HPE - Written assignment 2022
Heath Professional Essentials Written Assignment 2022
TASK
Task: Write an essay discussing an important issue su
ounding COVID-19
Your essay may address one or more of the following ideas, but is not restricted to these themes. The
title is deliberately
oad and you are free to include the discussion you feel is important from your
esearch.
• Will the availability of the Novavax vaccine to Australians positively influence vaccination
ates?
• Has the changing density restrictions positively/negatively influenced small hospitality
usinesses?
• How have double vax policies for staff/customers influenced the performance of small
usinesses?
• Should rapid antigen tests be free to all Australians?
• Has the Department for Education’s staged return to school and preschool been a successful
strategy for mitigating transmission of covid-19?
Aim: to demonstrate your scientific writing ability
Word Count: 1000 words (100 words over or under allowed)
Referencing Style: UniSA Harvard
Format: Microsoft Word (font Cali
i 11)
First submission: to submit a draft essay and gain constructive feedback from course coordinators
Second submission: to submit a final essay that incorporates the feedback
INSTRUCTIONS
Submission Deadlines
You will submit your assignment twice:
First submission (5% of overall grade): 1st April 11pm
Final submission (20% of overall grade): 27th May 11pm
Failure to meet these deadlines is heavily penalised as this a course on professionalism. 5% of final
COURSE grade per day for BOTH submissions.
Format
Submit your assignment as a Microsoft word document (.doc or .docx are the only acceptable formats,
eware if you are an apple mac user). Please use the Cali
i font in size 11. Please include your name
and student ID at the start of your assignment.
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Failure to comply with these instructions is heavily penalised as this a course on professionalism. Mark
capped at 50% for whole assignment.
Word Count
The written assignment is a concise academic essay of approximately 1000 words. This word count
includes in-text references and excludes the reference list.
Failure to comply with these instructions is heavily penalised as this a course on professionalism.
Minus 5% of final COURSE grade per 100 words under or over word count for BOTH submissions.
Referencing Style
For referencing any sources cited in the essay, please use the UniSA Harvard referencing system.
You must appropriately reference ALL material which is not your own as otherwise, you may be
eported for academic misconduct due to plagiarism. This includes academic references, quality
primary sources e.g. Government websites and online articles. The following li
ary links provide
examples and guidance regarding how to do this in the Harvard UniSA Style guide and Roadmap to
eferencing. These links also provide a link to Endnote which is a useful software for storing your
eferences as well as producing in-text citations and the reference list. It is not compulsory for you to
use Endnote for your written assignment but it is available as a useful resource if you wish to use it for
your referencing.
Submission Process
The links to the first and second submission will be available in assessments tab on your course page.
It is self-explanatory, just follow the instructions. Once submitted, all assignments will be
automatically reviewed by a program called “Turnitin” which compares your assignment against all
assignments in the Turnitin databases and all electronic resources such as the web or li
ary
databases. Turnitin provides a similarity report, showing a percentage for the degree of similarity as
well as highlighting the areas of similarity within your assignment.
We will review the areas of similarity and suspected plagiarism. This will form part of the feedback for
the first submission, however evidence of academic misconduct in the final submission will be refe
ed
to an Academic Integrity Officer who have the authority to fail your assignment refer you higher. For
further information, please access this link to the Turnitin Resource.
MARKING CRITERIA
Students are required to focus on the principle of having a critical approach and producing a sound
piece of academic writing, instead of focusing on what “answers” to include. In this assignment, the
assessing tutors have a greater interest in the writing process and style, than the content itself. This is
eflected by the weighting in the marking scheme (please see ru
ic below).
This task has multiple steps. An initial submission (first submission) worth 5% of the overall course
grade and the final submission, which is worth 20% of the overall course grade.
First Submission (5% of overall grade)
The purpose of the first submission is to ensure that students are engaging with the task and that they
are on the right track with regards to their approach to this assignment. The document they upload
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during their first submission must meet the minimum requirements with regards to word count and
eferencing, however it does NOT need to be the final polished product. Early submission will enable
tutors to provide feedback on areas of improvement in terms of language, style, structure which can
e acted upon, and address any issues related to academic integrity, prior to the final submission.
The marking criteria focuses more on testing professional skills rather than academic skills, as shown
elow.
Criteria Score
Completing the task on time 1%
Use of co
ect format and word count 1%
You need to achieve a ‘Pass’ standard as per ru
ic for final submission for the following three
criteria:
Content 1%
Writing style and quality 1%
Credible information sources, presented using
the UniSA Harvard referencing style
1%
Final Submission (20% of overall grade)
The quality of your final product has a much bigger impact towards your overall grade. You should
have incorporated any feedback provided after the first submission before submitting the final
version. As mentioned earlier, we are more interested in your critical thinking and academic writing
ability, instead of what ideas you wish to include in your essay.
The marking criteria focuses both on professional and academic writing skills, as shown on the next
page.
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HPE Written Assignment Marking Criteria for Final Submission
Criteria Fail
(0-49%)
Pass (P1 / P2)
(50-64%)
Credit
(65-74%)
Distinction / High Distinction
(75%+)
Score
Content
40
Very few relevant themes
covered with little discussion or
inco
ect information.
Inaccurate information
portrayed.
0-19
Some relevant themes covered
with little discussion
20-25
Multiple relevant themes
covered with detailed
discussion showing evidence
of understanding of ideas
26-29
Most/all relevant themes covered
with detailed discussion
demonstrating understanding
and application of ideas
D:30-33
HD:34-40
Writing style and
quality
40
Sentences and paragraphs lack
structure. Informal English with
multiple spelling and
grammatical e
ors.
Lack basic English language
skill.
0-19
Some evidence of structure to
sentences and paragraphs.
Attempts to use formal English
with some spelling and
grammatical e
ors
20-25
Evidence of mainly well-
structured sentences and
paragraphs. Mainly formal
English with few spelling and
grammatical e
ors
26-29
Evidence of mostly/all well-
structured sentences and
paragraphs. Consistently formal
English with very few to no
spelling and grammatical e
ors
D:30-33
HD:34-40
Credible
information
sources,
presented using
Harvard
eferencing style
20
Ideas not supported by credible
information sources with
multiple e
ors in formatting of
eferences.
Evidence of plagiarism.
0-9
Some ideas supported by
credible information sources
with some e
ors in formatting
of references
10-12
Multiple ideas supported by
credible information sources,
with evidence of
understanding different
types of information sources.
Mostly co
ect formatting of
eferences
13-14
Most/ all ideas supported by
credible information sources,
with evidence of understanding
and application of different types
of information sources.
Consistently co
ect formatting of
eferences
D: 15-16
HD: 17-20
Additional Comments:
Total:
100
Word count: For every 100 words under or over the word limit, 5% of the final marks (i.e. the final course grade) will be deducted.