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HS570/ Issues and Trends


Canyon College
Health Care Administration Program


Syllabus

HS570
Issues and Trends
This course is intended as the culminating experience for future administrators and managers in the field of health care in the Masters in Health Care Administration degree program. As the final course in the degree curriculum, students are expected to demonstrate content knowledge and principles of organizational administration as applied to an innovative solution of a designated pervasive problem in a selected health care setting.


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 Dale Mueller, EdD, RN, NHA
dmueller@canyoncollege.edu
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office 909.920.5854

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I. Course Description

This course is intended to provide evidence of content mastery and integration of the courses within this degree program at the graduate level through application of content toward practical and innovative solutions to a selected problem or issue pervasive within a selected health care setting. The project scope and setting are to be selected by the student with input from the course instructor. Upon satisfactory completion of the course project, the student will become eligible for matriculation from this graduate program. Granting of the degree will be contingent upon the satisfactory fulfillment of all requirements of the school.

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II. Course Project Desciption

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III. Graduate Courses and Competence

The following courses are required for degree completion, in addition to the current HS570, Field Study Project: Issues and Trends. The courses shown below are the minimum courses required for content integration in the HS570 course. Course descriptions and learning objectives may be viewed by visiting these courses on the Canyon College Website. If your own course of study has deviated from the listing shown below through permission or waiver from the school registrar, please alert your instructor during the Week One assignment for this Field Study Project (see Assignments detail). In cases of independent study or challenged courses, students are responsible for the course content for purposes of this field study project unless other arrangements are agreed upon with your instructor during the Week One assignment for this Field Study Project (see Assignments detail).
Required curriculum:
HS500 - Leadership Roles in Health Care Today
HS542 - Case Management Today
HS520 - Quality and Change: Tools for Leaders and Organizations
HS530 - Health care Strategic Planning and Management
HS550 - Health Care Law
HS552 - Cultutal Diversity: Issues in Health care
HS560 - Organizational Behavior in Health Care Environments
HS562 - Human Resources for Health Care
Elective (one required):
HS532 - Health Care Information Systems
HS540 - Introduction to Contracting in Managed Care Environments
HS515 - Management of Marketing in Health Care Settings
other elective as approved by the school
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IV. Course Policies

On-Line Participation.Since this course is offered over the Internet, which allows students to participate at "any time, any where," it is important to plan your time carefully. Students are expected to pace themselves to access assignments, prepare their work and necessary research, and submit assignments to the instructor by the established due dates. Students are expected to make use of local resources as well as required readings.

Course Week and Due Dates. Generally, Monday is the first of the course week, and Sunday is the last day of the course week. Assignments scheduled for completion during a class week should be sent to the instructor via email or fax by end of the day Sunday, determined by your own time zone. If a student is sending assignments through the postal service, please make prior arrangements with instructor, as there is no postal delivery on Sunday. Given that this is a graduate level course, and that some community contact and independent research is necessary to fulfill assignments, some flexibility regarding due dates may be granted by mutual agreement between student and instructor.

Submitting Assignments - Instructions.

Students may submit work in MSWord (any version) or Excel (any version) or HTML and send as an email note or file attachment. If you use another word processing program (such as Works), please save as an .rtf file.

Formats for files received other than those specified here that your instructor cannot open using MSWord or a Word converter program for PC or Macintosh will be returned to you for reprocessing, and will be considered late. Any questions on formatting of your file attachment documents, please Email your instructor with any questions now and we can find a format that will work for your particular needs. Thanks in advance on this matter.

Please include name, reply address, title of assignment, title of course, and date submitted on the document itself, in addition to the email text. Please indicate "HS570" in the subject line of your email.



Late Assignment Penalties. Weekly assignments must be received by the instructor not later than Sunday midnight (your time zone) of the week assigned. Students who anticipate that their schedule may cause assignments to be out of compliance are advised to contact instructor at least one week in advance, as an extension may be permitted with prior mutual agreement. Instructor discretion regarding point penalties for any late work will be considered final.

