Writing Reports: Tips and Techniques for Students - Prof. Oscar Wambuguh, Study notes of Health sciences

Download Writing Reports: Tips and Techniques for Students - Prof. Oscar Wambuguh and more Study notes Health sciences in PDF only on Docsity! HSc 4500 – Writing Your Reports This section adopted from: Kirszner, L. G., & Mandell, S. R. (2004). The Pocket Handbook for Biology (2nd ed.). Thomson Wadsworth: Massachusetts. Eliminate non-essential words (deadwood) There were many factors that influenced his decision to work with the County health department. Many factors influenced his decision to work with the County health department. Any student who is looking for an internship can try elderly care centres. Any student looking for an internship can try elderly care centres. In this article I will be discussing the factors making teens more vulnerable to bad lifestyle habits. This article discusses the factors making teens more vulnerable to bad lifestyle habits. In my opinion, I believe students should not be penalized for missing lecture. Students should not be penalized for missing lecture. As far as I am concerned, this course does look interesting. This course looks interesting. The internship basically offered me an opportunity to find out what I wanted to do in my career. The internship offered me an opportunity to find out what I wanted in my career. Elderly people are likely to feed poorly due to the fact that many have low or no appetites, have ailments that affect their ability to cook or they are simply exhausted. Elderly people feed poorly because many have low or no appetites, have ailments that affect their ability to cook or they are simply exhausted. The reason I am doing this is because I want to experience how working in a hospital feels. I am doing this because I want to experience working in a hospital. Literature Review Weave paraphrases and summaries of source material smoothly into your paper and show the relevance of your sources to the points you are making. Vary verbs you use to rephrase authors’ ideas: Discloses Suggests Concludes Insists Predicts Reports Admits Explain Believes Concurs Affirms Indicates Comments Implies Notes Proposes Indicates Summarises Illustrates Acknowledges Examples: After school programs are very important to adolescents. Walker (2004) found out that most adolescents are likely to make poor lifestyle choices if they have nowhere to go after school ends. According to Walker (2004) most adolescents… Most adolescents are likely to make poor lifestyle choices if they have nowhere to go after school ends (Walker, 2004). Avoiding Plagiarism Plagiarism is presenting another person’s ideas or words - either accidentally or intentionally- as though they are your own. Provide documentation for all direct quotations and every opinion, judgment and insight of someone else you have summarized or paraphrased. Document tables, graphs, charts & statistics. * Certain information need not be documented: common knowledge (information that is generally known). Enclose borrowed words in quotation marks: Original: Most adolescents are likely to make poor lifestyle choices if they have nowhere to go after school ends (Walker, 2004). Plagiarism: Walker points out that if they have nowhere to go most adolescents are likely to make poor lifestyle choices (2004). Even though you document the source of this information, you have used the exact words without placing them in quotation marks. Correct using quotation marks: Walker points out that if they have nowhere to go “most adolescents are likely to make poor lifestyle choices” (2004, p4). Correct Paraphrase: Walker states that if they have nowhere to go many adolescents increase their chances of making uninformed lifestyle decisions (2004).