Introduction to Health Policy
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Course Syllabus
Course Description | Course Objectives | Course Format | Course Materials | Course Assignments and Grades | Contact Information | Help | Ethical Conduct |
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Introduces the material covered in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Focuses on four substantive areas that form the analytic basis for many of the issues in Health Policy and Management. The areas are: (1) economics and financing, (2) need and demand, (3) politics/ethics/law, and (4) quality/effectiveness. Illustrates these issues using three specific policy issues: (1) injury, (2) medical care, and (3) public health preparedness. The course will provide a framework for developing and analyzing a range of health policy issues. The course begins by introducing an approach for rationally analyzing any public health policy issue. Other models of the policy process are also presented. Four analytic skills commonly used by policy makers are then introduced. The four skills are:
The course will then apply these skills to examine three health policy issues in greater depth.
The course will mostly be in lecture format. LiveTalks are scheduled with each of the professors to help students gain further understanding of the course material. Students will be assessed through a midterm quiz and paper and a final quiz and paper. The Bulletin Board System (BBS) will be used to answer any clarifying questions and facilitate discussions. Lectures are audio presentations synchronized with slide images. When you listen to and view each lecture, it is much like attending a classroom lecture. An added advantage is that you may return to any previous screen at any point to review the contents more thoroughly. When you click on the main page for each lecture, you will find a list of objectives for the lecture, links to the lecture subsections, and a listing of readings and/or other assignments. Required readings, in addition to suggested readings, are available for each module via the Welch Medical Library eReserves System. Instructions on how to access course readings are provided on the main page for each lecture.
Description of Course Assignments The final exam will consist of short answer questions and a policy analysis paper (maximum of ten pages). Similar to the midterm exam, the short answer section will be timed. For the final policy analysis paper, students will apply the framework and analytic methods presented in class on a policy issue of their own choosing. Students are expected to deliver a one page outline of their topic for approval and discussion over the internet or via phone. Please refer to the course schedule for the available and due dates of both the midterm and final. Overall Grading Structure 70%—Final exam Late Assignment Policy |
The academic ethics code, as discussed in the Policy and Procedure Memorandum for Students, March 31, 2002, will be adhered to in this class. If you are a student with a documented disability who requires an academic accommodation, please contact Betty H. Addison in the Office of Career Services and Disability Support: dss@jhsph.edu, 410-955-3034, or Room E-1140. |
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