The Impact of Science and Research on Healthcare Practice

Instructions

Choose one of the following to complete:

Option a)
 Illustrate the impact of scientific principles and practices
on a healthcare situation.

Description

: Discuss how scientific principles and research affect the practice of your medical occupational specialty on a daily basis. Your discussion should include a) four scientific principles and/or practices, b) examples from the literature or from personal experience that illustrate their application, and c) a discussion of their value, i.e., how would patient care or healthcare in general be different without them? You may illustrate your response with actual or hypothetical situations or present a generic overview. Any actual situation should be presented as a hypothetical one, with any names and other identifying information changed for anonymity.

OR

Option b)
 Illustrate the use of research practices and findings in healthcare.

Description: Discuss how research principles and practices affect the practice of your medical occupational specialty on a daily basis. Your discussion should include a) four research practices and/or findings, b) examples from the literature or from personal experience that illustrate their application, and c) a discussion of their value, i.e., how would patient care or healthcare in general be different without them? You may illustrate your response with actual or hypothetical situations or present a generic overview. Any actual situation should be presented as a hypothetical one, with any names and other identifying information changed for anonymity.

 

Options a or b: 2–6 pages; excluding any title page, references, appendices, etc., APA, 2 references

Unit 10-A Assignment Grading Rubric = 100 points (Assignment Option A)

 

 

	Assignment Requirements		Points possible		Points earned by student
Analyze four scientific principles and/or practices in healthcare		0–60
	Provide examples that illustrate their value to healthcare practice		0–40
	Total (Sum of all points)
	Points deducted for spelling, grammar, and/or APA errors.
	Adjusted total points
	Instructor Feedback:

*Instructor will also leave feedback comments within Assignment paper.
  

Unit 10-B Assignment Grading Rubric = 100 points (Assignment Option B)
  

Assignment RequirementsPoints possiblePoints earned by student

0–60 

Provide examples that illustrate their value to healthcare practice0–40 Total (Sum of all points)Points deducted for spelling, grammar, and/or APA errors.Adjusted total pointsInstructor Feedback:  

Analyze four research practices and/or findings in healthcare