Assignment 1
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DUE: Please see the Instructional Plan for a specific due date. 
Purpose and Topic
The purpose of the Individual Research Presentation is to research and present information to your group and the Professor regarding your group’s health care administration issue/problem that will help you and your group
a) better understand the problem;
b) refine the problem to be clearer and more specific; and
c) identify successful ways to address/improve the health care administration issue/problem.
Groups will discuss questions or areas they would like to know more about related to their health care administration issue/problem. These areas for research will be divided up among the group members, and each group member will research their area independently while checking back to ensure there is no duplication of research articles among the group members.
Each student will find 2 quality, highly relevant research articles or government reports that will be helpful to the group in understanding and refining their health care administration problem/issue with the goal of developing a clear project plan to address (fix) the problem.
Power-Point Requirements
Students will each present an individual presentation to their group and the Professor in a group meeting. The presentation must be less than 5 minutes in duration and include include:
Related to each of the pieces of research:
The name and authors of the article or government document
A summary of the research or government document including the reason/purpose/method for the article or government document and the findings
Why you chose this research – why it is relevant to your health care administration problem area; why you chose these articles over others you found in your research
How this information could/should influence your project – specific recommendations to your group regarding what you should include or avoid, or take into consideration when designing your Capstone project as a solution to the problem
Notes on Reference Material
Seek approval for articles other than best practice, government reports, or journal articles.
News articles and web page blogs are not appropriate for the assignment.