“Reality Check”

HSA 6426

Guidelines for Group: “Reality Check” Question Assignments Each Group “Reality Check” Question Assignments shall include:

1. Required: A list of participating and non-participating student names.

2. Required: Complete detailed answers addressing each of the issue(s) in the selected cases using proper

English and APA Style for citations and references. The issue(s)/question(s) must be repeated in full and followed by the group’s narrative response which must include properly used and APA Style cited sources. The

references used for each issue/answer shall follow before proceeding to the next question/issue.

3. Required: More than two “External Authoritative Sources” are required in addition to the textbook for maximum points on EACH issue/question. In addition each paragraph and/or each substantive issue addressed in

an answer must have at least one “External Authoritative Sources” cited (not including the text book). It is unacceptable to have paragraph(s) or issue(s) with zero sources cited and then have one paragraph or issue to

contain all three “external authoritative sources” and the text book.

4. The assigned cases are as follows. See Course Calendar for Due Dates.

Module I – Paternalism and Breach of Confidentiality, Chapter 2 pages 17-18

Module III- Equal Pay for Equal Work in Chapter 21, pages 297-298

5. Required: A source cannot be referenced unless it was cited in the narrative answer.

6. Required: The text book must be cited just like any other source. It is not permissible to write "In the text

book..." or in the case study…"

7. Required: Any direct quote in the narrative must include the page or paragraph number in the citation.

8. Required: It is improper to place a citation/source at the end of a paragraph if material from the source appears before the last sentence in the paragraph.

9. Required: It is improper to place a citation in the middle of a sentence. One can lead with the source in the sentence but cannot use a citation within parenthesis except at the end of the sentence.

10. “External Authoritative Sources” for purposes of this course shall mean: books, peer reviewed journal articles, education and government sites as well as non-partisan national or international organizations (such as WHO,

UNICEF, UNAIDS etc) provided, the foregoing source/material selected has in text citations and references to

support statements made therein. Under no circumstances are newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, blogs

(regardless of source), editorials, panel discussions and dot com sites to be used. The foregoing are not considered

authoritative for this course.

11. Additional Guidance: I urge student to review the adobe connect session with FIU Libraries and Writing Center on APA Style formatting and contact them personally if more assistance is needed.

12. Proper Submission Required: The assignment must be posted in the appropriate Assignment Folder.

Grading Rubric:

It’s Your Gavel Group Assignments Rubric

4 – Excellent 3 – Good 2 – Fair 1 – Poor

All assigned

questions/issues were

answered in their entirety in

the students’ own words

and not a string of direct

quotes.

The submission complies

with the proper APA style

of in-text citations and

references

All assigned

questions/issues were

answered in their entirety in

the students’ own words;

however there were a few

stings of direct quotes.

The submission complies

with the proper APA style

of in-text citations and

references with minimal

errors.

The assigned

questions/issues were not

answered in their entirety;

or most of the content was

not the students’ own

thoughts - it contained an

excessive amount of direct

quotes.

The submission does not

fully comply with the

proper APA style

The assigned

questions/issues were not

answered in their entirety

and most, or if not all, of

the content was a string of

direct quotes.

The submission does not

comply with the proper

APA style

4 – Excellent 3 – Good 2 - Fair 1 - Poor

Each question/answer

response cites the text book

and MORE THAN two

external authoritative

sources.

Each paragraph and/or

issue uses MORE THAN

one external authoritative

source (not including the

text book)

Use of two external

authoritative source per

issue, question, or

paragraph.

Submission contained only

one external authoritative

source in the entire

submission.

Submission did not contain

any external authoritative

sources.

2 – Excellent 1 – Good 0.5 – Fair 0 – Poor

Submission is clear and

concise.

Submission is clear,

concise, with minimal

errors.

The submission was

somewhat clear and concise

– more than minimal errors.

The submission was not

clear and concise.

Posting and sharing completed work on third party websites:

As a student at Florida International University Health Services Administration (HSA) program, you work hard to

accomplish your educational goal/degree. Therefore, it is critical that you protect the integrity of your work. The HSA

department strongly discourages the posting and sharing of your work including but not limited to, assignments,

discussions, papers, quizzes and test answers. This includes indirectly sharing your work by posting it to a third party

website, learning platform database such as Course Hero, StudyMode, or any other external database outside of the

Canvas course. If you share your original work to any of these third party sites it is an automatic disqualification from any

publication opportunities to medical or educational journals. The HSA department prohibits use of material from any of

the forgoing sites in student submissions. Turnitin will identify such use as plagiarism and will result in a zero grade.

In addition, unless explicitly stated otherwise, all course materials are the property of FIU, faculty and their respective

copyright holders. The sharing or redistribution of any course materials to third parties is strictly prohibited.

The above actions violate Florida International University’s Academic Integrity, the Student Conduct policies and the

Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences policies of Academic Misconduct. Students who are found in

violation of these policies will be dismissed from the degree program and or University.