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Caregiving

and

Medicine (Writing for Health Care)

ENC 2451 87742 (GW)

Tues & Thurs: 9:25-10:40

Fall 2021 – 8/2117

Prof. Chris Gabbard, [email protected]

BA & MA, San Francisco State University (1993); PhD, Stanford University (1999)

Office hours: TBA. Office hours will be in person or by Zoom, depending on the student’s preference.

PLEASE, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BY EMAIL OR CANVAS BEFOREHAND! If you cannot meet me

during my regular office due to a scheduling conflict, let me know, and we will work out an alternative time that

works for you. Email me with questions that require brief responses. For longer matters, email me to schedule

an appointment.

Schedule of Activities: Go to p. 8 of this document.

Course description: This course has three areas of concentration:

• First, it teaches the protocols of an APA paper. Students will select a cutting-edge medical or health

topic that interests them, research the current scholarly literature about it, and deliver their findings in an

APA-formatted paper.

• Second, the course helps students prepare for the TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills), which is

required when applying for the Nursing program. One quarter of the TEAS is devoted to grammar and

mechanics, and this class will help students do well on that portion by covering the basics of grammar,

mechanics, and style.

About the course’s focus on grammar, here is a testimonial from student Leah Barrington (Sp.

2014):

“[Y]esterday was my second attempt at the TEAS (test of essential academic skills). It’s

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considered to be the nursing entrance exam. It is divided into four parts, one of which

being English/grammar. My first attempt was the first day of this class. I scored an 81%

on the English/grammar section. Your grammar lessons are good in more ways than you

may have thought. The results of yesterday’s English/grammar section [TEAS] was a

100%. This truly helps in my fight to get into the UNF Nursing Program. Thank you so

much.” Leah graduated with a BS in Nursing in August of 2016.

• And third, in the wake of the pandemic, caregiving has taken center stage in the cultural conversation

and national policy agenda. No wonder: more than 50 million Americans serve as unpaid family

caregivers, most with little preparation or structural support and at great personal risk. This course will

explore what caregiving means and why the issue is reaching crisis proportions.

Required texts and program:

1. Microsoft Word—your software program must be capable of submitting assignments with a .doc or

.docx suffix. Pages, pdfs, Google docs, and everything else will not be accepted. UNF students are now

able to download and install Microsoft Office ProPlus desktop applications AT NO COST. To find out

how, go to https://www.unf.edu/its/services/Student_Advantage.aspx

2. Kate Washington, Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America. Beacon Press, ISBN-13:

9780807011508, 2021.

Student Learning Outcomes specific for ENC 2451: by the end of the semester, the student will be able to:

1. produce writing that clearly addresses audiences and purposes;

2. identify and use relevant and reliable source materials; and

3. compose documents that adhere to generally accepted standards of English usage and stylistic standards

of a discipline-specific writing task.

Grade components:

• Reading quizzes 10%

• Grammar quizzes 15%

• Reading questions 10%

• Final exam (3 parts, all online) 15%

• APA research paper (writing with revisions) 50%

o Early stages

Research question and hypothesis (provisional answer) 0%

Working bibliography 0%

Annotated bibliography 0%

o First round

Summary of one scholarly article (1st writing assignment) 5%

Introduction 6%

Method 1%

Results 6%

Discussion 7.5%

o Final version (Abstract, Into, Method, Results, Discussion, References) 24.5%

100%

Grade scale: Grades will be assigned by the following scale:

100 – 94.0% = A 93.9 – 90.0% = A- 89.9 – 87.0% = B+ 86.9 – 84.0% = B 83.9 – 80.0% = B-

79.9 – 77.0% = C+ 76.9 – 70.0% = C 69.9 – 60.0% = D+/D/D- >59.9% = F

UNF does not allow for giving C- grades in a class.