Absentee Policy. While this course is designed to be completed through independent study, "attendance" is recorded through assignment submissions in a timely manner to the instructor's email address (or via post or fax). However, please note that any student who has not participated (completed assignments) for 14 consecutive days without prior discussion with the instructor regarding such absence shall be recommended for administrative withdrawal. The school shall make recommendations to the instructor as to what action will be taken.

Academic Honesty. Canyon College policies are in effect. All work must be your own. Presenting as one's own the words, ideas, or expression of another in any form is cheating through plagiarism, and will not be tolerated.

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VII. Grading

Assignments will be graded based on completeness, correctness and timeliness of submissions.

Given that graduate courses are designed to support development of competencies and integration of theory with practical applications, the following criteria will be used by your instructor to assign both midterm and final letter grades based on assignments in aggregate. Please note that there are no letter or point grades for weekly assignments, as the learner's work is assessed in aggregate based on demonstrated achievements toward the course project fulfillment and compliance with writing style requirements.

Categories for assessment by the instructor of the graduate student's work are as follows:

UNDERSTANDING
Content of graduate curriculum materials should be reflected by critical analysis and choices of application in work submitted. Intellectual depth of understanding also applies, by evidence of advancing the solution of a selected pervasive problem or issue through content knowledge designated for student competency throughout this graduate program. Innovation and accountatilbity in a leadership role is also a factor in evaluating student work.

APPLICATION
Selection of course materials to solutions of a pervasive problem in a seleted area of health care, and choices of appropriate, responsible, and innovative means to solve problems given graduate level knowledge and sophistication of approach. Application should demonstrate integration of concepts and methodologies from course curriculum, including but not limited to systems and dynamics, leadership initiatives, diversity and cultural competence, strategic planning, and principles of organizational sustainability present in health care today.

CLARITY OF EXPRESSION
Written work should be presented in a scholarly manner, with evidence of logic and coherence, including introduction and conclusion as appropriate. Mechanics of writing, such as spelling, grammar, and citations should also be evident.

RESEARCH and SUPPORTING MATERIAL
Examples or evidence as requested should match the level of the assignment, level of inquiry, and
depth of investigative endeavor as requested. Textbooks from prior courses may be uses as sources, as well as other secondary sources, and primary sources such as information from a current job setting or personal interview.

Letter grades will be assigned according to the following definitions:

A = Excellent
Work that may be described as superior, excellent, or outstanding. The student demonstrates accuracy, depth of understanding and illustration, and provides original thought and analysis beyond the basic information requested in the assignment.

B = Very Good
Demonstrates high level of competence relative to the assessment criteria, but falls short of the consistent excellence required for A/Excellent category. The B/Very Good category allows for some minor weaknesses in presentation but the content is effectively demonstrated.

C = Satisfactory
Demonstrates the information requested in the assignment, but less completely than B/Very Good work. The major points are expressed, but less complete topic development, and minimal original thought and analysis. Work that contains significant issues with spelling or grammar may fit this category even though development of ideas are of higher levels of synthesis.

D = Flawed
Information digresses and is not adequately focused. Persistent work of D/Flawed level may indicate the student is not ready for graduate level work.

Midterm and Final Weeks.
The Midterm grade is determined by aggregate point performance of work submitted for assignments designated in weeks 1-4.

The Final point allocation is determined through aggregate performance on assignments submitted for all weeks of the course.

Final Letter Grade.
Letter grades will be assigned at the conclusion of the eight weeks based on cumulative points achieved over the entirety of the eight week course. The grading scale based on 100 possible points is as follows:

A = 95 - 100%
A- = 90 - 94.5%
B+ = 86 - 89.5%
B = 83 - 85.5%
B- = 80 - 82.5%
C+ = 76 - 79.5%
C = 73 - 75.5%
C- = 70 - 72.5%
D = 60% to 69.5%
F = below 60%

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