Description
Students?are?required?to?write?a?short?paper?on?a?disease?or?health?condition?relevant?to?this?course.?The?purpose
of?this?special?project?is?to?give?the?student?the?opportunity?to?investigate?the?close?relationships?between?the
anatomy?and?physiology?of?a?normal?individual?with?a?disease?process?in?which?they?go?wrong?(i.e.?pathology).
This?special?project?is?worth?100?points?and?is?due?by?the?last?scheduled?day?of?class.?The?paper?will?be?graded
on?its?overall?quality?AND?its?compliance?with?the?following?format?(see?Grading?Rubric):
1.?Must?be?typed?(size?12?font\/double?spaced).?No?electronic?submissions.
2.?Must?be?a?minimum?of?5?pages?long?(not?including?diagrams,?references,?etc.).
3.?Must?be?attached?(i.e.?stapled,?clipped,?or?binder).
4.?Should?follow?this?outline:
TITLE
A?title?page?is?not?required.
INTRODUCTION?
A?brief?description?of?the?disease\/condition?and?why?it?is?important?or?significant.
NORMAL?ANATOMY?&?PHYSIOLOGY
A?clear?description?of?the?normal?structure?&?function?of?the?part?of?the?human?body?that?is?affected?by?the
disease?or?condition.
DISEASE\/CONDITION?DESCRIPTION
A?description?of?the?disease?or?condition?with?clear?correlations?as?to?how?it?affects\/alters?the?anatomy?and\/or
physiology?of?the?individual.
DIAGNOSIS
A?brief?description?about?how?this?disease\/condition?is?diagnosed.
TREATMENT?&?PROGNOSIS
A?brief?description?about?how?this?disease\/condition?can?be?treated?and?what?the?prognosis?(i.e.?chances?of
survival\/improvement)?may?be.
REFERENCES
A?list?of?at?least?two?references?used?to?prepare?the?paper.?Citations?to?the?references?[e.g.??(1)??for?reference?#1]
should?be?incorporated?in?the?text?of?the?paper.?The?format?used?for?the?references?is?optional?(e.g.?APA).<\/p>\n