SMALLPOX. Presentation.
The intention of this project is to allow students to explore a medical topic of disease and laboratory diagnosis while providing an opportunity to earn class points toward their overall semester grade. All projects are to be presented in the form of a power point presentation to the class via the “Discussion Board”. The presentation must, at a minimum, be 20 slides but may be longer. The presentation must include the citation of sources in standard format.
the topic is SMALLPOX
Items that must be covered:
- What is the disease?
- How is the disease contracted?
- When was it first discovered or diagnosed?
- How is it diagnosed, symptoms, lab tests used, etc
- What were the early forms of treatment, how were they administered and were they successful?
- What is the current modern methods of treatment? Medicines used?
- What is the patient prognosis? What is the fatality rate?
- What age group is most vulnerable to the disease?
- What is the probability of contracting the disease in the US? In other parts of the world? Where is the rate of acquiring it the highest?