The purpose of the journal assignment is for you to practice finding, evaluating, and summarizing resources around key concepts that are presented throughout the module, which are relevant to your specific area of interest. This journal should be valuable to you; you can collect sites, resources, and readings that you find helpful to your learning.
This module will focus on the following topics that examine how our body responds, or rather adapts, to environmental toxins on a cellular level:
– Cellular adaption and neoplasia
– Infection, immunity, and inflammation
– Hematological disorders
Instructions
1. From the list of selected readings below, choose two with topics that you know the least about or are most interesting to you.
2. Then search for, read, and incorporate other readings of your choice in your area of interest that focus on cellular adaption and neoplasia; infection, immunity, and inflammation; and/or hematological disorders. You might include:
– 1-2 journal articles or websites
– Book chapters (past textbooks may be good options)
– Your goal is to have a total of at least 60 pages of content read.
3. Your summary of each reading should be at least one paragraph (100-200 words) and include the following information:
– All references must be cited using APA Style format.
– Number of pages read
– Keywords you used to find the reading
– Link to the reading
– Why you selected the reading
– Main point of the reading
– Describe how the health deviations you read about alter normal physiology.
– Provide your key takeaway from the reading. This could be something that made you pause, changed your thinking, supported your thinking, or made you question something.
