Bone mineral densitometry

Overview

Essay Project

1. Introduction:

Bone mineral densitometry (BMD) is a diagnostic scan that measures bone

density. Its primary role is to detect osteoporosis, assess fracture risk, and monitor

the effectiveness of treatment for bone loss, enabling early intervention to prevent

debilitating fractures.

2. Topic:

health

Role of Bone mineral densitometry scanning program in early assessment of bone

3. Instructions:

In groups of (3), students are required to discuss the project topic and show why

Bone mineral densitometry scanning program is important and what it has of

effect on bone health.

This is a group essay assignment.

The prepared work should be written in proper English with a word limit of

1500 words (+/- 5%)

The topic raises professional identity and pride. It encourages students to see

themselves as caregivers first and technologists second, emphasizing the soft

skills that are just as critical as technical proficiency for a successful career

The aim of the assignment is not only to expand the student’s knowledge of

medical imaging as a profession, but to gain experience in the use of library

and Internet resources for research including skills in filtering, analyzing, and

evaluating material collected and drawing substantive and supportable

conclusions.

The use of illustrated diagrams, tables, graphics, and images is encouraged

provided that no more than two diagrams can be included in the text body.

Note that the text legends etc., should not be included in the word count.

Diagrams are not counted and do not carry any words weightage.

The submitted assignment must represent the student’s own analysis of the

subject.

Material taken from different resources must be acknowledged in full.

The assignment is subject to check for plagiarism.

The prepared essay must have a running head that starts from the “introduction

page” and continue until the “references section” and should contain the total

word count in the right-hand corner, while the student’s first and last names

are to be quoted in the left-hand corner.

The prepared assignment should have a cover page, an introduction, and

discussion, conclusion, and references sections.

The utilization of appendices is advised wherever / whenever needed, which

will not be included in the word count.

A full list of search engines and the addresses (URLs) of all internet addresses

used plus a brief description of the sites used in the preparation of the

assignment must be provided in the reference section at the end of the

assignment.• References of all kinds used must be identified as for APA referencing. The

reference should be made using the "APA 7th Edition" style. Inappropriate or

incomplete use of URLs and references will result in a loss of marks.

Formatting:

➢ Cover page contains the University Logo, student name, course title

and code, assignment title, course teaching faculty and date of

submission.

➢ All text on the cover page shall be centered and written in Times New

Roman size 16, while the assignment title shall be of 20 size.

➢ The cover page does not carry any number.

➢ Assignment text shall be:

▪ Times new roman size 14 for the headings and 12 for the rest of

the text. Use bold for headings.

▪ Pages margins to be 2.5cm for the top, right hand side and

bottom while the left-hand margin shall be 3cm.

▪ Diagrams and figures must be referenced and numbered in

clear order with short informative legend below it with Times

New Roman font of 10 size.

▪ Add two spaces after periods (end of sentences).

▪ Use 1.5 lines spaces (the same applies to the headings) with all

other spaces’ settings are set to “ZERO”

▪ Use DOUBLE space between paragraphs with all other spaces’

settings are set to “ZERO”

▪ Indentation of 0.5cm shall be used at the beginning of each

paragraph.

▪ Use only BLACK font color.

▪ Spell the word “PERCENT” and do not use “%”

▪ Do not use '"I" Italic format anywhere in the report main text.

▪ All text must be justified.

▪ Always refer to the third person sound or to the unknown and

avoid using the first-person subject pronoun that takes form I

(singular) or we, us, our (plural).

▪ As scientific writing, numbers from “ZERO” and less than “10”

must be spelled.

▪ All pages must be numbered clearly. Page numbers should be

placed at the bottom right-hand side of the page and done in

Arabic numbering (1, 2, 3, ... etc.) format.