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Week 1: Considering Collaborations Paper (Weekly Written Assignment)

Considering Collaborations

The peer review is a form of collaboration in which the input and suggestions of many individuals are considered in making a final decision.

Review Chapter 50 “How to Be a Constructive Peer Reviewer” from your online text, About Writing: A Guide, and the videos on collaboration in your Resource folder, and then address the following:

1. What is your comfort level with collaboration and the peer review process?

. Have you enjoyed collaborating in the past? Why?

. Do you have examples of good and bad collaborating/peer review experiences?

· Explain how teamwork, collaboration, and peer review collaboration are different.

· Describe your goals for peer review collaboration in this course.

Week 1: Topic Proposal and Problem Statement Paper

The purpose of this assignment is to develop a strong, working foundation for your final paper. You will identify a topic area and develop a problem- or issue-related topic within that area of interest. As you develop this specific topic, keep in mind that your eventual goal is to formulate and present a solution to the healthcare issue or problem you identify.

Your topic proposal should include the following items and address the following:

Describe the topic you wish to pursue.

· It may be somewhat broad at this point and it may imply a problem. Use the resources in your course materials to help you search for ideas.

Identify your purpose: Why are you interested in this topic? (Narrow your topic.)

· Specifically explain what it is that fascinates you or draws you to this topic.

· Clearly describe the topic’s relevance in the field today.

· Identify a purpose for a paper on this topic:

. What might you accomplish in exploring this problem?

. What is your intended goal?

2. To evoke change

2. To make new connections (new cause and effect)

2. To introduce a new theory, solution, or idea

. Is this goal realistic?

Identify a problem within the topic and draft a problem statement. (It will likely evolve and be revised as you progress through your research.)

· Identify a problem related to your topic and state it.

· The problem statement should be specific and indicate the focus of your final paper.

. Not too narrow, not too broad

. Intellectually challenging (a simple solution is not apparent)

· Who would benefit from a solution to this problem (who is the target population)?

Your paper should be 1–2 pages. Adhere to APA Style throughout.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Week 1: Topic Proposal and Problem Statement Paper

The purpose of this assignment is to develop a strong, working foundation for your final paper. You will identify a topic area and develop a problem- or issue-related topic within that area of interest. As you develop this specific topic, keep in mind that your eventual goal is to formulate and present a solution to the healthcare issue or problem you identify.

Your topic proposal should include the following items and address the following:

Describe the topic you wish to pursue.

· It may be somewhat broad at this point and it may imply a problem. Use the resources in your course materials to help you search for ideas.

Identify your purpose: Why are you interested in this topic? (Narrow your topic.)

· Specifically explain what it is that fascinates you or draws you to this topic.

· Clearly describe the topic’s relevance in the field today.

· Identify a purpose for a paper on this topic:

. What might you accomplish in exploring this problem?

. What is your intended goal?

2. To evoke change

2. To make new connections (new cause and effect)

2. To introduce a new theory, solution, or idea

. Is this goal realistic?

Identify a problem within the topic and draft a problem statement. (It will likely evolve and be revised as you progress through your research.)

· Identify a problem related to your topic and state it.

· The problem statement should be specific and indicate the focus of your final paper.

. Not too narrow, not too broad

. Intellectually challenging (a simple solution is not apparent)

· Who would benefit from a solution to this problem (who is the target population)?

Your paper should be 1–2 pages. Adhere to APA Style throughout.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Week 3: Database Searching, Synonyms, and Booleans for the Mathematical/Analytical Perspective of Inquiry (Weekly Written Assignment)

This assignment on database searching will help you prepare for your first perspectives paper. It is recommended that you complete this assignment first. This assignment will help you refine your database search based on your research questions for the mathematical/analytical perspective of inquiry. (You are not required to complete this document for the scientific perspective of inquiry, but you may choose to do so for your own purposes.)

Week 3: Scientific and Mathematical/Analytical Perspectives of Inquiry Paper

Compose a focused paper that explains and describes your healthcare issue/topic from the scientific and mathematical/analytical perspectives of inquiry. (You will cover two perspectives in one paper.)

Address your general topic by forming and answering two levels of research questions for each inquiry.

· Choose a “Level 1 Research Question/Writing Prompt” from both of the lists below to answer in the paper.

· Compose a “Level 2 Research Question/Writing Prompt” for each kind of inquiry that provides detail, specificity, and focus to your inquiry, research, and writing.

· State your research questions in the introduction of your paper.

· Answer each research question and support your assertions with evidence (research) to form the body of your paper.

· In the conclusion of the paper, briefly review the issues, research questions, answers, and insights.

Your paper must be five pages in length and reference four to six scholarly, peer-reviewed resources. Be sure to follow current APA Style formatting standards (spacing, font, headers, titles, abstracts, page numbering, etc.).

Week 4: Ethical and Cultural Perspectives of Inquiry Paper

Compose a focused paper that explains and describes your healthcare issue or topic from a cultural and ethical perspective of inquiry. (You will cover two perspectives in one paper.)

Form and answer two levels of research questions for each inquiry to address your chosen topic.

· Choose a “Level 1 Research Question/Writing Prompt” from both of the lists below to answer in the paper.

· Compose a “Level 2 Research Question/Writing Prompt” for each kind of inquiry that provides detail, specificity, and focus to your inquiry, research, and writing.

· State your research questions in your paper’s introduction.

· Form the body of your paper by answering each research question and support your assertions with evidence (research).

· In the conclusion of the paper, briefly review the issues, research questions, answers, and insights.

Your paper must be five pages in length and reference four to six scholarly, peer-reviewed resources. Be sure to follow current APA Style formatting standards (spacing, font, headers, titles, abstracts, page numbering, etc.).

Week 5: Drafting the Abstract (Weekly Written Assignment)

This week, you will submit a draft of your final paper’s abstract. This assignment will help you draft your final paper due next week.

Complete either worksheet format below, and submit it to Blackboard for grading.

Week 6 Signature Assignment Paper: Culminating Argument

The culminating argument paper is a reordering of the first two papers with the addition of an abstract, introduction, and conclusion.

· This paper should include a newly composed introductory section and a new final conclusion section that presents your discussion of (and argument for) the solution. Your argument, or rationale, for the solution that you propose is the focus of this paper.

Your paper must:

· Be 15–20 pages in length

. Title page (1 page)

. Introduction (1–2 pages)

. Reworked informative papers (10–15 pages)

. Conclusion (1–2 pages)

. References (1–2 pages)

· Reference 12–15 scholarly, peer-reviewed resources (compiled by combining all of the references from your Perspective of Inquiry papers and any additional resources you use in this final paper.)

· Follow all APA Style formatting guidelines