Pretend you have been hired in the healthcare career of your choice. Your employer has asked you to write an article for your company’s Facebook page. This will require you to choose a healthcare-related topic, perform research, and write an article in the form of a five-paragraph essay. We will work on this article in small steps over the next five weeks. My topic is The COVID-19 pandemic
The first step that will be completed in this week’s assignment is: Creating an Outline.
Throughout the rest of this course, you will be creating an article to inform your readers of a healthcare issue that they may face and provide resources related to this issue. Your topic should be one that you think would be both interesting and beneficial for your audience to read. Have fun picking a topic that you might encounter in your future career!
Assignment Instructions
Select your healthcare topic and identify the three main ideas that you will focus on in this article.
Review “What is your topic, purpose, and audience?(this link opens in a new window/tab) ” and Interactive 1A – Who is Your Audience?(this link opens in a new window/tab) for help identifying your purpose and audience.
Research your topic. Be sure to keep track of the sources you used to gather your information, as you will have to cite them in your writing using APA formatting.
Open the EN1150 Article Template. (this link opens in a new window/tab) Click “enable editing” at the top.
Locate the portion titled, “Week 1 Assignment: Creating the Outline.” in the template you downloaded and follow the instructions.
Using the format provided, create the outline for the Facebook article.
Review “The Research Process?(this link opens in a new window/tab) ” and Interactives 1B – Credible Sources and Boolean Searches(this link opens in a new window/tab) and 1C – The Writing Process(this link opens in a new window/tab) for help identifying your purpose and audience.
