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Review of a Journal Article

Choose a full-length article from a recent issue (last 5 years) of a scholarly journal that is offered or subscribed to by the College’s library.The topic is of your choice. Be sure to provide an a hard copy of your article because you'll need to turn it in with your paper. THE ARTICLE NEEDS TO CONTAIN AT LEAST 10 DIFFERENT MEDICAL TERMS FOR YOU TO ANALIZE.

Rubric Code: Q6997W

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Subject: Health

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Journal Article Critique
	Excellent 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 1 pts
Mechanics Requirements	Excellent APA and page length (1) requirements are met and there are "0" grammatical errors or typos. Includes Title & Reference pages	Fair APA and page length (1) requirements are met and there are 1-3 grammatical errors or typos. Includes Title & Reference pages	Poor APA and page length requirements are not met. There are 4+ grammatical errors or typos. Missing Title &/or Reference pages
Summary	Excellent The article is clearly and succinctly summarized - the key points of the article are addressed	Fair The article is clearly summarized, but some sub points are addressed along with main points. The summary is not succinct, is too long or too short.	Poor The article summary is unclear or overly detailed,
Organization	Excellent Summary is well organized. Paragraphs include intro, body and conclusion resulting in good flow.	Fair	Poor Paper is not well organized, has an unclear or non-existent intro, body and conclusion.
Analysis of Medical Terms	Excellent 10-Medical Terms are spelled, analized and defined correctly on their own page.	Fair 10-Medical Terms but errors made in spelling,analizing or defining.	Poor Fewer than 10 terms spelling, analizing or definition errors made.
Article Choice	Excellent Article selected is current (<5 years), topic is specific to task. Article published in peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Copy included	Fair Article selected may be current (<5 years) or somewhat older, topic is related to task, but less specific. Article published in peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Copy included.	Poor Article is barely related to task or is grossly outdated (> 10 years). Article not from acceptable source or no copy included