Program plan
Introduction
o Create an introduction that describes your chosen organization, including name, location, focus, and any pertinent demographic factors.
Needs Assessment
o Examine the organizational design for potential program development.
o Identify potential needs through analysis of healthcare disparities. For example, are there needs that are not currently being met?
o Analyze the cultural competence of the current healthcare programs or environment. Is the current environment accessible to those of different
cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds?
o Recommend a strategy to achieve the desired results, based on the results of your assessments.
o Explain how your strategy aligns with ethical practice guidelines. Does your program consider or involve the ethical practice guidelines of the
health professions that are involved in administering the program? For example, will your program involve nurses, pharmacists, social workers, physicians, and so on?
Outcomes
o Identify the anticipated outcomes of your program. How do you see the program working to achieve your desired results?
o Examine the current process flow and how your new program proposal would fit into it. What effect would the program have on other programs
in the flow?
o Predict the impact of the proposed program. What other areas of the community or organization will it affect? Why? If there is no impact,
explain your reasoning.
o Predict the impact of the proposed program on cultural competence. How will it impact compliance with cultural competence standards? If you
believe there will be no impact, explain your reasoning.
Guidelines for Submission: While your final project will be a presentation with detailed speaker notes, all of your milestones for this project will be in paper format. For the final submission, you will convert your papers into presentation format by adding information to slides and speaker notes. Your paper for this milestone should be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and proper APA formatting. Include at least three citations.
