WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1
DUE by 23:59pm (midnight) Monday 27th April 2015 (beginning of week 7)
1000 words (tables, figures and references are not included in the word limit)
[Grade value 25%]
Assignment 1 is an individual, written paper of no more than 1000 words. Tables and figures may also be included if they help to explain your topic.
Each student will select an area of interest from the list below:
o Motor vehicle injuries
o Intentional self-harm
o Workplace injuries
o Interpersonal violence
o Falls
o Drowning
o Burns
(a) Introduce your selected topic and describe its prevalence in the Australian population with specific reference to your age and gender.
(b) Summarise, using appropriate published statistics or other references, the burden the chosen risk factor has on our society. This will be in terms of mortality, morbidity, disability and costs (if known).
(c) Explain three (3) factors which have been shown to contribute to the issue. For example: speeding is a significant contributor to motor vehicle injuries.
(c) Describe how it may affect you as a paramedic.
(d) Identify national & international recommendations related to this risk factor.
Assignment One Outline
1. Introduction
Briefly outline and describe exactly what you will be covering. Be specific and objective here.
2. Background
The background should include a summary of the issue, factors which contribute to the issue and the impact on paramedics. This should be supported with appropriate references. Your argument should be clear and concise and based on evidence.
3. Conclusion
Briefly summarise the key points made in your paper. Remember no new information should be
added in your conclusion.
4. References
A minimum of five credible references need to be used to complete this assignment. These could
include:
– Statistics and reports from government/academic websites although not fact sheets. You can go to
the original data from which a fact sheet was written (e.g. ABS, AIHW, WHO)
– Peer reviewed journal articles (located through the library databases or e-journals)
– The topic textbook
– The topic readings
It is not appropriate to use non-academic sources in this assignment (e.g. google, newspaper articles,
nonacademic websites etc).
References should be recent and up to date (within the last 5 years is a good guideline), with the
exception of landmark references (e.g. Begg S, Vos T, Barker B, Stevenson C, Stanley L & Lopez .
2007 The burden of disease and injury in Australia 2003, AIHW, Canberra).
Either Harvard or APA referencing conventions need to be followed. Please be consistent in your
referencing, that is, if you start using Harvard then all references in the Assignment should follow the
Harvard format. Marks will be deducted for inconsistency and inaccuracy.
Submission:
Your assignment must be submitted to the Assignment 1 Dropbox on FLO after it has been
submitted to Turnitin (link on FLO). Please remember to view your Turnitin report and address any
issues highlighted before you submit the final version to the Dropbox.
All assignments must be in word document format only (PDF’s or other formats will not be
accepted)
Simply submitting the assignment to Turnitin does not submit the assignment to the Dropbox for
marking, so you will need to submit the assignment to both. Your assignment will not be marked
unless it has been submitted to Turnitin.
