Health Care System Week 1

Critical Reflection Paper: Chapters 1 & 2

Objective: To critically replicate your understanding of the readings and your skill to apply them to your Health Care Setting.

ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES (10%): Students will judgmentallyinvestigate the readings from Chapter 1 & 2 in your textbook. This assignment is intended to help yourappraisal, analysis, and apply the readings to your Health Care setting as well as become the foundation for all of your outstanding assignments.You are requirement to read the article assigned for week 1 and develop a 2-page paper reproducing your understanding and capacity to apply the readings to your Health Care Setting.

EACH PAPER SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

1. Introduction (25%)Arrange for a brief summary of the meaning (not a description) of each Chapter and articles you read, in your own words.

2. Your Critique (50%)

 What is your feedback to the content of the articles?

 What did you learn about the components of a health services delivery system?

 What did you learn aboutthe systems framework?

How you can apply your new knowledges to primary characteristics of the US health care system?

What does the Health Care Administrator need to know about health promotion and disease prevention?

 Did these Chapter and articles change your thoughts about public health and significance for managers and policymakers? If so, how? If not, what remained the same?

3. Conclusion (15%)Fleetinglyrecapitulate your thoughts &deduction to your assessment of the articles and Chapter you read.  How did these articles and Chapters influence your thoughts on US Healthcare system  and public health?

Evaluation will be based on how clearly you respond to the above, in particular:

a) The clarity with which you critique the articles;

b) The depth, scope, and organization of your paper; and,c) Your conclusions, including a description of the impact of these articles and Chapters on any Health Care Setting.