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CCBC, CATONSVILLE BIOL109 SPRING2024

Research Assignment

Human Anatomy & Physiology is a general education course designed to assist students in the development of critical life skills. One of the goals of this assignment is to assess student competence for each of these objectives:

1. Written and Oral Communication— explain homeostasis (CCO3), describe the roles that the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems play in maintaining homeostasis and (CCO4)

2. Critical Analysis and Reasoning— integrate knowledge of the functioning integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems of the body in order to explain how the body functions as a whole (CCO6)

1. Information Literacy— find, evaluate, use, and cite sources of information (such as advertisements, testimonials, scientific articles, or medical journals) to distinguish between scientific and non-scientific information as it applies to the human body (CCO12)

2. Scientific and Quantitative or Logical Reasoning— determine the impact that physiological and anatomical changes will have on the human body (CCO9)

3. Local and Global Diversity— discuss how the anatomy and physiology of the human body is similar in all racial and cultural groups and give examples of disease prevalence between various cultural, ethnic, or racial groups (such as sickle cell anemia, heart disease, obesity, or diabetes) (CCO8)

Assignment/Task:

Working in pairs, you will choose one specific disease and create a scientific poster describing the cause(s) of the disease, the symptom(s) and physiologic effect(s) associated with the disease, treatment(s) available, and any other historical note(s) or relevant information you find interesting. This poster will be submitted online by a member of the team on or before 11:59 pm, Friday, 5/03/2024. The teams will present their research topics on Wednesday, 5/08/2024. The principal component of your poster should be an analysis of the impact of the disease on the physiology of the various organ systems of the human body. Historical, psychological, or social implications can be included as additional information, but they should not be the focus of this assignment.

Purpose:

A scientific research poster is a visual way for researchers to present information about new findings in their fields. Scientific posters are often found at research and clinical conferences where they can be used to quickly disseminate new findings that may not have been developed enough for a stand-alone research article but are still novel and will help advance the field. Because posters are limited in space and scope, scientists and clinicians must crystallize their thoughts about the research and focus on its essence. The poster you create must efficiently communicate the required information and appropriate visuals in a very confined space.

Audience:

The traditional audience for a scientific poster is highly specialized. While there are a few notable exceptions, most scientific posters are created for presentation to specific societies and groups of scientists. For the purposes of this assignment, assume the audience is other BIOL 109 students. Expect this audience to have a basic understanding of organ system physiology. Please keep in mind that these are scientific posters, and not treatment pamphlets; avoid the use of second person and casual language.

Topic Selection:

A survey document will be posted on Brightspace. The team MUST complete the survey by Monday, 3/18/2024. Rank three topics of your choosing from the list of disease topics (provided on a separate document) for approval and provide rationale for each of the topics selected. Keep in mind that the first selected topic might not be the topic assigned for your team to research upon. The instructor reserves the right to assign any topic from the three options.

Directions:

You will be designing a poster in PowerPoint. Please see the Template and specific instructions regarding working with the template. Your poster must have the following parts:

• Title: A descriptive title (usually as a banner) with the names of the participating students and their affiliation.

• Introduction: The introduction contains a very brief (1-2 sentences) summary of the disease or disorder.

• Cause(s): This section contains a brief description of normal anatomy and physiology of the organ systems involved in the disease or disorder. Also describe the cause(s) and/or risk factors associated with the development of the disease or disorder. The demographics of those who suffer from the disease or disorder should be mentioned here as well.

• Physiologic Effect(s): This section describes the specific effects that the disease or disorder has on human physiology (and potentially on the anatomy as well). Be specific in describing the disease process, drawing clear connections between the mechanism of the disorder and the observed symptoms.

• Treatment(s): This section should be used to describe methods of treatment, whether they be curative or therapeutic. Be clear about the purpose of the treatment, relating to a physiologic effect if possible.

• Further Details and Application: This section can contain additional information relating to historic, cultural, or medical implications in modern society.

• Sources cited: This section presents an alphabetic listing of all the sources that were cited in your poster. For this assignment, you must cite at least three (3) sources. You must use academically appropriate sources (not popular sources, Wikipedia, dot com web sites, dictionaries, social media, class presentations and/or PowerPoints). Sources must be cited in APA 7th edition format. In consideration of space, you can use a much smaller font for this section.

General considerations:

• Posters are visual by nature, and so the poster must have a clear and logical order and flow to it. Readers should be able to follow the information on the poster easily.

• The poster layout should utilize all the available space on the poster. Each section (excluding the title) should be separated by a heading.

• Visual aids (such as figures and photographs) are an important part of a poster, but the visuals that you add should enhance understanding of some aspect of the poster and should not be used as space filling or jokes.

• In addition to general images, you must include at least one graph or table with quantitative data on your poster; for example, you might include a table of demographic information, or a graph detailing the effectiveness of a particular treatment. All graphs and tables must be computer generated; hand drawn graphs and tables will not be accepted. Graphs must be made with graphing software such as Excel. Graphs must contain individual points/colors for different conditions, labels with units of measure on the x- and y- axis, and symbol legend. Tables should have clear categories and labels with units of measure.

• Figures (including graphs) must be consecutively numbered and titled (i.e., Figure 2: Time to symptoms onset compared to force of blow). Tables should be consecutively numbered and titled (i.e. Table 2: Time to symptom onset in student athletes hit with concussive blow).

• Posters should have a professional aesthetic to them. Glitter, joke figures, and other embellishments should be avoided.

• All visuals and font on the poster must be easily viewed when viewed in the Slide Show (the font sizes should be a minimum of 36pts).

• Your written sections do not have to be composed in paragraphs – bullet points are preferred on a poster – but they should always be well organized. Your goal is to provide thorough information that reflects your research; there is certainly a balance that needs

to be struck between being excessively wordy and overly superficial. Include your discussion script in the Notes section below your slide.

• Make sure that information within the sections is all topically united, and that the poster has an overall logical flow to its design.

• Please use a spelling and grammar check (pay attention as your word processor will not recognize most scientific terms).

• Do not overuse capitalization; most specific scientific terms are written in lowercase.

ASSIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS:

• Digital submission on Brightspace. An optional digital template will be provided for students.

• APA 7 style format and documentation for parenthetical citations and a References section.

• Minimum of four (4) academically appropriate resources (peer-reviewed, scholarly articles).

• Utilize library databases to locate appropriate sources specifically the CCBC Library Guide for Anatomy & Physiology

Grading Scheme:

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