Module 5 | Discussion
Instructions
1. Write a response to the discussion prompt in approximately 400 words, supported with at least one scholarly journal article, written within the last 10 years. Make sure to provide a link to the journal.
2. Include a discussion question at the end of your post for your peers to respond to.
3. Be sure to use clear, professional, respectful, and inclusive language.
4. Provide word count on cover page
Discussion Prompt
Explore the SMART App Gallery at https://gallery.smarthealthit.org/ (Links to an external site.).
• Select one app that you think is particularly interesting and describe it.
• How might patients and clinicians benefit from the features the app provides?
• What types of apps do you think would best support the health of priority communities?
How to write a good discussion question:
• Your question should be in essay question format (i.e., an open-ended question, not a true/false or multiple choice question).
• Your question should be a thoughtful one that requires your peers to think more deeply about the readings and module content.
• Your peers should be able to answer your question in approximately 200 words (one substantive paragraph).
• Your question should not ask students to regurgitate facts from the readings.
• Avoid questions such as “The authors say XYZ. What do you think?” and “Do you agree or disagree with the authors?”
• Your questions should be broad enough to open a discussion on a topic, but not so vague and general that it doesn’t get into the specifics of the readings.
Completion/Expectations
• Your assignment should demonstrate university-level critical thinking skills. Marks will be awarded for a logical approach as well as accurate content.
• Use at least one peer-reviewed, academic scholarly journal article that is less than 10 years old to support your work, in addition to the course text.
o You may use reputable government/professional websites for additional support, but they may not take the place of the journal article as a source for your paper.
o cite your sources correctly in APA style. Sources like newspapers, Wikipedia, and lay websites are unacceptable for use as a reference.
o Provide link to the article(s).
• All of the sources used in your posts must be cited correctly in APA style. You must include a correct in-text citation for all information quoted or paraphrased from other sources and place the complete citation of any works used in the References section.
• While discussions are not formal papers, you should still write appropriately and professionally when communicating with your classmates/colleagues.
• This is not a course to write summaries of other persons’ work; this is a course where you must demonstrate the ability to think critically and to apply models and theories to real-world situations.
