A &P Pathophysiology
You will pick a disease for your pathophysiology research. 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.
must be in APA format and 2-5 pages.
You 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
Grading Rubric: this assignment 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:
1. Cancer (select a specific type)
2. HIV/AIDS
3. Rheumatoid arthritis/osteoarthritis
4. Muscular dystrophy
5. Fibromyalgia
6. ALS
7. Alzheimer’s Disease
8. Multiple Sclerosis
9. Spinal cord injuries
10. Tourette syndrome
11. Parkinson’s disease
12. Cirrhosis
13. Huntington’s disease
14. Meningitis
15. Sickle Cell disease
16. Tuberculosis
SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:
• Once you upload your assignment 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 and resubmit.
• You should NOT use direct quotes in a scientific research writing.
• 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!
