In at least 250 words, use what you learned from the READ and ATTEND sections and scholarly sources from the library to describe some of the steps a student can take to make sure he or she is submitting his or her best writing. What are some proofreading strategies you have learned about? What resources can help with this? Why is it important to review […]

Find one organization in your geographic region that implements social policy (education, nutrition, healthcare, etc.). Introduce this organization to your classmates by summarizing their services, addressing the population served, success rate of services, and any other relevant information. Post the web address and any additional information you find.

For this assignment, first read the case study Design and Implementation of a Pharmacist-Directed Preventive Care Program. Then assess the program for its level of collaborative practice and efficacy of design. Be sure to apply concepts, readings, and other materials that have been presented in the course thus far to justify your assessment of the program’s consideration of collaborative practice and overall efficacy of design. […]

 Assignment 2: The Outline  Objective:  Organize your thoughts and the main points of your research for your final presentation  Assignment Instructions:  To help you complete Assignment 3: The Presentation,  you will first submit an outline to organize your thoughts and main  points. Your outline should be formatted a specific way and must contain  the following elements as described below.  To prepare for this assignment, I recommend […]

Self-assessment is an essential component of learning and developing decision-making and critical thinking skills for dental assisting. Dental assistants must think critically and develop problem-solving strategies during their formal education to ensure quality ongoing development of knowledge and skill related to dental science, assisting and patient care. 

Given the numerous data sources listed in Chapter 5 of the textbook, select two data sources that could be linked to create an enriched data set for a specific public health research purpose. What are public health concerns that the linked data could be used to investigate? Explain your choices. When responding to your classmates, discuss any advantages or disadvantages to using the data sources […]

Consider science as defined in Chapter 5 of our textbook, and the role of objectivity in scientific research. Define subjectivity in contrast to objectivity. How does using objective evidence help scientists find working answers? How might understanding the importance of objectivity help you find working answers to problems of your own and become a better critical thinker in the process?

Ethics Challenge: You are the president of a firm that publishes textbooks for medical students in more than 30 languages. On a recent trip to a university in a developing country (with a GDP per capita of under $1,000 per year), you discover that students are using bound photocopies of your best-selling medical textbook.  Speaking with several students, they inform you that if they were […]

Your favorite uncle Mr. Marshall Westwood is in Indonesia on a busines trip.  One evening he sat down to eat a meal of puffer fish and rice. Within an hour of returning to his hotel room, Mr. Westwood felt numbness in his lips and tongue, which quickly spread to his face and neck. Before he could call the front desk, he began to feel pains […]

For this assignment, first read the case study Design and Implementation of a Pharmacist-Directed Preventive Care Program. Then assess the program for its level of collaborative practice and efficacy of design. Be sure to apply concepts, readings, and other materials that have been presented in the course thus far to justify your assessment of the program’s consideration of collaborative practice and overall efficacy of design. […]