Part 5: Final Project Report
For this assignment you will produce the final version of your report, taking into account all the feedback and advice you have received from your mentor.
It is important to remember that your final report is an opportunity for you to apply the safety and health knowledge and skills you have learned in this course.
Your report should be 10 to 15 pages (2500 to 3750 words), including your literature review. It should be double-spaced and should follow the guidelines outlined below. Be sure to follow accepted research approaches and citation format (APA).
Your report will be graded on the quality of analysis of your selected problem/issue, grammar and syntax, and overall seriousness and professionalism shown toward the work. (See the Final Project Rubric located within the Evaluation Rubrics section of the course website).
Organization and Format for Your Report
Your report should contain the following five sections and adhere to APA format.
Introduction
Indicates focus or purpose of review
States concepts (concept words to be defined by the literature)
Describes the organization of your sources
Indicates basis for ordering:
Most important to least
Earliest to most recent
Categories
Body
Includes quality studies relevant to the problem/issue
Uses paraphrasing rather than direct quotes for the presentation or reporting of specific findings from your search
Critiques the strengths and weaknesses of studies relevant to the problem/issue
Addresses ethical issues in an unbiased and neutral tone
Conclusion
Presents research knowledge about your selected safety and health problem/issue (what is known and not known)
Explains whether there is adequate knowledge to direct change or solve the issue
States your proposed change or solution
Identifies limitations that can arise from your change and solutions in practice or real-life environment
References Supporting the Body of Your Report
Utilizes APA format
Includes a minimum of five peer-reviewed articles from scholarly journals within the last five years
Literature Review
Includes the final version of your literature review