HLT 317V Research Methodologies Assignment

Summary:  After reading through the draft one time, write a summary (3–5 sentences) of the rough draft in the box below.  

The paper focused on demonstrating how effective how effective communication is imperative and a necessity in healthcare. The author emphasized that healthcare sector remains whose success is completely dependent on effective communication. The author effectively identified that usefulness of communication between different stakeholders in healthcare including between patient and doctor’; patient and nurse, doctor and his staff. The authors recommends a structured conversation to ensure efficient work in healthcare to make things clear and precise.

Health Care Field Research Draft

Introduction of the Topic

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

The author level of achievement is good outlining the importance effective communication in healthcare sector.

• What evidence do you have for this score?

The author offers abundance of information and reasoning as to why we need effective communication in healthcare. Specifically, the author cites the study finding by Chichrez and Purcarea (2018) to demonstrate the importance of structured communication in ensuring clarity of everything within the healthcare sector. The author also gives a clear definition of effective communication and links it to the quality of healthcare because of clarity between the stakeholders including patient, nurse, and doctors.

Explanation of Research Articles as it Relates to the Allied Health Care Profession

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

The author’s level of achievement in this criterion remains satisfactory.

• What evidence from the paper do you have for this score?

The choice of articles is superb since they are all scholarly or peer-reviewed articles and hence gives relevant information and supporting evidence for this topic which is related to Allied Health Care Profession. This is because the chosen topic of importance of effective communication in healthcare remains AHCP topic which is fully supported by articles. For example, the article by Aceto et al. (2018) provides credible info on the role of information and communication technologies in healthcare and help the author justify the important of communication in healthcare. Also, the author has cited the article by Chichirez and Purcarea (2018) which offers the information the evidence on interpersonal communication in healthcare. Third article by Demir (2019) also offers info on the evolution of religion and spirituality and health publication which helps the author shows the need to consider effects of spirituality and religion on healthcare communication.   The article by Dempsey et al. (2021) is also relevant in demonstrating the importance and impact of healthcare professional communication training intervention on adolescent HPV. Finally, the article by Kim and White (2018) is effective in demonstrating to the author how health professional improve interpersonal communication with young adults and adolescents to enhance health care outcomes.

Ethical Considerations for Data Collection

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

The author has scored a satisfactory achievement in ethical consideration. 

• What evidence from the paper do you have for this score?

This is because the author has identified that certain people tend to be hiding critical info but the author has showed that doing so has a potential of causing damage at some point. Thus, to ensure ethics in healthcare, the author has argued that healthcare sector must share vital info devoid of false information during interpersonal communication to evade critical damage. The author urges doctor to give right info to patient and family since this is doctor’s ethical duty but also a means of making him trustworthy in the eye of his patients. The author also ensures ethical consideration by arguing that patients should similarly share right info and avoid lying to doctors to save life and receive quality care.

Explanation of What the Data Reveals in Terms of Statistical Analysis

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

The author scores or achievement remains unsatisfactory in this criterion. 

• What evidence from the paper do you have for this score?

There was no attempt by the author to statistically analyze the data. I believe this was caused by the choice of topic which only appeared to be qualitative and hence the author did not have to use quantitative statistical analysis.

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Topic of Interest

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

The level of achievement in this criteria is 100%

• What evidence from the paper do you have for this score?

The choice by author to study the importance of effective communication in healthcare was effective. This is an interesting topic and the author gives well-thought discussion backed by empirical evidence from credible sources. Through this topic, I am now able to appreciate my duty as a healthcare professional to give right information to both patient and family members since I know that only doing so will make me become trustworthy and hence make the patients to also give me right information to inform provision of quality care.

Summary of the Conclusions from the Articles

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

The author’s achievement in this criteria remains unsatisfactory.

• What evidence from the paper do you have for this score?

The author did not offer any overall conclusion to his paper. This, therefore, made it hard for me to assess his summary of the conclusions.

Thesis Development and Purpose

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

The author score satisfactory in developing thesis and showing the purpose of his study.

• What evidence from the paper do you have for this score?

It is clear from the introduction that the author intended to demonstrate the importance of structured conversation in healthcare. The author argued that a structured communication is needed to ensure clarity which is the basis for the quality care provision.  

Argument Logic and Construction

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

100%

• What evidence from the paper do you have for this score?

The author clearly identified his direction of argument and it was clear he was arguing for effective communication in healthcare. Moreover, the author did not based his premises on his opinions, but he backed them with empirical evidence from the peer-reviewed scholarly articles.

Mechanics of Writing

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

Satisfactory

• What evidence from the paper do you have for this score?

Overall, the author has used the correct word choice and with desired transitions. He has followed the rules of written language including the capitalization, spelling and punctuation correctly. The author had a higher level of understanding of both grammar and mechanics and this resulted to clarity in his ideas communication.

Paper Format

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

75%

• What evidence from the paper do you have for this score?

The author appeared to have used APA format. The citation and referencing was according to APA format. However, the coverage page did not adhere to APA format. Also, the paper lacked conclusion. The reference list is well arranged alphabetically as required by APA referencing style.

Research Citations

• What level of achievement did the author score for this criterion?

Satisfactory

• What evidence from the paper do you have for this score?

All the sources used in writing this paper were properly cited in APA style and all sources given in the reference list.

Three positive things about this paper are:

• The introduction identifies the direction and the issue to be discussed properly
• The topic was great and deeply explored with relevant sources cited as evidence

• Credible sources or articles used that are original and current and relevant to the topic

Three things that could be improved are:

• The conclusion should be included to identify the conclusions derived from the articles
• Proper APA formatting should be followed by adding correct cover page (including name and institution), and subheading and heading as per APA.
• Undertake and add some statistical analysis of the information presented in the articles used

References

Aceto, G., Persico, V., & Pescapé, A. (2018). The role of Information and Communication Technologies in healthcare: taxonomies, perspectives, and challenges. Journal Of Network And Computer Applications, 107, 125-154.

Chichirez, C., & Purcarea, V. (2018). Interpersonal communication in healthcare. Journal Of Medicine And Life, 11(2), 119.

Demir, E. (2019). The evolution of spirituality, religion and health publications: yesterday, today and tomorrow. Journal Of Religion And Health, 58(1), 1-13.

Dempsey, A., Pyrznawoski, J., Lockhart, S., Barnard, J., & Campagna, E. (2021). Effect of a health care professional communication training intervention on adolescent human papillomavirus vaccination: a cluster randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatrics, 172(5), 180016-180018.

Kim, B., & White, K. (2018). How can health professionals enhance interpersonal communication with adolescents and young adults to improve health care outcomes?: systematic literature review. International Journal Of Adolescence And Youth, 23(2), 198-218.

O'Toole, G. (2020). Communication-eBook: Core Interpersonal Skills for Healthcare Professionals. Elsevier Health Sciences.

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