Medical

Submission Instructions:

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 10 points. 

Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.

Category
Points
Description

Application of Course Knowledge
3
The quality of this category is determined by the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lessons and outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations

Scholarliness and Scholarly Resources
 

2

This category is evaluated on the quality of the students ability to: Support writing with appropriate, scholarly sources; provide relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry clearly stating how the evidence-informed or changed professional or academic decisions; evaluate literature resources to develop a comprehensive analysis or synthesis; use sources published within the last 5 years; match reference list and in-text citations match, and minimize or appropriately format direct quotations

Grammar, Spelling, Syntax, Mechanics and APA Format
2

Reflection post has minimal grammar, spelling, syntax, punctuation, and APA* errors. Direct quotes (if used) are limited to 1 short statement** which adds substantively to the post.
* APA style references and in-text citations are required; however, there are no deductions for errors in indentation or spacing of references. All elements of the reference otherwise must be included.
**Direct quote should not exceed 15 words & must add substantively to the discussion

Interactive Dialogue
2
The quality for this category is determined by substantive written responses to a peer and faculty members questions in the threaded discussion. Substantive posts add importance, depth, and meaningfulness to the discussion. Students must respond to at least one peer in the threaded discussion. If no question is asked directly from faculty, students must respond to questions posed to the entire class. The post must include at least one scholarly source.

Total
10