The last component, Part 4, is to write a letter to the policymaker that focuses

The last component, Part 4, is to write a letter to the policymaker that focuses on your support or opposition to the health care policy issue you selected for your project. Your letter should be written in a respectful, formal tone and focus on the evidence supporting your position, rather than merely expressing your personal thoughts and opinions. You should provide evidence from the peer-reviewed literature to support your position and utilize information from Components 2 and 3. Refer back to your work in Parts 1, 2 and 3 to make a compelling argument in your letter. The purpose of this formal letter is to convince the policymaker you have selected back in Part 1, of the need or urgency of support for the policy (or defeat of a current policy). Make your case! Be sure to include your chosen elected official’s actual address and use the correct salutation that is used for your elected official’s position.
You should provide evidence, in the formal letter to your policy maker, from the peer-reviewed literature to support your position and utilize information from Parts 1, 2 and 3 as a unified whole to make your case for support of your position.
Rubric
Legal and Ethical Issues: The Letter to the Policymaker shows depth and breadth in critical thinking when addressing the legal and ethical issues of the policy.
Evidence Supporting Position: The Letter to the Policymaker shows critical thinking, considers divergent and competing opinions, and creative problem solving. Evidence supports the position rather than expresses thoughts and opinions.
Writing: The Letter to the Policymaker is well organized, uses scholarly and respectful tone, contains original writing and proper paraphrasing, follows APA style, contains very few or no writing and/or spelling errors, and is fully consistent with graduate-level writing style.