Nicotine-containing products (snus, strips) hookah (not vaporizing or e-cigarettes)

INFORMATIVE POSTER RESEARCH PAPER GUIDELINES According to the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, an informative poster is “a presentation using oral communication and a professional poster to inform, clarify, and/or review material on a specific topic. An Informative Poster Presentation is NOT original research.” In addition, “an Informative Poster presents useful and timely information in an original, interesting manner. This information may be a technique, theory, service, trend or expanded opportunity in the practice of dental hygiene and/or the broader realm of oral and systemic health. An Informative Poster should be focused, clear and concise to provide information quickly and stimulate attention and interest. An Informative Poster is not an exhibit of materials.” Students are to choose a partner to work on this assignment together. Students who are in Clinics A-D may pair up with another student from Clinics A-D (there can be ONE group of three students from Clinics A-D). Students who are in Clinics E-H may pair up with another student from Clinics E-H. During DEH 1800 Dental Hygiene 1, student pairs will choose the topic they will research for their informative poster. The topic must be selected and presented to the instructor for approval no later than Monday, January 28, 2019. Once the topic has been approved, students will begin researching the selected topic and write a scholarly paper based on their research. Informative Poster Research Paper The Informative Poster Research paper is worth 10% of the student’s final grade in DEH 1800 Dental Hygiene 1. The paper should be in a scholarly format and include at least three (3) peer- reviewed journal references (not including textbooks). None of the references can come from the Internet, unless they are from peer-reviewed journals. If a student is unsure if a reference is acceptable, the student MUST ask the instructor for guidance.

All submitted work is to be typed, double-spaced, use 12-point Times New Roman font, and have a one-inch margin. The paper must be at least 3 full pages, not including references. Citations and references MUST use APA style. The paper will be graded on the basis of style (including grammar and spelling), depth, clarity, applicability, adequacy of references, and timeliness. The paper should include the following sections:

➢ Introduction ➢ Background ➢ Discussion ➢ Conclusion

**Note: An abstract is NOT required for this paper!!

A rough draft of the paper will be due Monday, February 25, 2019. STUDENT NAMES ARE NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THE ROUGH DRAFT, ONLY THE STUDENTS’ ID NUMBERS!! Rough drafts will then be randomly passed out to classmates for critiquing; students will not critique their own paper. The first rough draft CANNOT be in outline form! Critiques of the rough drafts will be due one week later on Monday, March 4, 2019. Tardiness in returning the first rough draft will result in a five-point deduction from the reviewers’ own final paper.

A second rough draft will be due on Monday, March 25, 2019. The instructor will critique the

second rough draft. The second rough draft should be close to the final version of the paper. The instructor will write constructive critical comments on the second rough draft and they will be returned to the student via their clinic dispensary boxes on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. It is suggested that students read the constructive critical comments carefully and follow through with them. **FINAL VERSION OF THE RESEARCH PAPER WILL BE DUE MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019. LATE PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF ZERO (“0”). The final paper MUST have the critiqued first and second rough drafts stapled to it. Failure to turn these in will result in a 5-point deduction from the final paper grade for EACH missing draft. Final research papers will also be submitted to www.Turnitin.com via the course’s Blackboard website.

The instructor’s research paper grading rubric can be found on the course’s Blackboard website. The rubric includes how many points will be deducted from the paper depending on the percentage of plagiarism as reported by www.Turnitin.com. The student pairs should ensure that they are turning in their own work and not someone else’s. Each pair of students will privately critique each other’s participation within the group. Each group member’s completed group self-critique rubric MUST be turned in to the instructor when the final paper is due. Failure to turn in the completed rubric will results in a 5-point deduction from that individual’s paper grade. A rubric for group self-critique can be found on the course’s Blackboard website. During Clinic 2, the informative poster itself will be developed. Students will receive a timeline schedule for development of the poster from the Clinic 2 Coordinator during the Clinic 2 Orientation.