Discussion: Prospectus Form: Study Title, Supporting Literature and Problem Sections Part 1

This week you will begin drafting information that will be inserted into the first three sections of the Prospectus Form in preparation for final approval in Week 3.

This week you will begin searching for a DHA research problem using the Prospectus Form and DHA Program Prospectus Support material ( https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/research-center/program-documents/dha ) located on the DHA Doctoral Study website. Pay special attention to the examples on the prospectus form and the following sections on the DHA Program Prospectus Support page:

1. Topic Requirements

2. Title

3. Supporting Literature*

4. Research Problem

*This week students will not complete all the requirements for the Supporting Literature. Each week students will return to the Supporting Literature section and add additional sources as they complete more sections of the form. This week students will focus on locating 3 sources that all talk about the same healthcare organizational problem.

It is important to understand that a Health Services Organizational (HSO) research problem serves as the cornerstone of your entire Doctoral Study. Students must present new scholarly knowledge about an HSO problem to solve the organizational problem.

This week students will use the class discussion board to draft the following sections of the prospectus form. (Hint: use the below headings in your initial posting)

1. Study Title

2. Supporting Literature Search Results

3. Supporting Literature Research Justification – 3 annotated literature summaries to justify the HSO research problem

4. Problem – social health problem

5. Problem – research problem

Keep in mind that the Doctoral Study process is iterative and cyclic, so you will be returning to various sections of the form to make revisions following instructor feedback and information from the published literature.

By Day 4

Create an initial discussion post that contains the following elements:

1. Study Title

2. Search terms and databases searched

3. 3 annotated literature summaries for an HSO organizational research problem

4. Single sentence social health problem

5. Single sentence research problem