Akira...please tell me the COPD case study was for ICDM? Because I really don't want to do another one of those papers ever again. I'm really over the ICF/Motor Control Framework. It came up during PM rounds as a question and I couldn't remember which framework was which. haha.
Akira and I are going to have similar responses to this, since we're in the same program, just a year apart.
I'm assuming her COPD paper is the equivalent to my LBP paper that I wrote with a partner...it's a case study where you're in a group of about 10 students, and so as a group you discuss the articles/ideas you have, but then write the final plan with a partner.
We've also done several other group papers, which in my opinion are unnecessary burdens...like we wrote a group paper (group=7 people all trying to write one paper) on health care systems in other countries, deeply researching another health profession, etc. Then we break up into smaller groups to discuss our papers.
I just really hate group projects. But that's just me
Mainly because I come from a strong English/communications/writing background, and usually everyone else in my group is from a hard science background, which means while they don't mind writing the paper and are eager to do so, I end up spending an insanely long time editing it (to the point where sometimes it would have taken less time if I just wrote the whole thing on my own). /end rant lol.
But, they're not all bad, and the group discussions are nice to bounce ideas off each other.
We also did a teaching unit where we were in groups of 3, and each group had to learn and come up with a teaching plan to teach the rest of the students how to do something (in this case it was learning to walk with canes/walkers/crutches on flat surfaces, up ramps, curbs, or stairs). It was a nice way to switch it up and keep things interesting.