You will pick a disease for your pathophysiology paper. The disease must be for one of the organ systems covered this term listed in the syllabus.
Select a disease from current events that is an emerging or reemerging concern to you or people in your area. Provide local epidemiological data for the disease.
The paper must be in APA format and 2-5 pages.
Your paper must include:
Introduction to the disease and the organ system (history, signs, symptoms, epidemiology etc.)
Discussion of the normal anatomy and physiology of the organ system involved (cell and tissue populations involved, organs, primary functions, connections to other body systems)
Discussion of the changes to the anatomy and physiology as a result of the disease (pathophysiology)
Discussion of treatment/prevention options
3 primary and at least 2 secondary scholarly sources
For information about APA formatting and citations visit the GMC Library Guide on Citation Management
at http://gmcga.libguides.com/citationmanagement
Grading Rubric: Your paper will be assessed using criteria in the grading rubric that you can find under “GRADING RUBRICS” at the top of our Moodle course page.
List of Possible Topics (feel free to use other topics that you are interested in:
Cancer (select a specific type)
HIV/AIDS
Rheumatoid arthritis/osteoarthritis
Muscular dystrophy
Fibromyalgia
ALS
Alzheimer’s Disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Spinal cord injuries
Tourette syndrome
Parkinson’s disease
Cirrhosis
Huntington’s disease
Meningitis
Sickle Cell disease
Tuberculosis
SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:
Once you upload your paper into Moodle under week 6, a similarity report will be generated and you will be given the opportunity to resubmit if you’d like. If your similarity report is above 20%, you should rework your paper and resubmit.
You should NOT use direct quotes in a scientific research paper.
When using information from a source that you intend to cite, reword/paraphrase the information and then cite the source. Do not put the information verbatim, or your similarity report will go up.
Cite your sources in-text!
