Use one of these biomedical informatics-related web pages:
https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/ta/index.html
https://www.amia.org
https://www.ania.org
https://www.aphl.org/programs/informatics/Pages/default.aspx
https://www.cdc.gov/training/publichealth101/informatics.html
https://www.healthit.gov
https://www.himss.org/
https://phii.org/
2. Describe the target readers and the discourse community/ies they likely belong to.Provide specific citation(s) to at least one source discussing discourse communities, including page number.
3. Describe the web page creators' goals.What did the web page's creators want to help these readers do? Did the web page creators achieve these goals?
4. Evaluate the web page for usefulness.Using the content from Anderson chapter 3 about usefulness (Chapter 3, 9th edition, pages 50-55), evaluate the extent to which you find the web page to be useful.
Provide specific citation(s) to the textbook and the guideline(s) in your analysis, including page number.
5. Evaluate the web page for design. Using what you read in the Wysocki PDF, evaluate how the website uses
each
of these design elements. For
each
element, describe how the website uses that element.
Provide specific citation(s) to the Wysocki text, including page number.
- Typefaces/fonts
- Color
- Graphics (photographs, charts, graphs, tables, etc.)
6. Evaluate the web page for readability.Use
https://www.webfx.com/tools/read-able/Links to an external site.
Technique
Use reader-centered writing:Adapted from Six Reader-Centered Strategies, page 15, Anderson, 9th edition
Talkwith your reader (me).
Explainwhy you are writing.
Organizeyour file to help your reader (me) quickly find the information they need. Use headings, bullet points, or numbered lists where appropriate.
Useplain language. Don'tuseunnecessary words, convoluted sentences, or sentences longer than three lines.
Do useactive voice.
Write your response as a letter to me, as if I were your boss/manager and you were following up on my request to do this evaluation. Format your response to make it easy for your boss (me) to locate the specific points I asked for.
Citations:Although this is a business letter, it is also an academic exercise. So, include proper APA citations in your text, and include the full reference at the end (you can put the references on a separate page if you wish.)
Business letter format: For information on business letter format, see the Purdue Online Writing Lab: Writing the Basic Business Letter at
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/basic_business_letters/index.htmlLinks to an external site.
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