Health Policy Critique Summary (20%; 2 @ 10 points each):
Students will summarize and critique two newspaper articles during the semester. Articles must be selected from any national or international newspapers (e.g., New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, London Times).
The article must be current and in the same year as the course semester.
The article must relate to some aspect of health policy or a health care issue that can influence health policy. Only the article selected for Critique 2 will be taken from the Business section of the newspaper (Topical outline will inform you when to select an article from the Business section). Students will summarize the article using an electronic slide format (e.g., PowerPoint). The article posted must be cited in APA format (see APA Style Manual 7th edition for citing newspaper articles).
The grading rubric describes the information required on each slide. The summary will include a brief description of the issue or issues presented in the article. Students will identify the key stakeholders (e.g., the public, nurses, advocacy organizations such as NYSNA, AMA, particular groups, etc.) and briefly analyze the article by answering the following questions (must answer all of the questions below and follow the format listed in the grading rubric):
1) Title (1 slide): Name of the article, your name, and Mercy University (Do not list the author)
2) Summary (1 slide): Description of the issue or issues presented in the article
3) Stakeholders (1 slide):
a. Identify key stakeholders (e.g., nurses such as RNs, NPs, advocacy organizations such as NYSNA, AMA, particular groups, etc.) who may have proposed the issue, may be affected by the issue, or proposed a specific policy – be specific.
b. Provide detailed explanations about how the issue will impact specific stakeholder(s) listed.
4) Analysis (2-3 slides):
a. What point is the author(s) making? Briefly analyze the article, including evidence/statistics from the article. by answering the following questions
b. Answer the following questions:
i. Does this issue affect the work you currently do? If yes, how so? If no, why not?
ii. How does this issue affect your patients? If yes, how so? If no, why not?
5) References (1 slide)
The only reference is the newspaper article DO NOT USE ADDITIONAL REFERENCES.

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