Overview
The topic that I chose for this project is going to be Lung Cancer. Don't worry about the audio recording; I can do that myself, and for the presentation itself, please use PowerPoint. Please make sure all requirements are met! Thank you! Required Slide Organization and Content
- Title Slide
- Name of approved medical condition/disease
- Your name
- Course name and section number
- Instructor name
- Date
- Content Slides (10-15 total slides)
- Introduction Slide (1 slide)
- Name of medical condition/disease
- Brief but complete definition
- Reason for choosing your topic
- Epidemiology & Risk Factors (1-2 slides)
- Prevalence and incidence of the condition
- Populations most affected (e.g., gender, age)
- Risk Factors - major genetic, environmental, or lifestyle
- Anatomy & Physiology: Normal Versus Pathological (2-4 slides)
- Normal:
- Overview of relevant organ system(s)
- Structure and function of key organs, tissues, and cells involved under normal, healthy conditions
- Pathological/Abnormal:
- How the condition/disease alters the normal anatomy and physiology
- Structural changes (e.g., tissue damage, organ enlargement/shrinkage)
- Functional changes (e.g., reduced efficiency, abnormal responses)
- How the condition/disease alters the normal anatomy and physiology
- Normal:
- Symptoms, Diagnostic Methods, & Key Findings (2-4 slides)
- Common symptoms (i.e., subjective experiences reported by the patient)
- List the common symptoms (e.g., low back pain, lower extremity weakness)
- Common diagnostic methods and their key clinical findings/signs confirming diagnosis (i.e., objective evidence detected by the clinician using these diagnostic methods)
- List the common diagnostic methods (be specific): e.g., physical exam (deep tendon reflexes), lumbar MRI, mass biopsy and pathological analysis, CBC
- List the key clinical findings/signs (be specific for the diagnostic methods noted above): e.g., decreased deep tendon reflexes, sausage-shaped mass visualized in spinal canal, tumor cells arranged in a papillary pattern, elevated eosinophil count (>5000 cells/µL)
- Common symptoms (i.e., subjective experiences reported by the patient)
- Treatment, Prognosis, & Complications (2-3 slides)
- Conventional (standard medical) treatments and non-conventional (alternative or complementary) treatments, if applicable
- Typical outcomes, disease course (treated vs. untreated), and factors influencing prognosis
- Potential short- and long-term complications (If none, state so)
- Conclusion (1 slide)
- In your own words, summarize the key points from each subtopic and explain how they all connect to provide a complete understanding of the disease and its real-world clinical importance.
3. Information Reference Slide(s)
- All sources used for written content (journals, books, webpages, etc.) are listed in proper APA reference citation format
4. Media Reference Slide(s)
- All sources for images, videos, graphs, or other media elements used are listed in proper APA reference citation format