My Data Collection Report is very effective at demonstrating learning outcome 2. I show profound evidence of using a variety of research methods to explore the writing process of my discipline in my research study. The topic of my study incorporates both my field of study, medicine, and the concepts explored in English 3010. The purpose of my research is, “To explore the different skills needed to complete each of the genres used to organize patient notes and how the differences in these genres contribute to the effectiveness of how the information is utilized by the field” (19). My research focuses on the two different genres used by the medical field, and explores the genres to understand how they benefit the field. In English 3010, we studied the idea of genre and how it is used within communities of practice. I applied the knowledge I gained from English 3010 about the role genres play within discourse communities and applied it to my own discipline, the medical field, to further understand how genres benefit this community.