The extent to which the student presents rigorous literature background for the topic and evidence of ability to use literature to support and critique ideas..
Decide on a topic from practice. The topic might be a case study, a report on a new initiative, a discussion on a problem facing your practice area, or anything similar. The topic should be relevant to your clinical area, and you may base the article on your findings from Assignment 1. You may choose to write another literature review, but if so you must choose a different topic or aspect to that addressed in the first assessment. Select an appropriate journal for both your topic and your article style. Download the ‘Guidelines for Authors’ provided by that journal, and write your paper according to those guidelines; if they differ from the School’s requirements (eg a different referencing system), then this takes precedence over our usual rules. You must provide these instructions when you submit the paper for marking. You do not have to have your paper submitted to a journal by the time you present it for marking. Your mark will indicate the readiness of your paper for submission.
Assessment criteria:
The extent to which the student develops a logical and coherent paper suitable for publication, which articulates ideas and arguments clearly and fluently.
The extent to which the student presents rigorous literature background for the topic and evidence of ability to use literature to support and critique ideas.
The extent to which the student adheres to the appropriately chosen journal’s guidelines for professional writing. Standard descriptors for these criteria are included in the assessment rubric, located in the Assessment 3 folder in MyLO.
Task length: Depends on journal guidelines
Paper for publication
Directions
Decide on a topic from practice that you think would make an interesting journal article – the topic should be relevant to your clinical area and be negotiated with your lecturer. It might be a case study, a report on a new initiative, a discussion on a problem facing your practice area, an area of practice in which you have particular expertise or experience, or anything similar. It can even be a literature review, but if you decide to do this you must choose a different topic or aspect to that addressed in Assessment 1.
Select an appropriate journal to target your article to – you should consider both your topic AND the style of your paper. Download the ‘Guidelines for Authors’ provided by that journal, and write your paper according to these. (NB The journal requirements take precedence over the School’s usual requirements, including referencing style.) You should provide these instructions when you submit the paper for marking.
