Discussion #1: Public Health and Vaccines
Epidemiology is the basic science of public health. We will spend the semester exploring the field, but what is public health? According to the American Public Health Association (APHA), “public health promotes and protects the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work and play. While a doctor treats people who are sick, [public health practitioners] try to prevent people from getting sick or injured in the first place. [Public health practitioners] also promote wellness by encouraging healthy behaviors.” Read the rest of the description and watch the short video on the APHA website (Links to an external site.).
All of us are impacted by public health policy, and epidemiology informs this policy. There is currently a great debate in the U.S. regarding mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for eligible students in K-12 and higher education. Read this article discussing key considerations in this debate (Links to an external site.). Construct a discussion post stating your opinion on whether or not COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for students in the U.S., and support your opinion. Public health is rarely black and white. It’s okay if you have a gray area response (i.e. only certain groups should be required to receive the vaccine), just explain your reasoning.
Your initial post is due by (due date on syllabus). In order to receive full credit, your post must include:
• A 1-2 sentence introduction of yourself (degree program, why you are taking this class, and anything else you want us to know)
• A statement of opinion on this issue
• Support of your opinion using information from the APHA website and PBS article on the COVID-19 vaccine requirement issue (~3 sentences or more)
All posts should have a professional tone and not include any political statements. Replies to other students is encouraged but not required; however, we will respect ALL opinions in this class, and replies should add to the discussion and be professional in tone.
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Discussion Post #1: Evidence-Based Management
Directions: Read the material the in the evidence-based module to complete the questions below. Rewrite and number the questions in your discussion post with your responses. Students also need to respond to another students discussion post to receive full credit, half-points will be deducted if a response to another students’ discussion post is not completed.Feel free to like any post you thinking are interesting or creative!
Evidence-Based Management
Overview
This unit will discuss what evidence-based management is and how it can be used by healthcare administrators or other providers. You will understand what is defined as “evidence” and why it is important to apply to healthcare issues or challenges. This unit will also discuss potential barriers and enables to using evidence-based medicine.
What is Evidence-Based Management (EBM)
Evidence-based management can be defined as making decisions using critical thinking and the best evidence available to solve an issue or problem. Organizational outcomes, such as profit, performance, and quality of care, are dependent on the choices managers. As such, individuals want to make decisions based on reliable evidence.
Reliable evidence can include work for well-known cited sources (i.e. Centers for Disease Control), academic peer-reviewed journal articles, or organization data. Individuals’ decisions should be made using a variety of reliable evidence to make a stronger case for why the solution is appropriate.
Steps to for Conducting EBM
1. Gou-Use of evidence-based management in healthcare administration decision-making.pdf Download Gou-Use of evidence-based management in healthcare administration decision-making.pdf
2. Guo, R-Study on hospital administrators’ beliefs and attitudes toward EBM.pdf Download Guo, R-Study on hospital administrators’ beliefs and attitudes toward EBM.pdf
3. IJHCQA-08-2017-0143.pdf Download IJHCQA-08-2017-0143.pdf
1. How is evidence-based management (EBM) defined?
2. Identify a concept from the module and upload an image (i.e. picture, news media, website image, etc.) that relates to the concept.
3. Explain why the concept you selected is this concept important for EBM?
4. What are health administrators beliefs about EBM?
Discussion #1: Managerial Self-Assessment Exercise
For this assignment, you will open the attached PDF document and complete the managerial self-assessment activity.
This activity consists of 14 questions; each question is followed by three possible choices. This test is designed to help determine your personal leadership style. There is no right or wrong answer. Simply choose the answer that seems to align most with the decision that you would make in each of the described situations. Use the score sheet to indicate your selection for each of the given scenarios and total the number of selections that you made within each of the three columns – Directive, Consultative, or Free Rein. Note the category in which a majority of your choices appear.
Albeit only a cursory assessment of your management style, this “quiz” may offer some insight as to the leadership traits you exhibit when working in a team or group task. The assessment offers a brief summary of the various styles and additional presents some behaviors that may influence selection for leadership positions.
Once completed, please answer the following questions:
1. What was your leadership style based on the highest score?
2. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
3. Have you had any leadership experience(s) where you noticed these traits?
1. If you have, how did it help you to achieve your goals?
2. If you have not, how do you think these traits would help you to achieve your goals?
4. Can you foresee a situation where your leadership style would cause issues or make it more difficult to effectively lead?
After you have made your initial post, reply to two other students. Find one student who has the same leadership style and another with one that is different from your own.
Allow enough time to make your initial post and two replies to other students before the deadline.
Please follow the Assignment Descriptions to receive full credit.
Click here to access the PDF: Assessing Your Leadership Style.pdf
Discussion Posting 2: Ethical Framework
Chapter 1 discusses several ethical theories and frameworks (ie, a set of codes that guide behavior).
1. Discuss three (3) that resonate with you as you build your own framework for addressing ethical dilemmas.
2. Why are these important to you?
Chapter 1 also discusses virtues and values.
1. Discuss three to five of these that resonate with you as you strive to be an ethical leader in your future discipline.
2. Why are these important to you?
Dan Ariely discusses how a nurse’s code/intuition influenced how she removed his bandages.
(edited 9/1/2015 at 4:29 pm for clarity)
1. How might you have acted in the role of the nurse when faced with the dilemma of training vs what your patient was telling you?
HIPAA and related health regulations paper
Instructions:
Using Mircosoft Word, write two paragraphs of at least 250 words each to address the following prompts:
• 1st paragraph: What is the purpose of HIPAA and what are some examples of its regulations? What entities are covered by HIPAA?
• 2nd paragraph: What are some of the challenges involved in implementing HIPAA privacy and security rules?
At the end of each paragraph, put in parentheses the total number of words for that paragraph in parentheses, e.g., (250)
Note: You do not need to repeat the questions or include them in your paper. Just write two paragraphs to address the above two prompts.
Chapter 1 discusses several ethical theories and frameworks (ie, a set of codes that guide behavior).
1. Discuss three (3) that resonate with you as you build your own framework for addressing ethical dilemmas.
2. Why are these important to you?
Chapter 1 also discusses virtues and values.
1. Discuss three to five of these that resonate with you as you strive to be an ethical leader in your future discipline.
2. Why are these important to you?
Dan Ariely discusses how a nurse’s code/intuition influenced how she removed his bandages.
(edited 9/1/2015 at 4:29 pm for clarity)
1. How might you have acted in the role of the nurse when faced with the dilemma of training vs what your patient was telling you?
