Health Services Core Assignments

1. Read and review chapter.
2. Do Multiple Choice, Matching, Case Studies and Challenge
3. http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_badasch_inthealthoccu_6/7/2019/516886.cw/index.html

1. Choose a health career that interests you.
2. Research various sources: internet, magazines, text and trade books, etc.
3. Interview a worker in the occupation that interests you. Prepare a questionnaire prior to actual interview.
4. Write a paper telling how your selected occupation matches your interests, abilities, and values.
5. Presentation (Power Point, story boards, videos, etc.) to your classmates.

Homework (20 points): Write a one-page (500 words, double-spaced, 12-pt. font) reflection on Michael Moore’s movie Sicko and various assigned readings, considering these issues:
• Is access to health care an inalienable right like liberty, justice and the pursuit of happiness?
• At what point, if any, does private profit take precedence over human health needs and services?
• Is Michael Moore doing more good or harm to the national health care discussion? Please back up your stand.

Bell Work:
Hospitals Fly Immigrants Back to Native Countries, August 7, 2008
Listen to the broadcast (~12 minutes) or read hand-out.

• Sign up for your preferred date and time.
• Please see attached for rubrics used to assess your presentation. Please note that two rubrics will be used: one by the teachers, one by your peers.

Bell Work:
Sicko’s Peeno Sees Few Gains in Health Insurance, September 3, 2007
Listen to the broadcast (~9 minutes) or read hand-out.

Homework (20 points) due Monday, September 20, 2010:
Write a one-page (500 words, double-spaced, 12-pt. font) reflection on Michael Moore’s movie Sicko and various assigned readings, considering these issues:
• Is access to health care an inalienable right like liberty, justice and the pursuit of happiness?
• At what point, if any, does private profit take precedence over human health needs and services?
• Is Michael Moore doing more good or harm to the national health care discussion? Please back up your stand.

Chapter 3: Medical Ethics & Law

Read chapter to prepare for online homework.

First Aid training

Meet in library

QUIA exam: Chapter 2: Finding the Right Occupation for You.
You can also re-take the QUIA quiz for Chapter 1

Bell Work:
Moore’s Sicko lands Blows on U.S. Health Care, June 22, 2007
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13979799 (scroll down to the bottom)
Listen to the broadcast (~8 minutes) or read hand-out.

Bell Work:
Michael Moore’s Sicko Flogs U.S. Health Care, June 20, 2007
Listen to the broadcast (~8 minutes) or read hand-out.

1. Read and review chapter.
2. Do Multiple Choice, Matching, Case Studies and Challenge
3. submit electronically ([email protected]) or hard copy

 

1. This quiz has two parts.
2. Quiz must be taken during class time.

• How has technology advanced the health industry?
• How will the wired home affect communications and relationships among the nuclear family members?
• Would a “telecaregiver” career provide sufficient excitement and/or job satisfactions? Why or why not?

1. Read and review chapter.
2. do Multiple Choice, Matching, and Case Studies; submit electronically ([email protected]) or hard copy
3. Extra credit: Challenge Your Knowledge

• Three words that describe you
• Three Likes
• Three Dislikes

• Three things you value
• Three accomplishments
• Three goals for this school year
• Why are you enrolled in this class?

1. "Consumers' Guide To The Health Bills," by Julie Appleby, Mary Agnes Carey, Phil Galewitz and Jordan Rau
2. "A Health Care Issue Both Parties Can Agree On," by Joanne Silberner
3. "CDC: Obesity Is A 'Major Public Health Threat'?" by Patti Neighmond

   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128971052
4. "CDC Reports Rise In Teen Pregnancy, STD Rates," by Brenda Wilson

   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106876608

• Transportation and meals (continental breakfast, lunch) supported by the Mayor's office.
• Turn in completed permission forms (signed by parents and respective teachers) by Friday, August 6, 2010.
• Alternate assignments available for students who cannot attend conference.