Week 6 – Critical synthesis

Weekly Critical Synthesis of the Reading and Questions:

For each class period, you are expected to read and prepare a critical evaluation of assigned chapters and articles by doing the following:

A two or three-page critical synthesis of the collection of readings for that day including a title, intro, body, conclusion (doubled spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, typed, grammatically correct; try to follow a mini research paper structure. While reading and discussing topics/cases of the day, you must be able to synthesize the information as would be expected from a graduate student.

While writing the critique, you might dwell on the discrepancy in a reading, flaws or contradictions between readings, an important point or questions missed by the author(s). While preparing your paper, please use the following analysis outline from the following issues:

a. What are the critical issues/research questions currently being examined?

b. What is/are the predominant underlying theoretical foundations? Formal theory? Any contradictions?

c. What is/are the predominant research methodologies, models and problems? Any flaws?

d. Collectively, what can you tell about the papers and their common focus/findings?

THIS WEEK’S READINGS: CHAPTER 15 and 3 ARTICLES (ATTACHMENTS)

Furthermore, please address the weekly questions at the end of your paper. I expect Master’s level work, so avoid providing brief, basic responses.

This week’s questions:

Q1- How can a person develop the skills necessary to become a capable health services researcher?

Q2- What are the barriers and facilitators in implementing the findings from health services research?

Q3- What are the implications of patient satisfaction measurements on the overall effectiveness of health service delivery, and how can these measurements inform policy decisions?