Choose an anatomical abnormality or disease/disorder that interests you, and decide who your audience will be: 

•  Clinicians as your audience: Write a paper (~1000 words)
• Scientists as your audience: Give a slide presentation to the class during finals (~5 min)
• Community as your audience: Create an artistic tri-fold pamphlet or large format flyer

Step 3: What do you need to include?

• Demographics (who gets and how many have the disease)
• Signs/Symptoms
• Causes
• Treatments
• Prognosis (outcome)

What might help you frame your research?

• Is it an acute or chronic condition?
• Who treats it? (surgeons? Physical therapists?)
• Is it part of a larger group of conditions/disorders?
• Are there more specific variations of this condition?
• Is there more than one name for this condition?

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