6, Evaluation, Measurement & Research Assignment 2026 | RCSI Ireland
| University | Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) |
| Subject | 6 Evaluation Measurement & Research |
6, Evaluation, Measurement & Research Assignment
| Program: | MSc Quality & Safety Healthcare Management |
| Semester: | Year 2 |
| Module: | 6, Evaluation, Measurement & Research |
| Internal Examiner: | Dr Siobhán McCarthy |
| External Examiner: | Dr Helen Vosper |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
- Critically discuss the importance of evaluation, measurement and research in managing healthcare and/or quality and safety in healthcare.
- Critically evaluate peer reviewed papers, especially quality improvement and research reports relevant to high quality safe service provision.
- Critically assess key approaches to evaluation, measurement and research in healthcare.
- Critique ethical approaches to the design, conduct, evaluation and dissemination of quality improvement interventions.
- Critically discuss how to evaluate quality improvement/change in a healthcare organisation.
- Critically discuss how data can be leveraged to inform change within health and social care organisations.
Assignment
Part A: Journal Club Presentation (word count N/A, 15% of total grade):
Part A is a GROUP assignment. Part A assesses against learning outcome 1 – 4
Quality and Safety Journal Club Teams are required to present the output and learning from their journal club meeting. Teams should present the agreed goal(s) for their journal club meeting, a summary of the article, their article critique, ethical issues involved, key learning for practice and reflections on the journal club process. The presentation should draw on the use of a checklist but should not rely exclusively on this.
Teams are required to provide a presentation of maximum of 10 mins duration (no less than 9 mins). Use of powerpoint or similar is recommended. All team members are required to be part of the presentation. Please consult the guidance in the “assessment tile” on the VLE for information on recording and uploading presentations.
Part B: Organisational Development Proposal (2,500 words; 85% of total grade):
Part B is an INDIVIDUAL assignment. Part B assesses learning outcomes 1 – 6.
Students are required to submit a proposal of 2500 words (+/- 10%) for a potential organisational development (OD) project. The proposal should include information under the below indicative headings:
| Title |
| ▪ State what it is you are going to do eg ‘Introducing’, ‘Advancing’
▪ State in what kind of organisation it will be in ▪ State its location |
| Introduction
▪ Problem description: Include a brief statement on the context of the organisation and identify the benefits that will accrue to the organisation in relation to the proposed area of study ▪ Indicate what is the current and desired situation in the organisation. Where possible include numeric evidence from the organisation |
| Aim and objectives of the Proposed Organisational Development Project
Include an overall aim and at least three (3) SMART objectives § The aim is a one sentence statement of what you are going to do § Objectives should explain how you are going to achieve your aim. § Objectives must be SMART Link the objectives to established domains of quality in the literature. For example, refer to the Institute of Medicine OR British Columbia Health Quality Matrix Quality Domains OR similar in planning the objectives, and signal to the reader how the objective link to established quality domains. Ensure to consider sustainability and equity as a potential focus. |
| Literature Review
▪ Synthesize and critique what is currently known about the topic (for example its importance, effectiveness and/or evidence based implementation strategies). Provide evidence-based view to support addressing the concept in your setting. |
| Description of the Proposed Intervention & Method of Implementation
▪ Describe the proposed intervention in sufficient detail ▪ Briefly describe and justify the choice of change models and/or quality frameworks will be used to support its implementation. |
| Proposed Evaluation, Measurement and Research Design
▪ Describe the potential evaluation model or theoretical framework that will guide the evaluation. Indicate how each of your objectives will be evaluated |
| Ethical Considerations
▪ Identify and provide solutions to ethical issues that may arise in the proposed course of this potential organisational development project |
| Conclusion |
| References |
Submission Guidance:
Part A: See guidance in “Assessment Tile” on recording and uploading Journal Club presentations. Part B: Each individual student shall submit a SINGLE WORD DOCUMENT containing their individual organizational development proposal document to the TurnItIn Submission Studio. The file is to be labeled with the individual student’s number ONLY, e.g. 11129876.pdf.
