TOPIC AND WRITTEN PORTION DUE

TOPIC AND WRITTEN PORTION DUE

The purpose of the paper and presentation is to increase your knowledge about a specific disease process, establish basic skills in research, identifying prevalence and implication on patients and population health, and allow students to present information to a public forum.

As future allied health professionals, you will be required to educate your clients and present information in a public forum. This assignment is a small-scale demo within the safety of BIO11.

You should allocate several days for data collection, writing and formulation of key points for your presentation.

Timeline:

Written portion to be submitted *Student presentations will be scheduled during lab.

Topics – Post to BB discussion board as soon as possible. Avoid duplication.

Written portion:

Choose a disease process relevant to an organ systems (syllabus) covered in BIO11* *This may include systems not yet covered, or not in syllabus, but preferably are.

Structure your written part according to the following:

Brief introduction – disease process and systems affected

Statistical information – prevalence in the U.S / NYC (be as specific as possible)

Common signs and symptoms – (what characterize the disease)

Common diagnostic measures – (how do we know/confirm the patient has the disease) try and find the golden standard.

Curative measures – (if any) and any relevant future research.

Each one of sections a-e should have a dedicated section. This is the outline to follow.

Written assignment – Max of 5 pages! 12pt (TimesNR) single space, standard letter size, please do NOT copy paste…rephrase in your own words, include a bibliography (APA/MLA format), any diagrams/photos at the appendix.

Name & course number at the top left. No break page/abstract/separate introduction.

Please write complete sentences, read and reread your work prior to submission, ask a friend/classmate to read it too, avoid technical jargon as possible.

Presentation:

Create a concise and brief (5-7min) presentation about your written assignment and present it within your time slot (oral presentation in front of the class)

Rehearse! , allow time for Q&A, limit info on slides, have cue-cards if needed.

Power point / handouts are optional.

Schedule start after our break – Thursdays. Bring a USB drive for presentation (if needed) and do not worry about appearing in front of the class.

Good Luck !