Assignment – Infographic: Telehealth
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Points: 100 | Due Date: Week 4, Day 7 | CLO: 4 | Grade Category: Assignments
Assignment Prompt
Infographics are visual representations of information. They can include numbers, text, images, or any combination of the three. Just as in traditional writing assignments, an infographic can take on any of the various rhetorical modes — informative, instructive, descriptive, persuasive, etc. Infographics provide quick way to convey a lot of information. For example, this infographic on Integrating Virtual Clinics conveys interesting data much more concisely than another paragraph inserted here could have:
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Students will create an Infographic on the topic of Telehealth. Students should create an infographic that is easily understood by the lay public or general population. The infographic should provide information useful to communicating the “What, Why, When and How” of Telehealth. Students may choose to focus on one or more the following suggested topic areas, however, students may choose their own relevant telehealth topic areas of:
Telehealth Versus Telemedicine
Environments or Systems
Population Health
Health Promotion and Illness Prevention
Integrative Health
Technologies and Innovation
Provider Access
Patient Access
Policy Implications
Legal Implications
Clinical Practice Issues
Education/Training Needs
Research Implications
Quality of Care
Outcome Management
Directions:
Students will select a platform (tool) for building their infographic. There are a number of great infographic platforms available online. Many are free, but most require that you do set up an account. Check out Infogr.am, Easelly, Piktochart, and Visme.
Create the Infographic using one of the above platforms.
Post completed infographic in PDF format to the D2L week four assignment link.
