Week 5 - Final Project
Final Project
In your role as a health care professional, you have been asked to speak to a community group regarding the connection between the human body and disease. You have been asked to select one of the CDC’s top five diseases (heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, or arthritis) that affects the systems explored in the class (see table below) and create a PowerPoint presentation that:
- Uses lay-person and medical terminology to describe the anatomical and physiological changes associated with the condition.
- Describes proper functioning of the primary system(s) that is/are affected by the chronic disease you select:
- Major organ(s)
- Essential functions
- Importance to health
- Contributing factors
- The nature of the dysfunction
- The effect on other systems (comorbidities)
Systems covered in class:
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Skeletal |
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Muscle |
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Integumentary |
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Nervous |
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Special Senses |
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Endocrine |
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Cardiovascular |
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Respiratory |
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Reproductive |
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Lymph/immune |
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Urinary |
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Gastrointestinal |
Please note: You must create original work for this assignment. Submitting previously used material is unacceptable.
Preparing the Final Project
The Final Project:
- Must be a minimum of 20 PowerPoint slides in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
- Must include a title slide with the following:
- Title of presentation
- Student’s name
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Date submitted
- Must use at least six scholarly sources. The course textbook and a minimum of three scholarly articles from the Ashford University Library must be used. The remaining sources can come from the Ashford University Library or scholarly websites.
- Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
- Must include a separate reference slide that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
- Must include detailed speaker notes for each slide. Must make creative use of images and charts. Cite all images taken from an online source. Creative Commons and Flickr are great websites for open source images.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
