Identify and briefly discuss two concepts in this course that you believe will be most applicable to the professional discipline
Identify and briefly discuss two concepts in this course that you believe will be most applicable to the professional discipline you will enter upon completion of your degree program.
What is the importance of these concepts to the professional discipline?
How will you use these concepts in your future career?
Optional: Offer feedback on how the course and/or facilitation of the course can be improved.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to satisfy the following outcomes:
Module 1
Examine the scope and limits of authority of government with regard to public health.
Explain the development of public health policy.
Module 2
Examine the role of law and reform in public health.
Module 3
Identify and discuss ethical issues relating to public health and public health policies.
Module 4
Identify and discuss economic issues relative to public health and public health spending.
Reflection is a mental process that challenges you to use critical thinking to examine the course information, analyze it carefully, make connections with previous knowledge and experience, and draw conclusions based on the resulting ideas. A well-cultivated critical thinker raises vital questions and problems, formulating them clearly and precisely; gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas to interpret it effectively; comes to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions, testing them against relevant criteria and standards; thinks open-mindedly within alternative systems of thought, recognizing and assessing, as need be, their assumptions, implications, and practical consequences; and communicates effectively with others in figuring out solutions to complex problems. (Paul & Elder, 2008)
In order to earn maximum credit, the comment should be more than your opinion, and more than a quick “off the top of your head” response. Be sure to support your statements, cite sources properly, cite within the text of your comments, and list your reference(s). The response must be a minimum of 250 words.
Paul, R. & Elder, L. (February 2008). The miniature guide to critical thinking concepts and tools. Foundation for Critical Thinking Press.
Required Reading
Braendle, T., & Colombier, C. (2016). What drives public health care expenditure growth? Evidence from Swiss cantons, 1970–2012. Health Policy, 120(9), 1051-1060. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health. (2012). Reforming public health and its financing. Institute of Medicine. Retrieved from the NCBI website at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK201015/
Lorenzoni, L., Belloni, A., & Sassi, F. (2014). Health-care expenditure and health policy in the USA versus other high-spending OECD countries. The Lancet, 384(9937), 83-92. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Marton, J., Sung, J., & Honore, P. (2015). Does more public health spending buy better health? Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Tran, L. D., Zimmerman, F. J., & Fielding, J. E. (2017). Public health and the economy could be served by reallocating medical expenditures to social programs. SSM – Population Health, 3, 185-191. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Sessions, S. Y. (2012). Financing state and local public health departments: A problem of chronic illness. Institute of Medicine. Retrieved from the NCBI website at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK201021/
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