This document provides guidance for students on completing an assignment in APA format. It includes instructions on selecting a topic about a healthcare stakeholder, discussing the stakeholder's involvement in areas like ethics and finance. Students must write a 5-7 page paper using at least 3 peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years, cited in the text and listed in the references following APA style. The document offers an APA template and links for formatting guidance.

1. Please delete this link after you have watched the video. The
video provides you with guidance on how to design your own
APA Assignment Template. Please look at the video below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pbUoNa5tyY
Do not copy and paste from this template, rather change the
content to your own assignment and keep use the same template
or use the YouTube tutorial to design your own blank
assignment template. Please do not loose points unnecessarily
for not complying with APA format.
Position paper title
Student Name
Saint Joseph’s University
Abstract
Abstracts are research tools that can help you readers determine
if the scope of your article/essay will help them in their own
research. In APA, abstracts are typically 150-250 words in
length and provide an evaluative summary of the essay to
follow. The personal opinion of the author is strictly prohibited
in abstracts. Unlike a body paragraph, the first line of an
abstract is not tabbed-in. For many student essays, especially in
lower-numbers courses, an abstract will not be required; still, it
is good to practice this skill.
Title of Assignment

2. In APA style, the introduction of the essay should begin here,
followed by the body paragraphs. APA is typically a more
formal style than most students are accustomed to using in a
writing course. For the purposes of this course, the level of
formality should be based on the assignment. For example: APA
asks that students always write in third person (avoiding words
such as
I, me, we, our(s), you, your(s),
etc). Certain rhetorical modes, however, don’t cater well to
third person (narrative and reflection writing are two such
examples). In these situations, first person (
I, me, we, our(s)
) may be, and should be employed; second person (
you, your(s)
) should be avoided in all academic writing unless an essay is
specifically designed to relay instructions (there are few
assignments that will employ second person).
Like any essay, students should make sure their essays are
formatted with one-inch margins, with their text exclusively in
Times New Roman 12-point font, and students should double
space their lines. This document can be downloaded and used as
a template wherein students may simply replace names, titles,
dates, and so on with their own information.
The final page of this document will demonstrate a References
page. If a student uses information from any source, that source
must be identified within the text and listed on a References
page. These citations should be listed in alphabetical order and,
opposite to the way a normal paragraph works, the first line
should be flush left and each following line should be tabbed in.
Though there is really no substitute for a good APA Style
Manual, students can refer to a citation generator such as
http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-book
to ensure proper formatting. Any further questions should be

3. directed to the instructor of the course.
Assignment-3 - Position papers
You will select one health care stakeholder for each of your
Assignment-3 position papers.
Examples of stakeholders are Federal Government, Local
Government, Providers, Nurses and Clinical staff,
Pharmaceutical, etc.
You will discuss the involvement of the stake holder, ethics or
law, finance and funding, the benefits and disadvantage, the
influence the stakeholder has on the health system and the
future for the stake hold. You need to support your statement
with peer-reviewed journal articles, but I will also accept .gov
websites.
Your assignment-3 paper should have 5 – 7 full pages of
content. A full page would not allow me to type anything at the
end of the page. If I can type anything at the end of the page, it
is not a full page. The content pages do not include the title
page, abstract page, and the reference pages. You should have at
least three peer reviewed journal articles as reference resources.
Peer reviewed journal have doi numbers, make sure to list your
journal article in APA format with the doi numbers.
Your paper should be in APA format.
References
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Links below can help you with APA.
Please remove the links if you use this template as your
assignment template.
http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm
http://www.apastyle.org/
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Positioning Stakeholder – Assignment-3 Papers
The paper should offer information and insight of areas not
covered in the course content for the topic.
It should be between 5 and 7 full pages of text writing,
excluding
the title page, Abstract, and reference pages. Minimum of 3
scholarly articles from peer-reviewed journals (peer-reviewed
journal articles have doi numbers). It is a requirement to list doi
number in your reference list. Additionally, the 3 peer-review
journal articles need to be published in the last five years (2013,
2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017). There should be a
minimum of four references
. It will allow students to use textbooks, dissertations,
government web sites and organizational websites after they
fulfil the peer-review journal requirement.

5. The references should be listed in the reference list at the end of
the paper. Each article has to be cited at least once in the text of
the paper.
Direct quotes are not recommended and avoid paraphrasing
authors.
We expect students to read the articles and write in their own
words when citing the articles in the text. The quality of
written assignments is strongly based on the ability of students
to do critical thinking. The papers need to follow the American
Psychology Association (APA, 6th ed.) writing style for
academic and scholarly papers.
You should use the APA Assignment Template provided or
submit your assignment in APA format.
Assignment-3 - Position papers
You will select one health care stakeholder for each of your
Assignment-3 position papers.
Examples of stakeholders are Federal Government, Local
Government, Providers, Nurses and Clinical staff,
Pharmaceutical, etc.
You will discuss the involvement of the stake holder, ethics or
law, finance and funding, the benefits and disadvantage, the
influence the stakeholder has on the health system and the
future for the stake hold. You need to support your statement
with peer-reviewed journal articles, but I will also accept .gov
websites.
Your assignment-3 paper should have 5 – 7 full pages of
content. A full page would not allow me to type anything at the
end of the page. If I can type anything at the end of the page, it

6. is not a full page. The content pages do not include the title
page, abstract page, and the reference pages. You should have at
least three peer reviewed journal articles as reference resources.
Peer reviewed journal have doi numbers, make sure to list your
journal article in APA format with the doi numbers.
Your paper should be in APA format.
Possible
Points
Requirements
· Writer addressed all objectives of the selected topic of the
final research assignment.
· Writer stayed focused on the topic, shows clear evidence of
thorough research. The paper is well organized, concise,
complete, correlated to the research and provide information
beyond the course textbook content.
· The paper consists of 5-7 full pages of text writing,
excluding
the Title page, Abstract Page and Reference pages
/7.5

7. Critical Thinking
· Writer show critical thinking and analyzing skills.
· Writer addressed assignment using insights and new
applications.
· Writer interprets new knowledge and applies it properly.
/3
Mechanics
· Grammar
· Spelling
· Word choice
· Punctuation
· Sentence structure
/2
APA Formatting
· Correct: Title page, abstract and reference page

8. · Proper in-text citations
· Header is APA format
· Proper margins, indentions, and spacing (sentence and line)
· Font type and size
· Minimum of 4 references with at least 3 scholarly articles
from peer-reviewed journals were used as references and at
least cited once in the text.
· No direct quotes or paraphrasing – student used own words
· References in Reference list are in APA format with no active
hyperlinks
/5
Total
/17.5
[C1]
You need three peer-reviewed journal article published in the
last 5 years for this assignment. Peer-reviewed journal articles
would always have a doi number. Make sure you reference
listing have the doi number.