Overview
Purpose: For this week's assignment, students are asked to locate 2 articles that discuss mortality or morbidity related to their disease topic. Students are asked to then write a two-paragraph summary of each of the articles. Please make sure to include citations and list the references at the end of each of your article summaries. Students will be able to use these articles for the Module Six Assignment as well.
Skills: This assignment allows you to practice the following skills that are essential to your success in this course and the degree advancement program (DAP).
The following DAP Student Learning Outcomes will be developed.
Writing in the Profession Students will demonstrate the ability to write effectively in the profession. Elements would include the ability to organize an argument, support the argument with high-quality relevant evidence, deliver it with good sentence structure and grammar, and cite and reference appropriately.
Critical inquiry/evidence-based medicine Students will demonstrate the ability to formulate a clinical question, search the medical literature, and assess the collected literature for quality, relevance, and limitations.
Assignment requirements:
Please locate and summarize 2 articles related to mortality or morbidity for your chosen disease.
Please locate articles that are less than 10 years old.
Each summary should be 2 paragraphs. Please use 12-point font and double-space your summaries.
Please cite in your summaries and list each of the references using APA formatting.
Please see the attached example for formatting, citing, and how to list your reference.
I Chose COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) for my assignment.