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Final Presentation Rubric
Effectiveness of Presentation
• Case study evolves over time (1 point)
• Creativity is demonstrated (6 points)
o Graphics are required
Content
The purpose of this project is to choose a pathophysiology topic that excites you. Pick a disease process that you want to learn more about. You will be developing a case scenario based on what disease process your“patient” has. It should be an evolving case scenario. You will need to present a brief history (think about things that might be contributing to the diagnosis) and physical (what symptoms might a patient with this diagnosis have), and then how a diagnosis was determined.
Items that need to be included in your case study are:
• History and physical (4points)
• Lab work/diagnostics (3 points)
• Medications (3 points)
• Effectiveness of treatment (medications or other treatments) (3 points)
• Other differential (similar) diagnoses (2 points)
• Pathophysiologic diagram (10 points)
• Reference page in APA format (3 points)
An example of a diagram for how asthma may cause hypoxemia is attached. Whatever topic you choose, it should go from the basic physiologic abnormalities to the patient’s symptoms. I will be happy to review these before you submit your presentation.
Here are some suggestions of diagram topics that might fit with your chosen pathophysiologic topic.
Pathophysiologic Diagram Topics – but you can come up with your own….
Inflammation/Immunology/Infection
1. How does the acute inflammatory process result in swelling and pain?
2. How do wounds heal by primary intention?
3. How does the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cause a depletion of CD4+ cells?
Cancer
1. How do gene mutations cause cancer?
2. How do cancer cells create their own blood supply (angiogenesis)?
3. How do cancer cells metastasize to distant sites?
Neuro
1. Diagram the pathophysiology of neuron death in Alzheimer Disease.
2. How does cerebral edema cause neuron injury or death?
3. How does a herniated disk cause numbness and pain in the lower leg?
4. How does a cerebrovascular accident cause cerebral edema?
Pain/Temp
1. Diagram the sensation and perception of pain signals.
2. How does an acute infectious process cause a fever?
3. How does hypothermia lead to cell death?
Endo
1. How does diabetes mellitus result in an elevated hemoglobin A1c?
2. How does autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto disease) result in low serum thyroid hormone levels?
3. How does diabetes mellitus increase a person’s risk for nephropathy (kidney damage)?
4. How does diabetes mellitus increase a person’s risk for vision problems?
Hematologic/Lymph
1. How does bleeding cause iron deficiency anemia?
2. How does dehydration result in a vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell anemia?
3. How does lymphoma result in swollen lymph nodes and weight loss?
Cardiovascular
1. How does hypertension damage the kidneys?
2. How can atherosclerosis result in a myocardial infarction (heart attack)?
3. How does heart failure result in peripheral edema?
4. How does heart failure result in pulmonary edema?
Pulmonary/Respiratory
1. How does a pulmonary embolism cause hypoxemia?
2. How does asthma cause hypoxemia?
3. How doesCOPD (chronic bronchitis and emphysema) cause hypoxemia?
Renal/Urologic
1. How does a bladder tumor result in hematuria (blood in the urine)?
2. How does glomerulonephritis result in proteinuria (protein in the urine)?
3. How does chronic kidney disease result in anemia?
4. How does benign prostatic hypertrophy result in the decreased strength of the stream of urine?
Gastrointestinal
1. How can an infection with H. pylori result in a duodenal ulcer?
2. How does Crohn disease result in melena (blood in the stool) and weight loss?
3. How does cirrhosis cause ascites?
4. How can gastrointestinal bleeding lead to circulatory collapse and death?
Reproductive
1. How can pelvic inflammatory disease cause infertility?
2. Diagram how diet can result in prostate cancer.
3. How can elevated levels of estrogen result in breast cancer?
Musculoskeletal
1. Diagram the bone remodeling process in osteoporosis.
2. How does osteoarthritis result in limited range of motion?
3. How does prolonged bedrest result in a pressure ulcer?
