Written Research Project Guidelines: Select a disease or disorder to research within genetic and cancer. You will write a paper on a pathophysiological disease or disorder of your choice that relates to either the adult or child population. This assignment is an opportunity for you to explore a particular disease of interest to you. Paging through your textbooks and exploring the conditions of your clients in the clinical settings may provide ideas for topics. Its purpose is to assess your understanding and demonstrate your practical application of the pathophysiologic processes that occur in diseases. This comprehensive paper will be NO more than 10 pages in length and should include the following components: GRADING RUBRIC ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY GENETIC AND CANCER ASSIGNMENT 100 points total 15% of grade SECTION POINTS POSSIBLE POINTS EARNED Definition of the disease/disorder and the related epidemiology 15% Description of the normal physiology of the system involved 15% Explanation of the pathophysiology of the disease/disorder 15% Description of the clinical manifestations and assessments 15% Identification of the diagnostic testing for the disease/disorder 10% Explanation of the clinical management and the effect on the pathophysiology of the disease 10% APA format (title page, headers, heading, in-text citations, reference page) 10% Choose two articles related to the disease process. Articles must be less than 5 years old, from a scholarly, peer reviewed journals. 10% If writing requirements are not followed precisely, your grade on written materials may begin with a grade of 89.
