Assignments titled “Project Preparation” are due throughout the course to show your progress on the ongoing assignment.
Select any body system, disease, medical topic, or condition that interests you or that is unfamiliar to you.
Be sure to FOCUS on pharmacology in the development and final submission of this final APA paper.
Write your final research project APA paper with information according to the following:
- Include an introduction of the topic and a summary or conclusion at the end of the paper.
- A one paragraph brief description of the pathophysiology or any current evidence based research related to the topic.
- Write a paragraph or paragraphs about all medications and their classes that treat this condition.
- Information about the medications that is important to primary care prescribers and those who are medically managing the medication.
- Information that you write about can include the following elements of EITHER pharmacogenomics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of medications, the drug’s common uses, the drug’s side effects, possible adverse reactions, possible drug interactions, possible off-label uses, drug specific patient education, and possible use for special populations. DO NOT DETAIL AND DO NOT INCLUDE ALL THESE ELEMENTS. SELECT ONLY ONE OR TWO OF THESE ELEMENTS FOR EACH DRUG.
- Write a brief overview of the take away medication information that prescribers should remember.
- The submission of this final APA paper should be a minimum of 7 pages counting the title page and the reference pages, there is no maximum number of pages, but be succinct in your writing.
- Do not resubmit your topic outline that you wrote and submitted in week 5 or the annotated bibliography that you wrote and submitted in week 8 with or on your final paper submission on week 13, but use those submissions and information to build your final topic paper.
- While you are not resubmitting the topic outline or the annotated bibliography for the final project APA paper, be sure to follow the outline you submitted in week 5, and be sure to use the references you submitted from the annotated bibliography assignment in week 8 for your final paper.
- Be sure to review the faculty’s feedback on your submissions throughout this course including the project proposal, the outline, and the annotated bibliography in working towards your final APA paper and make those recommendations as changes on your final submitted APA paper.
- Do NOT submit lists or tables or bullet points for this final APA paper. Write the paper in paragraphs.
Note that you can only submit this final APA paper once and that no “re-do” is permitted after it has been submitted.
Points will be taken off the final APA paper for a late submission. Refer to the syllabus for information about late submissions.
Cite your evidence based sources appropriately on the reference page.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
