HLTH 625 - Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

HLTH 625 Discussion Board Forums (4)

Discussion boards are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each forum. Each thread must be at least 500 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be 250 words.

HLTH 625 Journal Article Reviews (4)

The student will review 4 journal articles about a disease or topic found in the readings due in each of the even-numbered modules/weeks. The student will write a 4–5-page paper in current AMA format that summarizes the selected article and critiques the findings of the article. The paper must include at least 5 references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible.

HLTH 625 Reading Quizzes (8)

Each quiz will cover the Reading & Study material for the module/week in which it is assigned. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 10 multiple-choice and 1 short essay question, and have a 1-hour time limit.

HLTH 625 Service Project

The student will choose an organization with a focus on global health, infectious diseases in general, and/or a specific infectious disease. Once selected, 8 hours of volunteer time will be devoted to the organization and the experience will be summarized and graded in one of the 4 discussion boards described in item ‘C’ above.