Assignment Instructions/ Description
COMM 365 - Case Study Analysis(30 points)Please read the posted illness narrative called “Case Study –Maria’s Story.” As you read it, reflect on what you’ve learned in COMM 365 so far (Chapters 1-5 and 8 specifically), as well as your own healthcare experiences. For your reaction paper, you can use the follow questions to guide your response. Don’t, however, feel limited by only these questions:1. Using concepts from Chapters 1-5 and 8 what are two things the patient did that you thought were effective and what are two things the patient could improve upon? How can the patient improve next time?(You could also focus on two concepts that caused the patient to be effective and ineffective). What would you have done in the patient’s situation? Use your COMM 365 knowledge to identify and discuss these things.2. Using concepts from Chapters 1-5 and 8, what are two things the provider(s) did that you thought were effective and what are two things the provider(s) could improve upon? How can they improve next time? (You could also focus on two concepts that caused the provider(s) to be effective and ineffective). What would you have done in the provider’s situation? Use your COMM 365 knowledge to identify and discuss these things.3. How important was interpersonalcommunication in this story? How did it play a central role? What other important course concepts, theories, models, etc. come to mind as you read this story? How/why?4. Was collaborative communication achieved in this case study? How about patient-centered care? Provider-centered care? Explain why or why not. 5. Do you think the author experienced any personal benefits/“equipment for living”by developing and sharing her illness narrative? Why or why not? Give examples. Additional information:• You can organize your paper however you like. The questions listed above are meant to help guide your response and what you could potentially focus on. Feel free to explore other ideas related to Chapters 1-5 and 8 that you find relevant.• Your paper should be in essay format (with APA title page) and 3-4 pages of main text (the best papers will be close to 4 pages in length). Please turn a hard copy in during class on the due date.• You do not need to cite any outside sources. However, you need to paraphrase and summarize concepts from the text and from class PowerPoints in your own words. If I determine that the content of your paper is too close to that of our text or of any outside source, you will receive a zero on this assignment. Please make a concerted effort to integrate book content as if you were describing it to an educated friend• Please use APA paper format (title page, running head, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins, double spaced, space removed between paragraphs). You don’t need an abstract or reference list.
Grade breakdown:• Did you thoroughly incorporate multiple concepts from Chapters 1-5 and 8(interpersonal health communication) to the case study and relate them to both the patient and the provider(s)? Did you provide some depth to your answers by correctly incorporating course concepts into how you framed the main points in your paper? (18 points)• Did you react to the story more than you summarized what was going on? Did your own voice, opinions, and perspectives come through in the paper?(8 points)• Did you organize and format the paper appropriately (3-4 pages; proper grammar, spelling, punctuation; APA format)? (4 points)
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