Title: End of Module 3 / Beginning of Module 4
Course: HEALTH ASSESSMENT 80FA20

Good morning,

This announcement did not post yesterday. My apologies.

Great job with your discussions last week. I will have those graded along with the Sherpath assignments and case study by tomorrow. I want to be sure that you have feedback on the Case Study prior to working on the next Case Study so I will be grading those first. One big thing that students overlook is the need to provide references and sources for your answers on the case study. Every question does not have to have a reference, but most of them should. This helps provide good practice for citing references to back up your findings and responses.  We are moving right along with this first 8 weeks.

This week, we are moving into Module 4. We will cover the Peripheral Vascular and Abdominal systems. In your Sherpath assignments, you will review appropriate history taking and examination techniques for the peripheral vascular system, discriminate between normal, age-related, and abnormal findings for the peripheral vascular system and demonstrate appropriate history taking and examination techniques for the abdomen. The case study assignment will also center around the Peripheral Vascular and Abdominal systems.

We are changing focus on the Discussion Board this week to the Ethnogeriatric Case Study assignment. The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to the Ethnogeriatric Case study. Putting part of this in a discussion format will help furthering your understanding of the assignment. This was a suggestion by one of your peers from a previous cohort as part of the end of semester course reflection. It worked really well the past couple of semester and I received excellent feedback from your peers. We will use Case Study # 1 from the Ethnogeriatric assignment for this discussion. For the purposes of this discussion, please answer all questions related to ONE of the ethnic groups listed (African American, Filipino American or Hispanic/Latino American). Refer to the Ethnogeriatric Case Study assignment and complete it just as you would if you were working on the assignment itself. Be sure to look at the directions closely for this assignment. This is a great way to get feedback on this assignment and to see how your classmates approach the assignment. The last cohort asked me to identify which student(s) work closely resembled what I was looking for on the assignment. I will be happy to do the same for this cohort as long as I have 100% agreement from you all. I will check back in with you on this question.

As always, please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns. We can chat via email, phone or Zoom.  Have a great week!

Dr. Ventura