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Military: Military and veteran students may need physical, emotional, and academic accommodations. For

more information, go to https://www.unf.edu/military-veterans/

Service animals: Faculty, students, and staff often employ assistive devices in the form of wheelchairs, canes,

technology, and service animals. Students are asked to recognize that these technologies are an extension of the

disabled person. Students should not interact with these technologies without the disabled person’s permission:

in particular, students should refrain from socializing with service animals unless their handlers give

permission.

Student health / wellbeing: The UNF counseling center can help students who are having difficulties

managing stress, adjusting to college, or who are feeling sad / hopeless. You can reach the counseling center at

http://www.unf.edu/counseling-center/ or by calling (904)-620-2602 during and after business hours for routine

appointments or if you or someone you know is in crisis. Crisis appointments available.

The Victim Advocacy Program: The Victim Advocacy Program provides confidential crisis intervention

services to anyone in the UNF community impacted by crime or victimization. Services offered range from

emotional support to assistance navigating the criminal justice system. The Victim Advocacy Program is

located in Founders Hall, Building 2, Suite 2100. Students may contact the 24-hour Crisis Helpline at (904)

620-1010. For more information visit http://www.unf.edu/womens-center/Victim_Advocacy.aspx

Tracking grades on Canvas Throughout the semester, students can go into Canvas and check the grades they

have received for various assignments.

Keep a copy of all communications and submissions: Students should save copies of everything they send me

instructor and submit to Canvas. Also, it is a good practice for students to keep copies of everything I send

them.

Course description/Syllabus disclaimer: While the course syllabus is as accurate as possible, information in

the course description and syllabus may be changed as necessary by the instructor to suit the educational needs

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http://www.unf.edu/counseling-center/

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of the students enrolled in this course. Other than competencies, elements of the syllabus may be subject to

adjustment.

Canvas Support for Students

UNF Helpdesk

o Phone: x. 4357

o Email: [email protected]

o On Campus: First floor of Carpenter Library, around the corner from the checkout desk

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy.

I aim to make our learning community as inclusive

as possible and welcome discussion about how I

can promote your full participation in this class. If

you come across materials that are not accessible

to you, or experience a barrier to your participation

in this class, please bring this to my attention.

Please note that I make assignments available as

far in advance as possible so that you can plan to

give yourself as much time as you need for each

assignment.

If you have a disability, I welcome and encourage

the opportunity to informally discuss your needs in

my office hours or by appointment. If you prefer,

feel free to bring a friend or advocate to your

meetings.

In addition, I would encourage you to contact UNF’s Student Accessibility Services (SAS) center located in

Building 57, Room 1500. Contact the SAS by phone at 904-620-2769, by email at [email protected], or visit

SAS website at https://www.unf.edu/sas/ It can take time to implement accommodations, so if you plan to

request them, I urge you to do so within the first two weeks of class. If you have not yet registered with SAS,

considerable additional delays are likely. I understand that securing formal accommodations may be

inaccessible or present additional barriers to you. If you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to

reach out.

GUIDELINES AND POLICIES OF ENL2012

Attendance policies

1. NO MORE THAN FOUR ABSENCES (assuming that contracting COVID on your part or

mine does not enter the picture—see #4 below). Classroom, attendance is mandatory. I will take role

at the beginning and the end of every session. You will be allowed (4) automatic absences. These

absences are for sick days. If you exceed the number (4), then, at the end of the summer A session, your

overall course grade will diminish by five (2) points for each extra class you are missed. If you miss four

(7) classes, you will fail the course—regardless of your course average on completed work.

2. DO NOT SUBMIT A DOCTOR’S NOTES OR OTHER FORMS OF MEDICAL

AUTHENTIFICATION: Do not submit doctor’s notes or other forms of medical authentication to class

to cover absences. You are allotted four (4) absences without penalty (see above) whether or not you can

produce a doctor’s note. In summary, if you already have used up all of your allotted absences and then

becomes ill, a doctor’s note will make no difference. However, if you have a serious health issue and/or

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disability, contact me, and we will figure out together what to do.

