Purpose

The purpose of the Week 2 Disease Process Assignment Part 1 is for learners to:

• Develop professional presentation/communication skills.
• Demonstrate understanding of the risk factors for disease development.
• Demonstrate understanding of the progression of a disease from the initial injury to the defect in the tissue, organ and system functioning.
• Describe the role of the health care provider in the prevention of the disease.

Preparing the Assignment

• The presentation should include a PowerPoint presentation that contains detailed speaker notes.
• The presentation contain main heading slides that address the assignment criteria listed above.
• The presentation should contain appropriate evidence to support the information presented per APA format.
• Slides should be used as cues to topics and key concepts without lengthy sentences and paragraphs
• The presentation should contain a reference slide with all sources written in APA format