vita tax return reflection paper

Order Description

Bus 416-VITA Winter 2015

evaluate your papers based on following the required format, content, AND
depth of thought. They will also evaluate the papers based on the College of Business rubric which is on
PolyLearn. The rubric will be used to determine18 of the points assigned to the paper. For every Rubric
Trait where your paper exceeds expectations you will be given 6 points, those that meet expectations will
receive 4 points and those that do not meet expectations will be given 2 points.
As stated in your syllabus, the reflection paper should be an overall reflection of how the VITA program affected you.
Spend some time thinking about your response. Use your daily journal to help you remember thoughts occurring several
weeks ago, but do not simply repeat your journal entries. The paper should be typed, double-spaced and no more
than 4 pages. The paper should be divided and subtitled into four or five parts, as follows (Part V is optional but we
encourage you to complete this part as well):
Part I – What I Learned From My VITA Experience: A reflection of the Learning aspects of the program. You
should comment/convey your thoughts on information acquired from the program throughout the quarter. This could
include technical skills, personal skills, working with partners, working with clients, administrative tasks, working
with supervisors, including the reviewers. What do you think you learned about tax laws that you didn’t know before?
What did you learn from your mistakes? What did you learn about client’s attitudes about our tax system?
What did you learn about our tax system? What did you learn about yourself? Be honest and write it as if you were
writing it to yourself–we do not want just a running list of your “answers” to these questions or points mentioned
above. We would like a discussion/reflection. This part should focus more from Jan
31 to end while we are working with client i believe i will upload
my daily journey so you will know what i did and write
about it based on it.
Part II – Service to Our Community & How VITA Impacted My Thoughts on Volunteering: This is a reflection
of the Service aspects of the program. Here you should comment/convey your thoughts on how you feel the program
serves the community and its members. What did the community gain? What did our clients gain? What did you get
out of this service? Did this experience increase your desire to volunteer for future community service work (not necessarily
just in tax)? Does the fact that VITA was originally set up by the IRS have any impact on the service element
of this course? Again, be honest and give your own thoughts, not just answering these points or questions.
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Coursework 2: Essay – Literature Review

The coursework for this module will help to develop your skills in finding and critically analysing information that you find in the literature or using on-line

resources, this will provide a sound basis for the independent research that you will do as part of your final year project. The second piece of coursework for this

module requires you to find and analyse the information relating to the clinical use of your given drug (this is the same drug that you used for coursework 1).
You should write an essay entitled:
“Should [Alendronate (Fosamax)] be prescribed in preference to other available drugs for the treatment of [osteoporosis]?”
To conduct this review students are expected to use high quality resources for their research. Assessing quality of resources is covered as part of the report on “E-

resources – use and assessment” and students should refer to the information gained through the related workshops when ascertaining which resources to use for this

exercise. Each student will be allocated an individual drug which they investigate for both coursework exercises. Some drugs may be well-established treatments whereas

others may be new to the market. Students are expected to research the use and properties of their given drug and make an assessment of how useful the drug is in

comparison to other drugs available for treating the same condition. Where a drug is used to treat more than one condition, the student may select any one of the known

therapeutic uses.
The literature review essay is divided into five sections with marks allocated as follows
1.    [30%] Discuss the clinical use and mode of action of the drug and provide a comparison to alternative drugs used for the same therapeutic indication*. Students

should find information on the therapeutic application of their drug and how it works to treat the condition. The mode of action and efficacy of the drug should be

compared to other drugs used to treat the same condition.

2.    [30%] Discuss the side-effect profile of the drug and provide a comparison with the side effect profile of other drugs used to treat the same condition*. In

particular note if there are specific contra-indications for use of the drug (e.g. for the elderly, for children or those with impaired renal or hepatic function etc).

3.    [10%] Discuss pertinent formulation issues for the drug. For example, is it known to be stable or unstable, does it have specific storage requirements? Are

there different formulations available? Is the drug usually prescribed in a simple and convenient dosage form for the patient?

4.    [20%] Use the information obtained for sections 1 – 4 above to provide a reasoned argument as to whether [your drug] should be given in preference to other

drugs on the market for treating the same condition*. This should summarise the key points from the previous sections and be written in good scientific English.

5.    [10%]  Marks will be awarded for ensuring good quality reference sources have been used to obtain the information for this essay and for recording all

references correctly (i.e. according to the guidelines given in the E-resources use and assessment workshop. You should use the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

format for citing references)

*If information on other drugs for treating the same condition is not available, the essay should discuss these points in general terms e.g. what is the societal need

for such a drug? Does the drug have a good or poor side-effect profile in general terms? Please ask for help if you are unsure.

The word limit for the essay is 1500 words (excluding references). You must state the word count (excluding references). 20 marks will be deducted for essays that

exceed the word limit.

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