your certificate adviser's consent and department/program online authorization to register (for independent study) for project credit (two credit hours).
Complete your project.
Evaluate your project.
Present about your project at an AQORN seminar and/or at an annual spring get together of Certificate students and faculty.
Ask your adviser to review your project and complete the project review form. Send a copy of your approved project plan, signed project review form, completed rubric for evaluating your project, and other project material to Deidre Vincevineus; vincevineus@wisc.edu; 750 Highland Ave., Madison, WI 53705; phone 608 263-3274
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