Final Project: Pathogens and Health
Unit Outcomes addressed in this assignment:
Discuss standard methods used in the field of microbiology
Explain Human/microbe relationships
Analyze virulence factors of pathogens including public health importance
Course Outcomes assessed with this assignment:
HS320-6: Analyze the role of microbes in human disease and public health.
GEL-1.02: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
Discuss standard methods used in the field of microbiology
Explain Human/microbe relationships
Analyze virulence factors of pathogens including public health importance
Course Outcomes assessed with this assignment:
HS320-6: Analyze the role of microbes in human disease and public health.
GEL-1.02: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
You work for the public health department, and you have been asked to create a presentation that analyzes the role of any chosen pathogen in human health and disease and public health.
Choose one pathogen to analyze and create a PowerPoint presentation that analyzes the following:
Appropriate microscopic, cultivation, and non-cultivation methods used for the identification of the chosen pathogen.
Discussion of the chosen pathogen’s reservoir, mode of transmission, and susceptible host.
Analysis of the virulence factor(s) of the chosen pathogen.
Prevention strategies and treatment strategies.
Requirements
PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of 9 slides (not including title and reference slides). Be sure to include introduction and conclusion slides and detailed speaker’s notes below each slide.
Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.
Follow APA style format.
Include a minimum of five references, one of which should be your textbook. All internet sources must be original articles or government resources. Wikipedia or other non-peer reviewed resources are not acceptable.
Include a title slide and reference slide.
Use APA style for all citations.
Refer to Academic Tools for APA resources.
Submitting Your Final Project
Save your assignment in a location and with the following naming convention: username-HS320-section-unit9-Project.doc (username is your school username, section is your course section). When you are ready to submit it, go to the Unit 9 Assignment Dropbox and submit.
Unit 9 Assignment Grading Rubric