ANTH 1785 - COMPARATIVE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Health care systems are having to respond to the number of competing challenges. The pressures of globalization, aging populations, increasing patient demands, and the rising costs of research and medical treatments are forcing us to look more critically at how healthcare is delivered to devise changes for the future. Changes made to health systems are often based on economic and political rationale and with many countries currently experiencing significant changes to the way in which health care systems have historically been funded and delivered. Students will explore a range of key concepts and themes in comparative healthcare from a multidisciplinary perspective. They will develop critical appraisal skills to assess the quality of evidence used to support developments in healthcare policy and practice and help students to look critically at the role that governmental and non-governmental organizations play in healthcare. This course will provide students will a firm grounding in key concepts and themes in comparative healthcare. It adopts a multidisciplinary approach to look at key principles in epidemiology, the way in which healthcare systems are funded and delivered, and health inequality and the social determinants of healthcare. Direct comparisons will be made between the USA and UK to allow students to relate their learning on this course to their own educational and healthcare settings. While this course is designed as part of a Study Abroad program for students in health-related fields: Nursing, pre-Medicine, Public Health, Global Health, Health Administration, etc., it does not have any prerequisites. Any student interested in this topic may enroll.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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