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HPRS 1202 Health and Wellness Promotion (SE)

This guide supports HPRS 1202, which provides an overview of wellness theory and its application throughout the life span.

Mount Rushmore with a physician superimposed over Lincoln

Step 1: Explore Influential Medical Professionals

When choosing your topic, think about what interests you. For this first step, you may use non-academic sources such as Google to explore important healthcare practitioners quickly. We have provided some credible links below that list medical professionals who have had a big impact.

Once you have someone in mind, you must ensure your topic is researchable. Can you find credible information about them? Take some time exploring different figures and their available biographical resources before you choose one to move on to the next step. 

Step 2: Identify and Gather

Once you have identified an influential medical professional you'd like to research, use the online resources and databases below to check to make sure the topic is researchable. 

What makes a topic researchable?

  1. You are interested and curious about the topic.
  2. There are authoritative, reliable, academic resources with information you can gather. 

If you cannot find information on your topic in the online library resources, check with your professor to make sure your topic meets the requirements of the project or if you need to find another researchable topic.