For your next assignment you will write some kind of report that presents information on a subject that you feel people need to know more about. Your written report must include some kind of visual aid (chart, graph, images, etc) to enhance your readers understanding of the issue being discussed.
Your report needs to be original; it should not simply be a regurgitation of information one could easily find online. Your report must have a specific identitifiable audience and a unique purpose.
Please avoid the following topics as they are too common: smoking/lung cancer, skin cancer, obesity (unless you present a specific angle related to a specific cause–please run by me first), Physician Assisted Suicide.
To begin, think about what you want readers to know about this topic. Then consider what you already know about your topic and where you will need to go to find information to include in your report. It is important to have a list of things you want to include in your report FIRST; then go and find research/information that helps you fill in that information. Dont simply search the topic and write a report based on the first piece of information you find. Your report should not look like or contain the same information as another; rather, it should have a unique focus and purpose. The purpose of this is that YOU want to convey something specific to your readers, so you must think about what that is before you begin. This is not a research paper; this is a report of your choosing. That being said, you will likely need to do some research to write this paper. You are required to use a minimum of three outside sources, one of which must come from the Mercy library databases. For a refresher on databases, see the folder in Class Resources in your modules.
Be creative with format, headings, visuals, etc (use chapter 17 in your text as a guide); however, all reports must contain at least 500 words of text (not including words on the cover page, reference page or in charts/graphs/etc) to receive full credit. You MUST have an APA reference page that lists all of the sources you used to obtain information to compile your report with corresponding in-text citations for each source.