3. IN THE EVENT OF A SERIOUS CRISIS CAUSING YOU TO MISS A NUMBER OF

CLASS SESSIONS: If a serious health or family crisis develops in which you anticipate that you will

acquire more absences than the four (4) absences allowed, you must contact me by email or Canvas

ahead of the bulk of the absences. In other words, I need to be informed about why these absences are

likely to accumulate before they accumulate. If you have a good reason why you cannot inform me

beforehand, you still need to contact me in the early stages of the accumulation of absences. For

example, if you are injured in a car accident, you must contact me as soon as you are able, explain what

is happening, and give a rough estimate concerning when you hope to be back in class. If you are

unable to contact me, a friend, family member, fellow student, or acquaintance must do so. I then will

communicate by phone or Zoom with you to assess whether you can successfully complete the course,

given the loss of class time. Communicating with me after the fact, that is, after most or all of the

absences have been accumulated, means you will fail the course.

4. REWARD FOR GOOD ATTENDANCE: Students who miss no more than one (2) class sessions

will receive a boost to the overall course grade of 3 points. In many cases, this boost gives a lift of half a

grade (i.e., from A- to A). There is one restriction—the 3 points will not be applied in the event that

these points make the difference between failing and passing the course. To pass, you must earn a 70.

5. YOU MUST BE MORE THAN JUST PHYSICALLY PRESENT: I’m the type of professor

who calls on students. I do this because I want you to find your voice.

Arriving late or leaving early: Enter the classroom on time. If you repeatedly arrive late, you and I will have

to have a little chat. If you must leave the class early, tell me why.

Civility policy:

• Regardless of the quality of his or her work, the student who is egregiously disrespectful to me, the

instructor will fail the course. The chair of the English department (Dr. Cartwright) and / or the dean of

the College of Arts & Sciences (Dr. Rainbolt) ultimately will determine what constitutes “egregiously

disrespectful” behavior.

• Disruptive Communications, definition:

o communications that disrupt the learning environment

o use of profanity and/or insulting or harassing remarks in email, discussions, chat, text, telephone

communications, or social networking sites associated with UNF.

• Lack of civility includes making hostile statements regarding groups of people regardless of whether a

representative of the group is enrolled in the class. Lack of civility toward fellow class members will be

reflected in the final grade.

Formatting papers

T1 Margins: On both sides, left and right, and at the top and bottom, the margin should be no narrower or

wider than 1 inch.

T2 Pagination & last name: The student’s last name and the page number should appear at the top (using

the header/footer function on Microsoft Word), on the right side, on all pages (the first page and those

following it).

T3 Left justification: All lines should be left justified throughout the paper except (1) centered items (2) the

last name and page number in the header, and (3) the “hanging indent” lines in the “Works Cited.”

T4 Do not double justify both margins: Do not justify on both the left and right margins because doing so

screws up the spacing between words.

T5 Header information: On the first page, locate the four lines of identification information in the left-hand

corner and single space them. Do not use the header/footer function for these four lines. The

identification information consists of four items: student’s name, the course number (ENC2451), my

name (Prof. Gabbard), and the due date. Again: single space this information. Here is an example:

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Shelby Lewis

Prof. Chris Gabbard

ENC2451

Sept. 5, 2021

Then, double space down from the date to either the title or the first line of the assignment (if a title is

not called for).

T6 Double space all lines: After the header information (described above), double space every line in the

paper—including everything on the “Works Cited” page. The only exception to this rule is the

identification information on page 1 in the upper left corner—single space those four lines, but nothing

else (see T5 above).

T7 No extra space between paragraphs: Begin each new paragraph with a one-tab indentation from the left

margin. No extra space should appear between paragraphs and between Work Cited entries. If extra

space appears with each new paragraph (no matter what you do to try to make the extra space go away),

go into “Format,” then “Paragraph,” then “Indents and spacing,” and put a check in the box for “Don’t

add space between paragraphs of the same type.”

