Developing a gap analysis and educational plan

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Assignment:

A "Needs Assessment" is the first step in developing a gap analysis and educational plan. You are NOT required to perform a technical gap analysis or develop an educational program for this assignment. This assignment is meant to identify your target population and systematically determine their knowledge, skill, resources, or practice needs.

How do I conduct a "Needs Assessment"?

Identify and clearly define your target population (audience).
Is it a patient population? Registered nurses (RNs), nursing assistants (CNA's), or other health professionals?
Be as descriptive as possible. Include all appropriate information *without using protected or identifying data
What is your target audience? Diabetes, Obesity, Smoking among adults, etc?

Do research.

If it is a patient population, you may need to research current trends in treating that population.
If nurses, you may need to read journal articles written for their specialty.
You cannot blindly ask individuals what their needs are - they may not know what they don't know. Be prepared with some background information on individuals in your audience.
Note the current trends in treating this patient population or practice updates (for health professionals). Cite this research.

Brainstorm how you will collect information from target population.

Structured/semi-structured interviews? Where were they conducted?
How will you access the target population and when?
You should aim to collect information from at least 10 individuals, unless you specifically state why 10 individuals would be unreasonable or too burdensome.

Define and measure your data.

What themes/trends did you notice across participants? Be specific.
Not-so-great Example: "Newly diagnosed diabetic patients want to know more about meal planning".
Better Example: "Six of the ten teens newly diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 were unfamiliar with the concept of counting carbohydrates". (This is an example of why you need to be familiar with your patient population and their care - you may not know about counting carbohydrates, so you need to do research on current trends. How would you know to ask about counting carbohydrates or any other important aspects of care?)

Summarize & analyze your findings.

What are the most important needs for your audience?
What "gap" did you identify? What is the difference between what is known/practiced now and best practices?
For patients - knowledge, physical, emotional, spiritual, psychosocial, medical, transportation, social, etc.
For health professionals - knowledge, skills, resources, time, support, technical, etc.
How might your findings impact nursing practice, patient education, nursing continuing education, policies, available resources, or further research?

We suggest using the following subheadings to guide you as you write:

Introduction (background, what is already known)

Target Audience

Methods (how you collected your data)

Findings (summarize, analyze)

Conclusion (suggest a potential intervention, but do not need to develop/implement one)

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