evidence base and QI

Assessment Description

The purpose of this assignment is to differentiate quality improvement (QI), evidence-based practice (EBP), and research.

Create a graphic image or visual model differentiating quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. You can use PowerPoint, Smart Art in Word, or other software that creates a graphic. Be creative in your design. Include the following information in your graphic image or visual model:

Compare and contrast quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. Identify at least one similarity and difference for each.

Provide an example of quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research.

Explain why quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research would be applied in a health care setting.

This assignment requires a minimum of two peer-reviewed scholarly sources.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Rubric

Visual model compares and contrasts quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research and is thorough

Three examples of quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research are present. All examples are appropriate.

A description of why quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research would be applied in a health care setting is present and thorough.

A minimum of two peer-reviewed, scholarly sources are present. Sources are distinctive. Addresses all of the requirements stated in the assignment criteria.

Graphics are used in the visual model and visual connections contribute to the understanding of concepts, ideas, and relationships