T8 Type size and font: Use a 12-point type size and “Times New Roman” as the type font. Remain

consistent throughout: do not switch around with fonts or type sizes. Only use one font and one type size

throughout the entire paper. Never inflate the type size above 12, for anything, anytime, anywhere,

including with regard to titles and headings.

T9 No bold type, no underlining: Never use bold type, and use Italics only when Italics are called for: do not

underline anything, including titles and headings.

T10 Type color: Use black only.

T11 APA Style Guidelines: All assignments must be formatted according to APA Style guidelines. Do not

assume that the reference-generating software or site you are using is accurate. You must check each

item to make certain that it includes all information, does not contain extraneous punctuation, and so

forth. For guidance, go online to Purdue Owl, APA Style.

T12 Works Cited: Works Cited should appear on a separate page at the end of your document. The phrase

“Works Cited” (or “Work Cited” in the event that only one item needs to be entered) should be centered

one inch below the top of the paper and should not be enhanced with quotation marks, Italics,

underlining, inflated type size, alternate font, or anything else. The first entry should be double spaced

down from the “Works Cited” title and be formatted in accordance with APA Style guidelines. See T10

above. Double space everything in the works cited, and use the “hanging indent” (meaning, second and

subsequent lines of each entry must be indented one tab space).

Fatal error policy: If a written class assignment contains so many grammatical, mechanical, stylistic, and/or

proofreading errors that it becomes impossible to read, the assignment will be returned to the student. The

student must go (online) to UNF’s Writing Center for help from a tutor and then resubmit the assignment.

Deadlines: If you need an extension on a deadline, ask for it 24 hours or more BEFORE the deadline. I will not

accept any work after the deadline unless an extension has been requested and granted. If work is sent to me

after the deadline, I will write back and simply say, “That train has already left the station.”

Grades through email prohibited: Instructors in Florida cannot legally disclose or discuss grades through

email.

Controversial texts: A note regarding controversial or “offensive” texts. I don’t ask you like or agree with

assigned texts, but I do require that you read them closely and demonstrate your understanding of them. You

may NOT substitute an alternative text for a required one that you find offensive.

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Fragrances: please do not to wear strong fragrances (perfumes, powerfully scented lotions, etc.) to this class.

Some people have allergies to strong scents.

E-cigarettes: Smoking e-cigarettes is prohibited in the classroom during the class and before the class begins

and after it ends.

Continuity of Instruction: In the event of disruption of normal classroom activities due to an emergency such

as hurricane, pandemic, or some other unforeseen event or combination of events, the format of this course may

be modified in order to enable completion of the course requirements. If this happens, you will be provided an

addendum to this syllabus that will supersede this version. It is your responsibility as a student participant to be

proactive during any emergency to find instructions that I will post on Canvas, which you should check daily.

Recording class sessions: Students may, without prior notice, record video or audio of a class lecture for a

class in which the student is enrolled for their own personal educational use. A class lecture is defined as a

formal or methodical oral presentation as part of a University course intended to present information or teach

enrolled students about a particular subject. Class lectures may be presented in person, via videoconferencing

platforms such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom, via pre-recorded materials hosted in Canvas, via a video- hosting

platform such as YouTube, or any other means of providing the lecture.

Recording class activities other than class lectures is prohibited, including but not limited to lab sessions,

student presentations (whether individually or part of a group), class discussion (except when incidental to and

incorporated within a class lecture), facilitated discussions such as in a seminar, clinical presentations such as

patient history, academic exercises involving student participation, test, or examination administrations, field

trips, and conversations between students in the class or between a student and the faculty member. Recordings

may not be used as a substitute for class participation and class attendance and may not be published or shared

without the written consent of the faculty member. Failure to adhere to these requirements may constitute a

violation of the Student Code of Conduct.

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Activities /Assignments Schedule Key

Red = assignment due / Q = reading quiz / RR = reading response question

First Week (Aug. 23-29)

Aug. 24 (T):

• First week questions

• Syllabus & course policies explained

• Daily questions explained (due each day a reading is assigned by 7:30 a.m.)

