Marking criteria for presentation of case discussion

:Number of requested assignments .1

You are asked to present about one case (the supervisor will give it to you)

The deadline for submitting the power point presentation: You will be required to .2
submit the power point presentation on Saturday 17/12/2010. Please note that if you fail to
.do so you will lose 3 marks of your total grade

Structure of the presentation: The presentation should be of 25-30 slides maximum. If .3

you exceed this limit, then you will lose 20% of your mark. The presentation should have
.mainly four sections

In the first section, you should provide background information about your case including
history and assessment

In the second section; you should provide background information about the condition in
general. For example, if you are presenting a stroke case then you provide general
information about stroke; its pathogenesis, signs and symptoms and its management. This
.section should also be as concise as possible and should not include more than 5 slides

The third section includes your reflections on the case and the emphasize is on answering
the following questions 1) what is the ideal assessment for this case with explanation 2) your
problem list and goals 3) What is the best intervention strategies you will do with case

The fourth section: 2 up to date articles that demonstrated interventions to deal with the
selected case

:Distribution of the marks .4

:The distribution of the marks will be as following

Section 1: Case presentation is informative and has 5/

been written clearly
Section 2: General overview of the condition is 5/
provided concisely, clearly and has included the
main and relevant aspects at the same time
(knowledge)
Section 3: reflection on assessment (knowledge) 5/
and management
Section 4: Articles 5/
References; layout and presentation 5/
Plagiarism is indicated (yes or No) Yes or No
Total mark 20
 Citation: The correct citation (use of references) is very important to consider in your .4
assignment. Please note that you can use any peer-reviewed resources to reference your
assignment. This includes published papers in peer-reviewed journals, published books, and
.published guidelines. Ordinary web-pages are not acceptable for citation

For correct citation; a reference should be indicated in the text in the places where
information is driven from that particular reference. Afterwards all references should be
placed in the reference list. There are many styles of referencing and you can choose
whatever is easier for you; the most important aspect is that you will be consistent in your
style. One of the recommended styles is to use numbers in which numbers appears in the
.text between two prackets in chronological orders

In the reference list, you can use the following style which has been provided as an
:example

Journal article:
1. Krack P, Benzzzouz A, Pollak P, et al. Treatment of tremor in Parkinson’s disease by
Subthalamic nucleus stiumulation. Mov Disord 1998; 13: 907-914.
Book:
2.Fahn S, Jankovic J, editors. Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders, Philadelphia,
Churchill Livingstone, 2010, pp 96.
Chapter in a book:
3. Olanow CW. Hpyerkinetic Movement Disorders. In: Fauci A, Braunwald E, Kasper D,
Hauser S, Longo D, Jameson JL, Loscalzo J. Eds. Harrison’s Textbook of Medicine 17th
edition. 2008; p2560-2565.

Plagiarism: in cases where plagiarism is very clear such as copy and paste from the web site
in all or most of the assignment; or copy and paste all or most of the assignment from
another student then the grade will be zero out of 15. In cases that 2 groups have a copy
and paste from each other in most or all of the assignment; the two students will be given a
.zero out of 25

Section 1: case presentation
Section 2: general
background about the
condition
Section 3a: reflection on
assessment
Section 3b: reflection on
management
0 1
Consistently demonstrate
inappropriate reporting of
information/ findings/
assessment procedures that
do not link with the case
Consistently demonstrate
inappropriate reporting of
information that do not link
with the condition
Use inappropriate skills of
assessment
Use inappropriate skills of
interventions
Marking criteria
Lack of a coherent approach
to present the
.case/findings...etc
Lack of a coherent approach
in presenting the
background of the
condition; reporting
inappropriate information at
.some places
Show little understanding of
the relevance of assessment
techniques
Show little understanding of
the relevance of
intervention techniques
2 3-4
Good to very good ability to
demonstrate the case in a
coherent way and link the
information together
Good to very good ability to
present the knowledge
about the condition in a
coherent way; eliciting
.appropriate information
Show good to very good
understanding of the
relevance of assessment
techniques
Show good to very good
understanding of the
relevance of intervention
techniques
Excellent to exceptional
ability to demonstrate the
case in a coherent way and
link the information
together
Excellent to exceptional
ability to present the
knowledge about the
condition in a coherent;
eliciting appropriate
information
Show excellent to
exceptional understanding
of the relevance of
assessment techniques
Show excellent to
exceptional understanding
of the relevance of
intervention techniques