CURRENT EVENT
(50 points)
BE CAREFUL TO FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS. All papers must follow requirements for Level 4 of
the Essential Methods of Expression Through Performance and Production.
(www.octc.kctcs.edu/expectations)
1). Find an article in a professional journal from the health care field that applies to an
anatomy/physiology subject. Try to find something from the field that you are planning
on entering. Articles from non-professional journals will lose 25 points.
NEWS Rx, WEBMD, Prevention and Wikipedia are not professional sources do not use them.
They will lose 25 points. Medline is not a source it is a search engine-cite as such.
Sources such as news magazines, (Newsweek, Time, U.S. News and World Report), opinion
magazines (Nation), popular magazines (Sport's Illustrated, Redbook), and popular health
magazines (Fitness, Prevention) are not professional journals. Use only professional medical,
nursing or radiology sources. (AJN, Nursing 20--, LPN, Clinical Radiology, etc) The library
has the journals in the periodical section. They are also available on the database. (Suggestion:
Check to make sure that the author has medical qualifications. (Articles that do not list an author
usually do not qualify as professional sources)
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Articles on subjects that do not apply to anatomy and physiology will also lose 25
points. (This includes articles on changes in the nursing profession, or radiology
equipment, etc.)
Check with me to make sure your article qualifies.
2). Write a 2 page essay (2 pages means at least 20 lines on the second page) Less than 2
pages means a loss of 1 to 20 points depending on the length of the paper. I do count lines
and I take -1 point for every line missing. There is no punishment for papers that are too long.
I will not accept one page papers, they will receive no more than 5 points.
3). The paper should include
 A summary of the article. (This should not be an exact replicated of the article. That
is plagiarism.)
 Any tangent material that may be associated to the article (such as additional
pathological information) Look in the textbook.
 How the information applies to anatomy and physiology. Do not say “this applies to
A&P because….” (That will lose 5 points) It should be obvious that it applies to
A&P; just give the details.
 The impact on medicine and patient care.
This is not to be considered an outline for the essay. The subject matter can easily be mixed
throughout the paper. A paper that looks like this: Paragraph 1 summary, Paragraph 2 tangent
material, Paragraph 3 applies to A& P, etc is a dull paper and will be graded as such.
4). Include a copy of the article. The article is worth 10 points.
5). Even though the article is included. There needs to be an APA reference page and the article
needs to be cited throughout the paper. Refer to the APA FORMAT page. Papers that are
replicas of the article will lose at least 10 points, even if you use your own words. Changing
one or two words still counts as plagiarism. Papers that are missing a reference page or that are
not cited throughout will lose 10 points.
6). Do not over quote your sources. A 2 page paper can have 2 quotes maximum. I am not
interested in what the author has to say I want to hear from you.
7). Follow “Rules For Writing A Good Science Paper” and the “APA Fomat” instructions
8). Use Times-New Roman font and 12 font size and double space the paper. Check the
grammar and the spelling. DO NOT SPACE EXTRA AFTER THE PARAGRAPH. Check
the word default to prevent this.
9). Staple the papers. (I will take 5 points off if the papers are not stapled) Do not use clips
or fancy covers.
Summary: In addition to the scoring that was listed on the Good Science Paper & APA
FORMAT I will remove points for the following.
Points
-25 points
-25 points
-1 points
-1 to -25 points
-10 points
-5 points
-10 points
-10 points
-10 points
Checklist
Paper Paper
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Points can be lost for
Articles from a non professional source
Articles that do not apply to A & P
Papers that say “it applies to A & P because..”
Papers that are less than 2 pull pages. (-1 point a line for anything less than
20 lines on page 20)
Missing copy of the article
Papers that are not stapled
Not citing in the body of the paper
Not citing using APA style (Being close does not cut it)
Missing reference page.
Checklist
Did you make sure your article was acceptable
Did you follow the Good Science Paper & APA FORMAT instructions
Is the article included
Is the paper typed with Times New Roman 12 font & double spaced?
Is the paper stapled to the article? Do not use clips.
Check the spelling and grammar? Is the paper at least 2 pages long?
Is the paper at least 2 pages long? (at least 20 lines on the 2nd page)
Did you make sure that you have covered the assignment instructions
including going through the summary table above