• Daily reading quizzes explained (due each day a reading is assigned by 9:25 a.m.)

• Grammar/mechanics quizzes explained

• “The TEAS”: Test of Essential Academic Skills

• Library visit on Thursday, Sept. 2nd. Go to 2102-B in Carpenter Library. Attendance is mandatory.

(You will NEED this information to succeed in this course!)

Aug. 26 (Th): Q1 & RR

• Thomas Hobbes, Chapter 13 (abridged) from Leviathan (1651)

• Hobbes: short excerpt from Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society (1651)

• Alexis de Tocqueville, short excerpt from Democracy in America (1835)

• State of Nature (Encyclopedia Britannica)—you only need to read the first paragraph, but read the rest if

you wish

• The following are neither on today’s quiz nor subject to today’s question:

o APA Research assignment explained

Research question and hypothesis (provisional answer) due to Canvas by noon,

Wednesday, Sept. 15th

Research paper due by 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14th

o Final exam covers three areas: (1) grammar and mechanics, (2) a concision exercise, and (3)

course readings [Hobbes, Engster, Kittay, Washington]. Exam portals open from 9-10:50 a.m.,

Monday, Dec. 13th

Aug. 27 (F):

• First week questions, due by 10 a.m.

Second Week (Aug. 30-Sept. 5)

Aug. 31 (T): Q2 & RR

• Daniel Engster, “Care in the state of nature: The biological and evolutionary roots of the disposition to

care in human beings.” Care Ethics and Political Theory, Oxford UP, 2015, 227-231.

• The following is neither on today’s quiz nor subject to today’s question:

o How to understand a research paper and what to look for in them (two examples)

o Seven types of clinical research

Sept 2 (Th):

• Database tutorial at library (attendance mandatory)— Sarah Moukhliss in 2102B at Carpenter.

Skip going to the classroom today and go instead to Carpenter Library, Room 2102B on 2nd floor for

library tutorial (confirmed 7.8.21)

Third Week (Sept. 6-12)

Sept. 7 (T): Q3 & RR


care in human beings,” 231-237.

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o Preparation for Grammar quiz #1 (APA Style)

Sept. 9 (Th): Q4 & RR


care in human beings,” 237-245.



Fourth Week (Sept. 13-19)

Sept. 14 (T): Q5 & RR

• Eva Feder Kittay, “When Caring Is Just and Justice Is Caring: Justice and Mental Retardation.” Public

Culture 13(3) 2001: 557-564 (stop in the middle of page, at “does justice apply to her?”).



Sept. 15 (W):

• Research question and hypothesis (step 1) due on Canvas by noon


• Eva Feder Kittay, “When Caring Is Just and Justice Is Caring: Justice and Mental Retardation.” Public

Culture 13(3) 2001: 564-571 (top, stop at the subheading “Supporting the Caregiver-Justly”).



o Grammar quiz #1 (APA Style) opens at 10:40 a.m. today and closes on Saturday, Sept. 18, noon

Sept. 18 (Sat): by noon

• Grammar quiz #1 deadline

Fifth Week (Sept. 20-26)

Sept. 21 (T): Q7 & RR

• Eva Feder Kittay, “When Caring Is Just and Justice Is Caring,” 571-576 (end)


o When should you use parenthetical citations?

o St. Martin’s Handbook, ch. 14, Acknowledging Sources & Avoiding Plagiarism

o What is plagiarism?

o UNF Catalogue: Academic Integrity

o UNF Policies & Regulations

o How to appeal a misconduct charge

o Preparation for grammar quiz #2

Sept. 22 (W):

• Working bibliography (step 2) due on Canvas by noon.


