Assignment Instructions & Required Elements: Background: Your group has been given $1 million dollars from an investor to conduct a pilot test of a healthcare innovation. Building off your initial SWOT analysis and workplan, prepare a 45-minute proposal presentation with a MAXIMUM of 40 slides which must contain the following sections: 1) Innovation description & rationale 2) Description of setting/sector and demonstration of the innovation 3) Barriers & facilitators to implementation 4) Evaluation & sustainability plan Consider the following questions under each heading as you prepare your proposal presentation: 1) What is the innovation your group is proposing? What type of innovation is it? Who developed it? Why is it important? What research evidence exists to support a pilot test? How did you evaluate this evidence?

2) Why did you select the specific healthcare setting to test the innovation? Describe the setting/sector and identify the key stakeholders involved. Present a plan for how the innovation will be demonstrated/tested in this setting (e.g., timelines, scope, number of participants, key activities, etc).

3) What possible barriers and facilitators exist? Are there risks that need to be mitigated? How will you address each of these? Consider both the innovation itself and the sector/setting you plan to pilot test it at.

4) How will you know if the pilot test was successful? What measures/metrics will you use to determine if the innovation can be fully implemented in this setting/sector? What is your plan for sustaining the results of your pilot test?