Reference no: EM132900600 , Length: word count:3000
Assessment Task - Essay
Assessment Details;
Students are required to identify a contemporary health issue relevant to their workplace, profession or country that impacts on quality and safety in healthcare. Examples include: cost of aged healthcare, meeting the healthcare needs of minority groups, low breast-feeding rates, managing the seasonal winter flu, workplace bullying, recruitment of health professionals. Use the subheadings below to structure a discussion of the issue and the challenges for health services management. Ideally bring in material from the course.
Criteria used to grade this task (use 1-5 as subheadings in your essay):
The essay will be assessed on the following aspects and their weightings as well as the criteria in the Marking Guide in the appendices.
1. Healthcare issue (what is the issue?)
2. Background (why is it a healthcare issue? Give background/statistics/relevant information)
3. Key elements of the issue (main areas for consideration)
4. Stakeholders (who is involved - who is affected - who needs to know about it?)
5. Challenges for the health services manager (managing changes)
6. Academic writing and referencing
7. Essay presentation