• Ady Barkan, “Home Care Keeps Me Alive. It Should Be Fully Funded” and read the comments (under

“NYT Picks”) by Anita Larson, Laroo, johnInKC, DS, and Fisher’s reply to DS. To find the comments,

click on the “thought-bubble” with a number in it; the number will be 134 or higher (on Canvas)

• Check the alternative link to Barkan in case you cannot access the NY Times article; the alt link is right

below.


o Grammar quizzes #2 & 3 open today at 10:40 a.m. and closes on Saturday, Sept. 25, at noon

o Preparation for Quiz #3 (all)

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Sept. 25 (Sat): by noon

• Grammar quizzes #2 & #3 deadlines

Sixth Week (Sept. 27-Oct. 3)

Sept. 28 (T): Q9 & RR

• Kate Washington, “Introduction: Collateral Damage,” Already Toast, pp. 1-12

• Guest speaker Dr. Catherine Christie, Associate Dean of the Brooks College of Health, to speak about

majors and career pathways in healthcare


o Preparation for Quiz #4, Parts 1-2

Sept. 29 (W):

• Annotated bibliography (step 3) due on Canvas by noon.

Sept. 30 (Th): Q10 & RR

• Washington, Ch. 1, “The Learning Curve: Beginning Caregiving,” pp. 13-15, 20-36



Seventh Week (Oct. 4-10)

Oct. 5 (T): Q11 & RR

• Washington, Ch. 2, “The Thick of It: BMTU, Part One,” pp. 37-52



o Grammar quizzes #4 open today at 10:40 a.m. and closes on Saturday, Oct. 9, at noon

Oct. 6 (W):

• Summary (step 4) of scholarly article due on Canvas by noon.

Oct. 7 (Th): Q12 & RR

• Submit one RR question about any one of the following three: o Washington, Ch. 3, “On His Blindness,” pp. 53-60, 63-66

o Leah Zallman et al., Care for America’s Elderly and Disabled People Relies on Immigrant

Labor, Health Affairs, June 2019 (only read the abstract) Canvas

o Mallory Noe-Payne, Why Do We Rely on Women of Color to Take Care of People at Home?

Radio IQ (read and listen to the 4:04 minute report) Canvas


o Preparation for the Introduction to the APA research paper

o Grammar quiz #4 opens at 10:50 today and closes on Saturday, Oct. 9, at noon


Oct. 9 (Sat): by noon

• Grammar quiz #4 deadline

Eighth Week (Oct. 11-17)

Oct. 12 (T): Q13 & RR

• Washington, Ch. 4, “Careworn: Life After Discharge,” pp. 67-73



Oct. 14 (Th): Q14 & RR

• Washington, Ch. 4, “Careworn: Life After Discharge,” pp. 76-83

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o Grammar quiz #5 opens at noon today and closes on Monday, Oct. 18, at noon

Ninth Week (Oct. 18-24)

Oct. 18 (M): Grammar quiz #5 closes at noon

Oct. 19 (T)—no class (“Weather Day”)

Oct. 20 (W):

• Introduction (step 5) due on Canvas by noon.

Oct. 21 (Th): Q15 & RR

• Washington, Ch. 5, “To A Crisp: Burnout”: start 5 pages in: pp. 87-96


o Preparation for Quiz #6a, Part 1

Tenth Week (Oct. 25-31)

Oct. 26 (T): Q16 & RR

• Washington, Ch. 6, “The Economic Penalty of Caring,” pp. 104-110


o Preparation for Quiz #6a, Part 3-4

• Grammar quiz #6a opens at noon today and closes on Saturday, Oct. 30, at noon

Oct. 27 (W):

• Method (step 6) due on Canvas by noon.

Oct. 28 (Th): Q17 & RR

• Washington, Ch. 6, “The Economic Penalty of Caring,” pp. 110-118


o Preparation for grammar quiz #7a, Part 1

Oct. 30 (Sat) by noon

• Grammar quiz #6a deadline

Eleventh Week (Nov. 1-7)

Nov. 2 (T): Q18 & RR

• Washington, Ch. 7, “A Lack of Reasonable Options: Sandwiched Caregiving,”

o pp. 119-120 (stop near the bottom, at “if you can keep them”);

o p. 134 (start at 1st paragraph, the words “As my husband grew …”) and read to p. 137 (stop at

“Burned Sandwich”).


o Preparation for grammar quiz #7a, Parts 2, 3, 4, & 5

Nov. 3 (W):

• Results (step 7) due on Canvas by noon.

