From: Jason Valentin

To: Dr. Leslie Bruce

Subject: Recommendation Report
Date: 11/20/2014
Citation Style: APA format

Abstract
Students today lack the necessary skills to be successful in the Health Science workforce. This
may be attributed to CSUF not implementing certain genres (of ?) necessary for success. This
recommendation report analysis analyzes the most important genre (research report) and its the
conventions within. Due to insufficient evidence, this research cannot conclude that another class
is needed because CSUF is implementing research report writing in upper division courses. Instead, it recommends . . .? Also, health science professional at CSUF do not feel a specific
health science class is needed.
Introduction: use consistent format for headers. Which? Students are graduating without the
necessary skills needed for their future career path. This can be attributed to lack of classes at
CSUF with the necessary skills for health science majors to be successful in the health science
workforce. This recommendation report will explore the most important genre for health science
students and will recommend an implementation of this genre into the current CSUF English requirement. Name the genre and say why its important in your field (rationale).
Methods
This research was conducted to examine whether health science students were prepared with the
proper genre in their field of study. The following steps were conducted to investigate the best
soothed ? genre for health science majors.
I. Surveys/ Interviews

A group of Health Science (H.S.) professionals and faculty were interviewed with
a series of questions regarding genres within Health Science professions.The questions
discussed the following criteria: most important genre, most used genre in H.S., how
prepared were students after college for this genre, how often this genre was used after
college, and does a new writing class need to be developed. OK
II. Course Catalog
Upper division English graduation requirements for Health Science majors were
examined within the 2014 catalog. Two classes were identified as the only two options
for English requirements: English 301, and English 360. Health Science 475 was also
examined to see if they may possible be candidates to expand the upper division English
requirement to satisfy H.S. majors. OK
III. Research
More research was gathered to identify which genre was mostly used within
Health Science career fields. This research yield a variety of results due to the the broadness of Health Science. Instead of doing a complete research on Health Science, the focus was on Public Health to minimize the focus to one most crucial genre used today.
Good ideaname a helpful source or two (specifics)
IV. Conventions of Genre
The conventions of this genre was then examined to further understand the importance of it. Conventions of this genre is also crucial to examine the use and implementation for future H.S. majors. This may identify whether a whole new class needs to
be developed, or whether another class can be substituted for one of the two English
graduation required classes.

Results
I. Surveys/Interviews
A group of five Health Science professionals and professors were interviewed or given a
survey to complete via email to determine the best genre for Health Science majors (sounds like
methods). The genre was chosen based the most frequently chosen genre by the interviewees.
Some of the answers were either too broad due to the diversity of health science majors, or had
mixed results. See Appendix for statistical results. Need to summarize them for readers here,
then point to appendix for greater detail/chart.
II. CSUF Course Catalog
English 301: This class is meets the upper division writing requirement for non-English majors.
It focuses on rhetoric and development of individual style. It does so by focusing on diction, audience, emphasis and persuasion.
English 360: This class is for open for all students trying to fulfill the upper division requirement. It focuses on professional rhetorical situations, genres and styles. The purpose of this class
is to understand professional writing and how to design, edit, outline, process explanation. The
main genres for this professional writing includes reports, proposals, memos and letters (CSUF,
2014).
Health Science 475: This class is specific to health science majors and incorporates planning
research, and evaluation. It allows health science students to analyze and plan research that is
applicable to health professionals, and serves as a health measurement status tool at individual,
community, and national levels (CSUF, 2014).
III. Research

Research was conducted on the types of genres used within health science professions.
However, due to the broadness of health science, not one genre was able to be identified as the
best or most used.but say youll be writing about one for the purposes of this assignment? Instead, the format and audience seems to be more important (APUS, 2014). One of the most important aspects of writing within health professions is the audience to which these findings address (Park, 2011). The audience for public health tends to be either the pubic or other health
professionals. This includes writing research reports so other professionals are able to understand
the research conducted. Additionally, American Psychology Association format seems to be the
most acceptable format for public health. Most peer reviewed research reports articles are written
in this format.
IV. Conventions of Genre
Research reports follow a specific model that serves as a template for the scientific
method approach. First, before any research can be conducted there is one main thing that
needs to be address. This is known as a hypothesis and is the first step to the scientific method
(Scientific Method, 2014). A research report revolves on the research hypotheses through certain
conventions. Furthermore, conventions in a research report also allow the reader to skim through
and pinpoint vital information without having to read the whole report. They also allow the researcher to replicate the experimentThe research report includes the following conventions:
Abstract: The abstract summarizes the entire research report. The goal of the abstract is
to give the reader a quick and brief view of the research conducted. It includes key
points of the introduction, methods, results and analysis. When the reader reads the abstract, he/she should understand what the whole research was about. For this reason the
abstract is written after the research was conducted. Cite your source!

 Introduction: The introduction gives a basic background of the topic and also introduces the hypothesis. The introduction allows the reader to understand why the research is
being conducted. Cite your source!
Methods: This section discusses how the research was conducted. It also describes
what groups, samples, or population being used and any other variables associated with
samples, and how these samples were gathered. This section is very specific and detail
in order to allow future research to be duplicated. Under this sections any special
equipment of specific treatment ideologies are also acknowledged. Cite your source!
Results: Results in the research report gives only quantitative data. This means there is
no interpretation of the findings but only raw data associated with the findings. The results section includes charts, graphs, and any other form of statistical representation.
Cite your source!
Discussion: All interpretation of the data collected in the results is done in this section.
The discussion also includes any bias information, limitations on the research/ experimentation, and any other recommendation for future research. People who seek to do
future research focus on this section because future research can be conducted by addressing the limitations on the previous. Cite your source!
Conclusion: The conclusion summarizes the whole research and includes and recommendations for future projects as well as acknowledgments for the research. Cite your
source!
Missing Conclusion
Recommendation

Based on the responses of interviewers one and interviewer three, no further classes
needs to be implemented (Interviewer 1 and Interviewer, 2014). Most of the Health Science upper division classes implement the research report genre in APA format This is the first time
youve mentioned that most UD classes teach the research report. You need to add that to your
methods (how you found out), your results, your conclusions (missing here), and then build this
recommendation.
Appendix

This chart represents the responses given to health science professionals discussed in the Results
I. Surveys/interviews section.
Genre

Mostly Used in
Public Health?

Mostly used in
Health Science
Career?

Used or taught
within the H.S.
department?

New class needed?

Interviewer 1

10

Interviewer 2

10

Interviewer 3

10

10

Interviewer 4

10

Reference
California State University Fullerton. . 2012-2014 University Catalog. Fullerton, CA: Titan
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Elements of the Scientific Method. (2014, November 14). Scientific Method. Retrieved November 14, 2014, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method#Elements_of_the_scientific_method.

http://apus.campusguides.com/programstyleguides
Interviewer 1, CSUF Health Science Advisor and Professor, California State University Fullerton. November 4, 2014.
Interviewer 2, CSUF Professor of Health Science, California State University Fullerton, November 4, 2014.
Interviewer 3, CSUF Professor of Health Science, California State University Fullerton, November 4, 2014.
Interviewer 4, CSUF Professor of Health Science, California State University Fullerton, November 4, 2014.
Park, H. (2011). Patient Safety, 2nd Edition. American Journal Of Health-System Pharmacy,
68(23), 2302.