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COURSE SYLLABUS: HS500 – Leadership Roles In Health Care

Course Title: HS500 – Leadership Roles In Health Care
Department: School of Health Services Administration & Education
Instructor: Charlene Majersky PhD, MPH Email - Vita
Credits: 3 Semester Credits
Prereqs: None


Course Description

This is an eight week graduate level online course that traces the origins and describes the current picture of power and leadership in America's health care system, identifies various roles of today's leaders within health care organizations, looks at a refreshing approach to self-introspection, and prepares the student for leadership activities and contributions.

Course Objectives
  1. History of the U.S. Health Care System: A Relationship of Knowledge and Power
  2. Health Care Power Elite at the Start of the 21st Century
  3. Characteristics of Leaders and Leadership
  4. Research Field Study: Student's Leadership Qualities
Required Texts  Online Bookstore

Leaders: Strategies for taking charge by Bennis, W.G. & Nanus, B. (1997).
New York: Harperbusiness.
ISBN: 0887308392

Learning to lead: A workbook on becoming a leader by Bennis, W.G. & Goldsmith, J. (1997).
Reading, Massachusetts: Perseus Books.
ISBN: 0201311402

The Far Shore by Ginsberg, M. (2009).
Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers.
ISBN: 9788120813489
[The Far Shore can be ordered at http://www.jinavamsa.com/books/TheFarShore/TFS_ordering.html]

The social transformation of American medicine by Starr, P. (1982).
New York: Basic Books, Inc.
ISBN: 0465079350

Course Outline

On-Line Participation:

This course is offered on-line, over the Internet, which allows students to participate at any time, from any location. Because of this flexibility, it is important to plan your time carefully. You should expect to expend a minimum of four hours per class week on-line -- the same amount of time you'd spend in a physical classroom. You'll be sending and receiving E-mail, performing on-line research and participating in Web explorations.

A class week is defined as the period of time between Monday and Sunday. The first week begins the first day of the course and ends midnight the following Sunday. Assignments scheduled for completion during a class week should be completed by midnight on the designated day of the week assigned. Writing assignments and formal papers should be completed and successfully submitted, or postmarked, so that they are in the instructor's hands on the due date. Since this is an online course designed to get feedback on assignments to you directly via Internet, you should make prior arrangements before submitting a paper via fax or the postal service. If you ever have problems transmitting your assignments, telephone the instructor immediately to make alternate arrangements. The student is to understand that unless the instructor authorizes a time extension, all assignments received past its due date will receive a grade score penalty. The student will receive a confirmation of receipt from the instructor within 72 hours of sending the assignment. If the instructor has not replied within 72 hours to the student, it is the student's responsibility to follow-up on all submitted assignments and email messages sent to the instructor.

Discussion Assignments:

All homework assignments will be submitted directly to the course instructor via her Canyon College email address, charlene@canyoncollege.edu.

Email Homework:

Homework must be submitted not later than midnight on the designated day of the week assigned. Late homework will receive a grade penalty. Homework not turned in by the due date, but which is turned in no more then 7 days late, will receive a 14% penalty for each day late. Homework not received within 7 days of the due date will not be scored and will receive a zero. No work received after the last day of the online term will be scored.

Ground Rules for On-line Participation:

Students should use e-mail for private messages to the instructor and for weekly assignments and instructor messages. Students are to send all email messages or homework to the instructor's email address.

Students are expected to complete 4 - 5 hours per week of appropriate online activities, including sending/receiving email and navigating and conducting research over the World Wide Web.

Students may get assistance with computer-related problems through the college and instructor.

Students will submit homework assignments as MS Word files uploaded to the computer and routed to the instructor as an email attachment, virus free. All email messages and attachments will include the student's full name, email address, course title, and assignment title.

Assigned papers will be submitted via the postal service or fax only if prior arrangements have been made with the instructor.

Grading

Defining the Mid-Term Exam:

Having successfully completed Week One through Week Four, by completing all the reading material, discussion questions and queries with a passing grade is defined as equivalent to successfully completing the Mid-term Exam for HS500.

Defining the Final Exam:

Having successfully completed Week Five through Week Eight, by completing all the reading material, discussion questions, queries, and the final paper with a passing grade is defined as equivalent to successfully completing the Final Exam for HS500.

Weight Value for Each Assignment:

35% - Discussions Questions (5 points/week) - Due each week
40% - Query 1 - 4 (10 points/each) - Due week 1, 3, 4, and 8
25% - Final Paper - Due week 8

A
   90 - 100%
B
   80 - 89%
C
   70 - 79%
D
   60 - 69%
F   59% and below


Additional Information

Individual Student Responsibilities: Availability:

Dr. Majersky is available to speak individually with each student to ensure adequate understanding of course requirements and to offer assistance and suggestions. The best times to call are Monday through Friday, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., EST or on weekends.

Dr. Majersky has been involved in the health care industry since 1992. Her doctorate degree is in health care administration from Capella University and her master's degree in public health with a specialty in community health development & education is from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In addition to being a member of the Canyon College faculty, she is a member of the faculty of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Course Standards:

The Canyon College Adult Teaching/Learning Model specifies that in preparation for every course, students will satisfy all prerequisites. During the course itself, students achieve certain specified learning outcomes. All performance assessment depends upon the accomplishment of these outcomes. Students are graded on achievement, rather than on effort.

The College trusts each student to maintain high standards of honesty and ethical behavior. All assignments submitted in fulfillment of course requirements must be the student's own work. All assignments are meant to be individual efforts.

All discussion questions, queries, and the final paper must be submitted on the due date and are to be typed, spell-checked and grammar-checked, submitted double space and prepared in standard APA format. The learner must demonstrate that s/he completed the assigned readings for the week by citing per APA standards. Failure to comply with these course standards will result in appropriate penalties on submitted homework assignments.

All homework and assignments must be completed to earn a grade other than a "W", "WF", or "I".

Weekly Activities