WGU community health question

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Specializes in critical care.

So, in task 3, we are writing a paper examining the spread of an infectious disease....no problem. my question is about the "graphic representation of the outbreak's international pattern of movement or possible movement." I am a little stumped on this. and maybe I am just overcomplicating it. but, are we supposed to create a graphic illustration from scratch somehow? or get a blank world map and color it and scan it in to paste into our paper? or work some magic in photoshop? or have a series of world map pictures that are colored in where the disease is spreading representing the passage of time...... these types of graphics are easily found on the internet, but i get the feeling i am supposed to make something from scratch. ideas? as always, thanks a ton!

also, while we are on the subject of graphic representations, on task 1 we have to do this genogram thing. I found the example they have posted on the community board, and it is pretty simple looking. however, i am not artistic, nor do I know how to use a computer to assemble something like that. is there a program within my microsoft office package that allows me to lay out a graphic or something?

I am a self proclaimed genius in most areas of life, but my art skills are back down on a second grade level. ha!

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Specializes in Outpatient/Clinic, ClinDoc.

For the genogram, you can just create boxes in word and use those. There's a tool at the top of your toolbar that just looks like a box - make different size boxes and it's easy. Connect with arrows, also found in Word.

For the graphic representation.. I know some people use a mapmaker or import a map, then draw dots and arrows, etc.. I just used the boxes and arrows again. It doesn't have to be awesome, but yes, you have to make it yourself. You can use someone else's map but you need to put the path of the outbreak on it.

I think there are a couple of examples of both in the communities, but I can't say for sure. :)

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Specializes in critical care.

Thanks so much! that makes sense and makes me feel a little better. I will play around with microsoft word and see if I can figure it out.

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Specializes in critical care.

I just wanted to follow up since I submitted the task 3 paper. I figured somebody might have the same question I did and come accross this. When preparing for this paper, as my original post indicates, I guess I assumed the graphic representation had to be some sort of map. After watching the webinar (or whatever its called) on task 3, I realized that it does not have to be a map. So, I used the tools in microsoft word to basically draw boxes and insert statistical data, and connect the boxes with arrows. I just basically indicated the origins of the disease, how many people were U.S. citizens bringing it home versus how many foreigners were visiting the US and brought it with them, dropped in a picture of an airplane and a little blurb on how diseases can travel the world rather quickly, and dropped in a little generic US map at the end and wrote in some final statistics in a box underneath it. This "graphic representation" was acceptable when my paper was graded. It really wasn't as bad as I thought. And for the Task 1 graphic, I plan to do the same sort of thing.

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I have a question...how do you accomplish 90 hours community health practicum hours? I volunteer 5 hours/wk in a community health clinic but that would take me 18 weeks to meet the 90 hour requirement if I did just this clinic. How are people accomplishing this+working40hrs/wk+family?

thx! ;)

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Specializes in Outpatient/Clinic, ClinDoc.

You pick a topic that you can get done, somehow. :p I did disaster planning, which allowed me to pick up some hours on evenings and weekends. I have to admit to taking some time off work to get it done quicker, however. :) The project is meant to be more interviewing and surveying the community than volunteering in one place, although I am sure some of those hours could count, depending on your topic. People doing obesity might attend cooking classes or evening weight watchers, etc.

The WGU program expects you to dedicate 20 hours/week to studying, so just like you find those 20 hours - now you dedicate those to finding interviews and something you can do in your community. There are lots of topics - hopefully one will fit your schedule. :)

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