DEAF 484 Lecture 1: Thursday, January 25, 2018 - Introduction

When you are faced with a medical case and do not know how to approach it or have questions, what do you do? Even experienced nurses, dentists, doctors, and pharmacists will go to their smartphones and begin searching for answers. So much information is available. How do you know what information is reliable and valid? The purpose of the journal assignment is for you to practice finding, evaluating, and summarizing resources around key concepts that are presented throughout the module, which is relevant to your specific area of interest. This journal should be valuable to you; you can collect sites, resources, and readings that you find helpful to your learning.

This module will focus on the following topics that examine how our body responds, or rather adapts, to environmental toxins on a cellular level:

* Cellular adaption and neoplasia

* Infection, immunity, and inflammation

* Hematological disorders

Instructions:

Search for, read, and incorporate (3) other readings in regards to either (tumor associated inflammation in mammary cancer between humans and dogs) or (zinc and vitamin E interactions related to the inflammatory response in aging and inflammation) or both. In this area of interest that focus on cellular adaption and neoplasia; infection, immunity, and inflammation; and/or hematological disorders. You might include:

* 1-2 journal articles or websites

* Book chapters

Your summary of EACH reading should be at least one paragraph (100-200 words) and include the following information:

All references must be cited using APA Style format.

* Number of pages read

* Keywords you used to find the reading

* Link to the reading

* Why you selected the reading

* Main point of the reading

* Describe how the health deviations you read about alter normal physiology.

* Provide your key take away from the reading. This could be something that made you pause, changed your thinking, supported your thinking, or made you question something.

* In your post, respond to the following questions: How do you know that the material you have found and read is reliable? How do you know that it is valid?

Please rewrite this Memo and letter with thsi instructions.

Memo/Letter Make-Over Assignment

PURPOSE

This assignment will improve your composing and editing skillsregarding crafting routine business documents. It will also sharpenyour critical analysis abilities.

PROCEDURE

You will be given a document that is poorly written. It will beabout three-fourths to a page.

Consider the document’s purpose and audience. Analyze itsstrengths and weaknesses.

Rewrite the document, applying the principles of good businesswriting and document design that you are learning in thiscourse.

On a separate sheet, explain your rationale for making thechanges. Include your observations about the audience, stated (andunderlying) purpose(s), relationship between reader(s) and writer,organizational setting, appropriate tone, level of formality, useof jargon, and any other reasons for the changes.

WHAT TO SUBMIT

Your revised typed memo or letter

Your written analysis and rationale for eachdocument

Graded Memo Rewrite/Makeover

This assignment will be graded. Please rewrite usingcorrect writing style, tone, grammar mechanics, etc. Include youranalysis of the errors you found on a separate page.

Your staff does not like the idea of working at a distant campuson Thursdays, and you have to get them on board with this newmandated change. So, you wrote this Memo below:

To: AllStaff

Subject: Thursday Work Days at Eldridge

Date: Februay 11,2015

From: Your name, Superviser

We have had lot of people not following directions about thework day on Thursdays. All staff is to be working on the Eldridgecampus henceforth on Thursdays. You are to follow directions;disobeyance willnot be tolerated by anyone. Unless you have priorpermission to be at another campus you are to be on this campus onThursdays. The work hours are from 9am to 6pm with one hour forlunch. If you don’t abide by these directives you will be writtenup by me. When you are there you should check for neededimprovements or items or things missing to enhance this campus inaddition to using his time for planning and doing your worktask.

Bring your own latops as there is no extra computers at Elridge.The ones that are there are for that staff there.

Thanks and do adhere to these directives.

Sincerely

Your Name

Graded Letter Rewrite/Makeover

Please rewrite using correct writing style, tone,grammar mechanics, etc. Construct a letterhead. Include youranalysis of the errors you found on a separate page.

You work for McDonough Company, 2550 Lockwood Plaza, Beechnut,OH 43443. As the SeniorManager, you ordered 14 new HP laptopcomputers for your senior staff. They were to arrive on Monday,January 19, 2015, but you have not received them. You called butwere told the same thing—they are on their way. So you decided towrite the letter below.

February 11, 2015

HP Company

1440 Jones Road

Houston, TX 77033

Dear Sir

I have called your office several times and got no satisfactionI sent you a check in the amount of

$16, 689.12 for 14 Hp Model 745 laptop computer. To date, I havenot received them, and I am rather upset to say the least. The copyof my check is attached.

Your company has a good reputation but now I am questioning thatreputation. Why tell me my computers are on the way with no date ofarrival. Yet, when I contacted your Company about this order, P. O.No. 1276 I am told that they were shipped. Well if they wereshipped then why have I not received them?

I want an explanation by phone; my number is 704.678.9112. Iwant an answer no later than February 16 or I will contact mylawyer. I have ordered from your company before and have beensatisfied.

What do I have to do to get these laptops? Is it possible theywere sent else where or were stolen?

This situation has been truly annoying for the staff expectingthese laptops as well as for my business.

I want to here from you.

Regards

Your Name

Senior manager