This assignment gives your first experience of reading and reacting to journal literature in Allied Health Research.  Many students never realize there's a world beyond the textbooks and so it's all new to them.  You learn that in your specialty there are things printed every day that are new.  You will have to keep up to maintain your professional competency.  Journals are a resource that you can use, both here in school and when you get out in a professional situation.  The assignment is carefully sequenced with clear due dates and instructions. 

I believe that all of you, as future health care professionals, should be aware of how you can keep up on new developments in allied health and the issues that surround them.  Therefore, the objectives of this assignment are to familiarize you with the available literature in medicine and allied health.  

To meet the objectives of the assignment, you will:

·         Read and study, in detail, one current article on a topic covered in class from any of the three journals mentioned above. 

·         You will submit two assigned journal articles as Discussion Forums, and you may submit 2 or more of your own for credit in ALHE4060.  Ask the instructor if you wish to submit more than 2.

Details of What You Need To Do: 

1.       Go to the library and check out the issues of the journal.  You can also use the Internet for a resource.

2.       TIP: Most Journals publish a subject index in their December issue.  This is extremely useful and convenient when performing searches on subjects. 

3.       Look through the selected article ass well as the rest of that issue of the journal and several other recent issues to get a clear understanding of:

4.       what kinds of information is published,

5.       what audience it is intended to serve

6.       Whether references for further information are given. 

7.       Complete the Journal Article Review Form and submit by the due date. 

To receive full credit for this assignment, you must answer all questions on the review form and submit it by the due date.  Here is the information you should submit to your Research website:

Title of Journal

Article_Risk Factors for Pulmonary Barotrauma in Divers____________________________________________________________________________

Title of Journal

_______Chest___________________________________________________________________________________

Volume__112____________________________ Date ______/_____/__1997____ Page Number(s) _654-659_____________

·         What organization is responsible for publishing the journal you chose?

American College of  Chest Physicians

·         What is your overall evaluation of this article?

_____Poor          ______Fair            ______Good        _______Very Good       __X___Excellent

·         Why did you choose to review this particular article?

For my research paper in ALHE 4060.

·         How would you rate this article as a tool for teaching a student about cardiopulmonary physiology, radiography, or another allied health specialty? 

Students:               ____Poor       ____Fair       __X___Good     _____Very Good      _____Excellent

Teachers:               ____Poor       ____Fair       ___X__Good     _____Very Good      _____Excellent

Patients:                 ____Poor       ____Fair       __X___Good     _____Very Good      _____Excellent

·         Comment on the readability of this article. 

To be able to read this article , a person needs to have some medical knowledge.

·         Course Topics covered:

Pulmonary Barotrauma vs. Decompression sickness. PFTs in commercial, military and recreational divers.

·         Brief Summary:

This article covered info on the PBT vs. DCS. It also talks about pre-PFTS in divers, their injuries and how certain lung problems could be a precursor to developing PBT in divers.

·         Identify and attempt to explain three (3) terms, procedures or concepts that were unfamiliar to you when reviewing this article.

The only thing I didn’t understand was the type of CT scanner & tests they used.

·         Detail the strengths/weaknesses of this article.

Strengths: info was easy to  understand, had good lab results on divers, gave good info for divers if they think they may have a pre-existing condition for diving.

        Weakness: For me, I couldn’t identify any weakness’s

·         How might this article be useful to you in your further studies and career?

This article will give a lot of  info for physicians to look for any lung problems in divers.

·         Does the article include a list of references/citations that can be used to find more information on the topics they cover?  Yes.

·         Bradley ME. Pulmonary barotrauma.In:Davis JC, Bove AA, eds. Diving medicine. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1990

·         There are 34 more.

Your Name: Lee Ann Holbert______________________________________________ Date: __11          ____/_22_____/__2008___