HCS 335 All Assignments

Week 1

Week 1 Individual Assignment: Health Care Ethics Matching Exercise

Complete the Health Care Ethics Matching Exercise, located on your student website.

Match keywords commonly used in health care ethics to the definitions on the page. Discuss the exercise in class and turn in your answer sheet to your facilitator.

Week 2

Week 2 Individual Assignment: Ethics Case Study

Resource: Ethics Case Study Grading Criteria on your student website.

Read the case study in Ch. 4 of Medical Law and Ethics that begins, Jerry McCAll is Dr. Williams office assistant.

Prepare a 700- to 1050-word paper in which you answer the following questions:

Does Jerrys medical training qualify him to issue this refill order? Why or why not?

Would it make a difference if the medication requested were for control of high blood pressure that the patient critically needs on a daily basis? Why or why not?

If Jerry calls in the refill and the patient has an adverse reaction while flying, is Jerry protected from a lawsuit under the doctrine of respondent superior?

What is your advice to Jerry?

Identify major legal and ethical issues that may affect Jerrys decision.

What problem-solving methods might be helpful to assist in making an ethical decision?

Include at least two sources in your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

Week 3

Week 3 Learning Team Assignment: Code of Ethics Paper

Resource: Code of Ethics Paper Grading Criteria on your student website.

Research and select a health care organization in which you locate the mission statement, its code of ethics, and core values.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you discuss ethics in a health care organization. Include the following:

What are the organizations goals? How are they tied to its ethical principles? Describe the role and importance of the corporations ethical values.

What is the relationship between the organizations culture and ethical decision-making?

Is it important that the organizations ethical values support your ethical values? Explain.

Is there a social responsibility for the organization in the community? Explain and provide examples.

Include at least three sources in your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Week 4

Week 4 Individual Assignment: Administrative Ethics Paper

Resource: Administrative Ethics Paper Grading Criteria on your student website.

Find a current administrative issue in a newspaper, magazine, or journal article relating to topics such as patient privacy, confidentiality, or HIPAA.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that includes the following:

Describe the issue and its impact on the population it affects most.

What arguments or facts are used in the article to support the proposed solution?

What are the ethical and legal issues reported for your administrative issue?

Explain the managerial responsibilities related to administrative ethical issues. If none were stated, what should have been done?

Identify any proposed solutions.

Be prepared to discuss your findings in class.

Include at least three sources in your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Week 5

Learning Team Assignment: Biomedical Presentation

Your team has been assigned to give a presentation to your organizations board of ethics. The team will discuss a current biomedical issue that faces your organization and its social responsibility toward the issue.

Resource: Biomedical Presentation Grading Criteria on your student website.

Prepare a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that discusses the biomedical issue. Include the following:

Describe a biomedical issue, such as stem cell research, cloning, privacy issues in research, harvesting embryos, quality-of-life issues, and so forth.

What is the historical and current impact of the biomedical issue?

Forecast the potential future of the issue and how might it change.

What issues involve problems with consent?

Explain the organizations ethical and social responsibility toward the community and its stakeholders.

Include at least three sources in your presentation.

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.