Discussion Question: Research the topic or phrase “legacy healthcare system.” Discuss what they are and what they mean in terms of clinical information systems. Specifically address why and what is important for health informatics professionals to know about legacy healthcare systems. Post your responses within the discussion board forum. Once you have completed your posting, please read and respond to at least 2 peers, meeting the required elements of the rubric with 80% accuracy. (LO 3)
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Master of Health Science Program (MSHS)
Health Informatics Concentration
Discussion Board Assignment Instructions and Grading Rubric
Assignment Rationale:
Please refer to the course syllabus to determine what percentage the Discussion Board assignments are of your final grade for this course. The purpose of the discussion board is to allow each student an opportunity to communicate their opinions, findings, expertise, and knowledge about various course topics to fellow students and to course faculty.
Assignment Learning Objective:
Each Discussion Board assignment will be related to a specific learning objective. The advantage of the asynchronous discussion board is that it allows time for in-depth reflection, giving each student more time to reflect, research, and compose their thoughts before participation. Please refer to the Assignments chart located within each week to locate the relevant learning objective.
Assignment Instructions:
1. This asynchronous Discussion Board assignment should be viewed as the alternative to an in-class discussion. For the assignment to be worthwhile, each student will need to participate much like they would in a face-to-face environment. Since it is a participation exercise, no late submissions will be considered for credit.
2. Each student is required to create an original contribution (also called a post or posting) in response to the prompt or question being asked in the discussion board. In addition to this initial posting, responses to two other classmates’ threads (postings) are required (a total of three posts required for each discussion board assignment). To earn full credit for the assignment, the three required postings must be made on three different days.
3. The three required posts must be made before the assignment deadline to earn credit and all three required posts must be made before the work will be graded. In other words, posting just one or two contributions equals zero credit for the assignment.
4. Please read the grading rubrics for details but engagement, the use of proper formatting, current, valid references, and timeliness are all important.
5. Responding to a classmate’s post requires both the addition of new ideas and analysis. A particular point made by the classmate must be addressed and built upon by your analysis in order to move the conversation forward. Thus, the response post is a rigorous assignment that requires you to build upon posts to develop deeper and more thorough discussion of the ideas introduced in the initial posts. As such, reply posts that merely affirm, restate or unprofessionally quarrel with the previous post(s) and fail to make a valuable, substantive contribution to the discussion will receive appropriate point deductions.
6. To complete the assignment, create one initial posting and two peer response postings, using well-constructed, thoughtful, organized writing for each assigned Discussion Board assignment.
7. The initial posting, answering the question(s), will be due on Sunday at 11 pm, CST; the two peer response postings, providing commentary to two different classmates, will be due on or before Tuesday at 11 pm. (See course calendar for specific weekly due dates.)
Discussion Board Assignment Grading Rubric
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Exemplary
(4 points)
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Proficient (3 points)
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Developing
(2 points)
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Needs Improvement (1 point)
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No Credit (0 points)
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Promptness & Initiative
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Posts initial contribution on or before deadline.
Responds to at least two peers’ postings on or before the deadline.
Posts on at least three different days of the week.
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Posts initial contribution on or before deadline.
Responds to at least two peers’ postings on or before the deadline.
Posts on at least two different days of the week.
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Posts initial contribution after the deadline.
Responds to at least two peers’ postings on or before the deadline.
Posts on at least two different days of the week.
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Posts all three required posts (initial and two peer responses) before the deadline but on the same day of the week.
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The three required postings are not completed before the deadline.
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Creating Community
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Makes sincere efforts to motivate the group discussion.
Refers to peer contributions.
Goes above and beyond the minimum requirements of the assignment to attempt to create insightful discussion in the community.
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Displays an effort to become involved with group; interacts with others meeting the minimal requirements of the assignment by posting three contributions on different days.
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Makes no real effort to effort to become involved with group as evidenced by making all three posts on the same day.
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Makes no real effort to effort to become involved with group as evidenced by short, seemingly disinterested responses to peers.
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The three required postings are not completed before the deadline.
Any posting deemed inappropriate. For example, the use of demeaning, argumentative or abrasive language.
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Critical Thinking & Analysis
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Interprets topic in accurate and insightful ways.
Postings show evidence of thought and analysis about the discussion topic.
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Accurate interpretation of the topic but thought and analysis of the topic is minimal.
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Postings indicate a lack of interpretation or thought about topic.
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Responses do not provoke new thoughts or further discussion.
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The three required postings are not completed before the deadline.
Repeats the ideas of other students.
Offers opinion-based comments only.
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Mechanics of Writing
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Posts have no grammatical errors.
Posts have no misspellings.
Formatting of all three posts is easy to read and professional in nature.
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One to five grammatical and spelling errors present within the three required posts.
Overall formatting of posts is adequate.
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Six to nine grammatical and spelling errors present within the three required posts.
Overall formatting of posts could be improved.
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Formatting of any of the three required posts is difficult to read and would be deemed as unprofessional documentation by common standards.
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The three required postings are not completed before the deadline.
More than ten spelling and grammar errors present in three required posts.
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References
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Cites at least two credible references related to topic (text, website, or other credible / scholarly references).
Expresses opinions and ideas in a clear and concise manner with obvious connection to topic
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Cites two credible references related to topic (text, website, or other credible / scholarly references). However, the cited resources are not connected to the discussion topic in a meaningful way.
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Cites one credible reference related to topic (text, website, or other credible / scholarly references).
Expresses opinions and ideas in a clear and concise manner with obvious connection to topic
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Cites one credible reference related to topic (text, website, or other credible / scholarly references). However, the cited resource is not connected to the discussion topic in a meaningful way.
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The three required postings are not completed before the deadline.
No citations (from text, website, etc.) provided related to the assigned topic.
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