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International Healthcare Policy

Sample Assignment
The following assignment is based around students carrying out research on the health provision in a country in which they are interested to provide a context for their healthcare management qualification.

Task 1
Students research and analyse healthcare policy, provision and funding in one national context.

a) Students should critically assess on the impact that social and cultural issues have on attitudes towards healthcare using their chosen nation as an example.
b) Students should evaluate healthcare policy in one national context and explain the influences on policy formation, including impacts of funding issues. Comparison should be made to other national policies to show how different national policies arise.
c) Students should explain the structure of healthcare delivery in their chosen nation including an analysis of the organisations involved in healthcare and showing how this represents the translation of policy into practice.
d) Students should analyse practical barriers to the provision of healthcare in their chosen national context.

Task 2
Students research and assess the impacts of public health issues and contemporary issues in healthcare on provision and demand of healthcare in their chosen national setting.

a) Students should identify national and international public health campaigns and analyse their impact on the demand for healthcare in their chosen nation. Their analysis should look at the promotion of public health issues and how well this is achieved.

b) Students should identify current international or national health issues and assess how national policy accommodates these issues and the practical responses to these issues in their chosen national context.

The assessment will normally be presented as a formal report though other methods (.g. oral presentation) may be acceptable where the detailed, underpinning research results are also presented.