Assessment Rubric for Written Assignments

Student: Enter name. Preceptor: Scott Bolesta, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, FCCP Site: General Hospital

Assignment: Enter assignment name. Draft of Assignment: Choose an item. Date: Click here to enter a date.

Criteria	Likert Scale Assessment Levels				Score	Comments
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Style (25%)	There is poor to no style. Thoughts lack flow and consistency and there is bias throughout. There are numerous grammatical and/or spelling errors.	There is clear style, but it requires major modification to be suitable for publication. Thoughts are unclear and inconsistent and there is clear bias in the style. Many grammatical and/or spelling errors throughout.	Style is acceptable, but requires modification for publication. Thoughts are somewhat cohesive, and their flow could improve. There may be some bias reflected in the style. There are some grammatical and/or spelling errors.	Style reflects that suitable for publication. Thoughts flow easily and are distinct in each sentence. Important points are emphasized appropriately without injecting bias. There are minimal to no grammatical and/or spelling errors.	0.0	Click here to enter text.
Content/Knowledge (40%)	Content does not address the topic. There is lack of supporting primary literature. Objective data is incomplete or lacking and is poorly presented and analyzed.	Content needs to be added in order to address the topic. Minimal primary literature is utilized, or is limited to review articles and guidelines. Important objective data is missing or incomplete and lacks appropriate presentation and analysis.	Content is somewhat suitable for the assignment’s topic. Primary literature is used, but does not cover the full scope of the topic and lacks appropriate relevance. Some objective data is missing or incomplete or is not fully presented or analyzed.	Content fully addresses the topic. Discussion of primary literature is used appropriately and to an extent that adds relevance to the topic. Objective data is thorough, complete and adequately presented and analyzed.	0.0	Click here to enter text.
Organization/Structure (25%)	Sections are out or order and at least one is missing. The same information is presented in the majority of sections. Sections are very short. Thoughts are not divided appropriately.	The assignment is missing one major section or sections are not ordered appropriately. Information is repeated in various sections. Sections are of inadequate length given the topic and information available. Thoughts are often inappropriately or inconsistently divided.	The assignment contains all major sections, but has some organizational issues. Some information is repeated in other sections. Some sections are unnecessarily long or short given the topic and information available. Thoughts could be separated more effectively.	The assignment is well organized and contains the major sections necessary. There is no overlap of information between sections. The length of each section is appropriate for its content. Thoughts are divided into appropriate paragraphs.	0.0	Click here to enter text.
References (10%)	References are not cited and cannot be retrieved with the information given. There are minimal to no references.	References are incorrectly cited and listed incompletely. There are few references and most are tertiary.	References are incorrectly cited or listed incompletely. There is an inadequate number or type of references.	References are appropriately cited throughout the assignment and listed in the appropriate style. There is an adequate number and type of references.	0.0	Click here to enter text.

Overall Score = 0.0