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NURS1036: Cultural Perspectives on Health Assign1

30-Jul-09

Assessment 1 SP5, 2009 Helen Benzie Learning Adviser, LTU City East

Cultural Perspectives on Health

 This presentation will guide you through the process of completing the first assessment task – the Annotated Bibliography  There is also an online guide to assist you with this assessment task

Step 1 – note important details

Due date: Monday 24 August 5pm  Length: 1000 words  Assessment weighting: 20%  Task: Annotated bibliography  Summary and critique of 3 chapters

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Step 2 - locate articles

1. Eckermann et al. 2006

Cross-cultural communication and culture shock 42 pages  300 word summary

2. Papadopoulas, I 2006

The Papadopolous, Tilki and Taylor model of developing cultural competence. 19 pages  150 word summary

3. Omeri, A 2006 Transcultural nursing: the way to prepare culturally competent practitioners in Australia. 15 pages  150 word summary

Step 3 – Inserting referencing details

Harvard referencing – an author/date system 2 parts

 in-text eg (Papadopoulos 2006)  Reference list eg Papadopoulos, I 2006, Title, publisher,

place.

 For guidance use the Harvard style Referencing Guide

Sections

 Book with more than 3 Authors  Chapter in an edited book

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Step 4 - Writing the summary

Each article is quite long and the summary you write should be only 300 or 150 words. This means you will need to read, think and combine ideas into only a few sentences – it may take a few drafts. Consider questions:  What point is the author actually making?  What ideas and evidence are used to support this point?  Here is an example…

Radloff, A, Hermann, A & Fox, R 1999, Successful Learning Skills: Your guide to tertiary studies through open, distance and flexible learning, Bobby Graham Publishers, Wagga Wagga.

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