{"id":19850,"date":"2024-04-07T00:34:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T00:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/outline-the-key-principles-and-strategies-for-implementing-patient-centered-care-in-dental-practice-evaluate-the-impact-of-patient-centered-care-on-patient-satisfaction-and-treatment-outcomes\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T00:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T00:34:30","slug":"outline-the-key-principles-and-strategies-for-implementing-patient-centered-care-in-dental-practice-evaluate-the-impact-of-patient-centered-care-on-patient-satisfaction-and-treatment-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/outline-the-key-principles-and-strategies-for-implementing-patient-centered-care-in-dental-practice-evaluate-the-impact-of-patient-centered-care-on-patient-satisfaction-and-treatment-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Outline the key principles and strategies for implementing patient-centered care in dental practice.  Evaluate the impact of patient-centered care on patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The introduction is the first paragraph of an essay and should be fairly brief \u2013 as a general rule, it should not exceed 15% of your total word count.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A good introduction to an academic essay should indicate why and in what way the topic is important and highlight any differences of opinion about the topic within the academic community. In other words, &nbsp;it should justify why you have spent your time exploring this issue in your essay and why others should spend time reading what you have to say about it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your introduction should also describe the purpose of the assignment and explain how you are planning to structure it. Finally, and most importantly a good introduction should clearly and explicitly state your position on the issue in question and thus give the answer to the essay question<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Academic introductions are usually made up of three parts. They start with a background section and move on to a scope and thesis statement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The \u2018background\u2019 section<\/u><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of the introduction gives your readers the information needed to understand your work and put it in a wider context. This could involve providing definitions of key terms, a very brief historical background and\/or &nbsp;a general context to the matter discussed. Having read this part of your essay, your readers should understand why and in what way the topic is important and, thus, why they should continue reading your work.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Scope<\/u><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>is sometimes referred to as an outline or a road map. &nbsp;This part of the introduction outlines what you are going to do in your essay and how you\u2019re going to do it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A thesis statement is only present in judgemental essay, or essays that require you to take position or pass judgement on a given issue. Purely descriptive essays, focused on reporting only, will not have thesis statements in their introductory paragraphs. In simple terms, thesis statement is your answer to the essay question.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A good thesis statement should:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">be a complete sentence \u2013 not a question<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">focus on a specific, narrow aspect of the topic<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">not be obvious<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">be defended by reason rather than by emotion.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">MAIN BODY PARAGRAPHS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">On a micro scale, the \u2018rule of three\u2019 is reflected in the construction of a main body paragraph around the point-evidence-explanation-link model, or: topic sentence-supporting sentences-concluding sentence main paragraph model.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Main body paragraphs are the \u2018heart\u2019 of your essay. This is where you present your arguments and give evidence supporting your answer to the essay question. &nbsp;Without them, your essay lacks substance and is unlikely to convince anyone to accept the position you wish the readers to accept.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Academic paragraphs are made up of 3 main components: a topic sentence, several supporting sentences and a concluding sentence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Topic sentence&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Each main body paragraph in an academic essay should start with a topic sentence which clearly states the main point of the paragraph. Usually this is the first sentence in the paragraph but can sometimes also be the second , with the first being something that links the new paragraph to the previous one.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Most topic sentences are made up of three parts:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a discourse marker, a topic phrase and a controlling idea.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A discourse marker<\/u><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>is a word, phrase or a clause linking the paragraph to the points made in the previous sections of the essay. This is an optional but highly recommended element of a topic sentence and comes particularly handy in longer pieces of writing where readers may need a bit more guidance to navigate the complex argument put forward in the main body of the essay.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A topic phrase<\/u><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>is a phrase that refers to the essay instructions and links the paragraph clearly and explicitly to the essay question. It may not be always immediately obvious to the reader as it tends to be integrated into the controlling idea.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><u style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A controlling idea<\/u><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>is possibly the most important part of a topic sentence. A controlling idea is a phrase or a clause that previews the content of the paragraph to follow. It should give your readers a good idea of what you\u2019re going to talk about in the paragraph.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A good topic sentence:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">must be a complete sentence (it should not be replaced by a heading or a subheading)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">should not be too general.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">should not be too specific.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Supporting sentences&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Supporting sentences, as the name suggests, provide support for the controlling idea set out in the topic sentence. &nbsp;In other words, the role of the supporting sentences is to persuade your readers to accept the controlling idea as true. Supporting sentences must provide evidence to back the main point up.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The support for the controlling idea can be provided in a variety of ways \u2013 supporting sentences can describe and explain the issue at hand, they can give reasons and arguments in support of the controlling idea, provide facts, statistics and relevant examples or give the necessary backing in the form of expert opinion through summaries, paraphrases or direct quotations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your supporting sentences, especially in longer essays, should not only report but also comment on the evidence, and explain, analyse and evaluate it, showing clearly how it relates to the essay question and how it supports your position. In shorter essays, especially those written in exam conditions, this analysis and evaluation may, however, be moved to concluding sentences.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">All your academic work must be evidence-based. This means your supporting sentences should be based on academically acceptable evidence taken from credible sources and properly referenced within the text and in the reference list.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">All supporting sentences must be clearly relevant to the controlling idea of the topic sentence and the essay question in general.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Concluding sentences&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Concluding sentences draw together the information you have presented in the paragraph and may link the current paragraph to the following one.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Concluding sentences generally serve one of the following three purposes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">They may draw together the information you have presented in your supporting sentences.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">They may draw together the information you have presented in your supporting sentences.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">They may draw together the information you have presented in your supporting.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your concluding paragraph should provide closure to your argument and show the reader that you have answered the question and responded to the criteria and learning outcomes set out in the assignment brief. It reminds the readers of the arguments that helped you arrive at your thesis statement and draws important threads of argumentation together .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In other words, a good conclusion brings everything together and helps the readers see clearly all the things that they know now, after reading your work, that they did not know before.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Good conclusions are usually organised in a reverse triangle and move from the specific to the general. You would usually start<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">with the restatement of your position<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>and then proceed to<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">summarise the main points<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>you\u2019ve put forward in the body of your work to support and defend this position. A good conclusion would usually<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">end with some broad statements, offering the readers food for thought<\/span>. These statements may include a final evaluation, some predictions for the future, a call for action or research recommendations<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Concluding paragraphs should<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">NOT include new information or information from a source that you have not mentioned before.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">NOT include personal statements like \u2018I think that&#8230;\u2019. &nbsp;Instead, keep it impersonal: \u2018The evidence seems to suggest that&#8230;\u2019 or \u2018Steger\u2019s (2010) argument is perhaps the strongest because&#8230;\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">NOT exceed more than 10% of your essay count.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">NOT repeat the exact words of any other part<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">2<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">use harvard style referencing&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">and for each area of question you need to have one body paragraph&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS The introduction is the first paragraph of an essay and should be fairly brief \u2013 as a general rule, it should not exceed 15% of your total word count. 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