Current Event 2.0 MASTER LEVEL

Instructions and Format for Posting a Current Event Current Events: Purpose: The objective of the course is to explore health policy from an economic perspective. It is important to be current with regards to new and on-going discussion of how sectors of the US healthcare systems are impacted by public policy and the economic forces that govern the delivery of care. Engaging and keeping up-to-date with the shifting and changing world of health administration develops of pattern of leadership that will be important in the future. To provide students and the professor an opportunity to actively engage in asynchronous discussion. Instructions: Each student will be responsible for posting, in a specific format, three (3) current events over the course. Students will be assigned the weeks that they will be posting their Current Event. The Current Event must relate to the chapters currently being assigned that week and not be more than two months old. The rest of the class is responsible for posting comments on at least three (3) current events each week. The lead person is responsible for moderating the discussion and answering or expanding on comments. The lead person takes the role of instructor and relates the current event to the chapters in the text. The lead person then manages the discussion and engages other students to expand their current knowledge of the topic. Format for the posting of the Current Event: • Student’s name • Title of the current event; new story; article in a journal or newspaper; blog • Full citation including URL of source • Synopsis: Summary of what the subject of the current event is about and what are the major points of the story. • Discussion: {Critical Thinking} Your evaluation of the subject of the current event and its importance to healthcare delivery in the US (or international if appropriate) or the importance to health administrators. Do you think the current event was well documented and did the author/source present a good argument for the importance of the story? • Questions for discussion: At the end of the current event you are to ask the class no more than two questions that are intended to encourage discussion.