This version of MHST/NURS 620 closed. To current version.
1.0 Introduction | 2.0 Course Goals | 3.0 Course Materials | 4.0 Course Structure | 5.0 Course Outline | 6.0 Assessment Structure 1.0 Introduction This course will critically examine the relationship between cultural factors and health/health care delivery. Students will explore how ethnicity, gender, social class, and the organization of health disciplines and health systems influence opportunities for health and the delivery of health care to clients, particularly vulnerable or marginalized populations. After completing this course, students should be able to:
MHST/NURS 620 is comprised of both Online and Print-based course materials. Online Materials
Print Materials
This unit has the following purposes: to help student develop awareness of the ways they think about phenomena, including culture and health; and to help students develop awareness of the perspectives of phenomena offered by critical theory. This unit has the following purpose: to develop awareness of discourse analysis as an approach to reveal worldviews and power relations embedded in cultures that create inequities in health and health care delivery. Unit 4- Reflection: Health and the Cultures of Social Class, Gender, and Ethnicity The purpose of this unit is to provide the opportunity to reflect on cultural factors that influence health and health care delivery. Students apply principles of critical theory and discourse analysis to examine the relationships among social class, gender, ethnicity, and health. The purpose of this unit is to provide the opportunity to apply principles of critical theory and discourse analysis in reflection about how the cultures of health professions and health systems influence health care delivery. To receive credit for MHST/NURS 620, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least 60 per cent and a grade of at least 60 per cent on each written assignment. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
Feedback regarding conference participation will be ongoing. Quality of input (not quantity) is the goal. Feedback will focus on the student's ability to provide organized and original contributions that reflect analysis and synthesis of the material presented. Participation Criteria The assessment structure for MHST/NURS 620 indicates that 20% of the final grade is determined by participation in the course. Participation is measured against the following criteria.
Critical forum leadership provides students the opportunity to lead a conference discussion on one of five topics related to culture and health. In the discussion, students apply principles of critical theory and discourse analysis to examine the relationships between health and factors that influence health: social class, gender, ethnicity, and the cultures of health professions and health systems.
Assignment 1 invites students to analyze the discourse around a health-related topic relevant to their practice setting. Students locate resources (primarily journal articles and web-based information) that comprise the discourse about a health-related topic and analyze this discourse to determine the ways the topic is discussed and understood in our society. Assignment 2: Action to Transform Health Care (25%) Assignment 2 asks students to discuss how the discourse from Assignment 1 is evident in their practice setting, the influence of this on health care delivery, and actions that could transform the discourse to improve health care delivery. To archived version. Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. |