Nov. 4 (Th): RR No Q today.

• Kate Washington, virtual visit to class via Zoom, 10-10:40 a.m.

• RR should be tailored for the Kate’s visit: choose or write your best question for Kate Washington to

answer.


o 9:25 to 10 am: Concision exercise (dogs)

Grammar quiz #7a opens at noon today and closes on Monday, Nov. 8, at noon

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Twelfth Week (Nov. 8-14)

Nov. 8 (M), by noon

• Grammar quiz #7a

Nov. 9 (T): Q19 & RR

• Washington, Ch. 8, “Something Is Not Right,” pp. 139-145



Nov. 11 (Th): Veterans Day, no class

Thirteenth Week (Nov. 15-21)

Nov. 16 (T): Q20 & RR

• Guest speaker Ashley Emans, administrator at UF Health Jacksonville

o Ashley Emans’s resume – not on the quiz

• The day’s reading: “The Other Walter Reed: The Hotel Aftermath,” by Anne Hull and Dana Priest,

Washington Post, February 19, 2007 (on Canvas)—Ashley Emans will answer your RR questions



Nov. 17 (W):

• Discussion (step 8) due on Canvas by 11:59 p.m.

Nov. 18 (Th): Q21 & RR

• The day’s reading: Jennie Dear, “What It Feels Like to Die,” The Atlantic, Sept. 9, 2016 (handout and

on Canvas)

• Zoom visit from Sophia Lowrie, a practicing palliative care nurse; the Zoom session with her will start

at 10 a.m. Read the Dear article and put together a question for Sophie to answer.



o Quiz #8a opens at noon today and closes on Monday, Nov. 22, at 11:59 p.m.

Fourteenth Week (Nov. 22-28)

Nov. 23 (T): NO CLASS:

Nov. 25 (Th): Thanksgiving

Fifteenth Week (Nov. 29-Dec. 5)

Nov. 30 (T): Q22 & RR

• The day’s reading: Jay Caspian Kang, “The Forgotten Nursing-Home Tragedy,” Nov. 4, 2021 / New

York Times


o Proofreading (Butte College site)

o Brief (one-minute) oral reports from everyone about his or her research project

Dec. 2 (Th): Q23 & RR

• Sarah Jaffe and Rogé Karma, The Ezra Klein Podcast: “The Case Against Loving Your Job,” listen to

minutes 31:25 to 41:34 (on Canvas)—TAKE NOTES FOR THE QUIZ!

o If you cannot access the podcast, a transcript is available of the assigned section. Click on the

link immediately beneath.

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Sixteenth Week (Dec. 6-Dec. 12)—last week of classes

Dec. 6 (M): by 11:59 p.m.

• Grammar quiz #8a

Dec. 7 (T): no RR & no Q

• Review for two-part final exam

Dec. 9 (Th):

• NO CLASS: voluntary individual meetings will be available; sign up for appointments (a sign-up sheet

will be available online at the top of the modules, under “Professor’s info”); have a final digital copy of

your research paper ready for the Zoom conference. Include the abstract and references.

Finals Week (Dec. 13-17)

Dec. 14 (T): 9-10:50 a.m.

• Online final exams; 15% of semester grade

• TWO PARTS: (1) grammar and mechanics and (2) concision drill

o The two portals open at 9 a.m. Tuesday

o All two portals close at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday

Dec. 15 (W):

• Research paper (step 9), 24.5% of semester grade, due by 11:59 p.m.

Dec. 17 (F): Commencement

Dec. 21 (T): Final grades due

Documents

Caregiving and Medicine - UNF Canvas