Improving the vaccination rate among preschoolers seen in a free clinic by 1%” may be more doable, unless the vaccination rate is already quite high

SMART Goals

What do you want to accomplish with your Project Paper? Write at least 3 measurable goals (but don’t boil the ocean).

For example:

“Increase the national vaccination rate for all children in the US” is a bit ambitious.

BUT

“Improving the vaccination rate among preschoolers seen in a free clinic by 1%” may be more doable, unless the vaccination rate is already quite high. But before you can get to an outcome goal such as an increased vaccination rate, you probably should address some process goals. A process goal maybe something like “Improving knowledge about immunization among newly hired nurses as evidenced by successfully completing a novel course on immunizations within the first three months of hire.”.

Try to write your goals in SMART format, although that isn’t always possible. If you can’t write them as SMART goals, include a sentence or two as to why not. One way to approach this is to write a goal, then identify all of the SMART elements for that goal, revising the goal as needed for the elements.