Health Administration (HADM) 369

Overview

This course is designed for students from a wide variety of backgrounds: health services, administrators, policy makers, practitioners, and clinicians. It provides in-depth discussion concerning the key political and administrative decision-making processes of the Canadian health systems. Particular emphasis is placed on the health policy development process and the issues associated to the welfare state.

The course begins with public policy definition, the health policy development process, and funding solutions to complete policy issues. Students also examine the variety of social, economic and political influences on health policy making. Students will discover that there are a variety of “policy instruments” available to decision makers to solve policy problems at the policy formulation stage.

Course Objectives

After completing Health Administration 369, you will be able to:

1. identify and explain the basic concepts and processes underlying health care policy making.
2. analyze critically the development of the health care system in Canada.
3. examine and apply a critical assessment to current health care reform initiatives.
4. communicate clearly in both verbal form and written form.

Outline

Health Administration 369 is structured for independent study with interactive tutoring. The course comprises the following nine units.

Unit 1: Development of Canada’s Health Care Systems

Unit 2: Public Policy in Canada

Unit 3: Decision Making in Health Care

Unit 4: What Informs/Influences Health Policy?

Unit 5: Levels of Policy Making

Unit 6: Reform of Health Care in Canada

Unit 7: Empowered Citizens

Unit 8: Health Care Reform: Shifting to Community

Unit 9: Future Health Policy Issues for Canada

Evaluation

To receive credit for HADM 369, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent), a mark of at least 50 percent on all the assignments as well as 50% on the final exam.

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Other Materials

Most of the course materials for HADM 369 are available online through the myAU portal. A printed Reading File also accompanies the course.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the HADM 369 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least "C-" (60 per cent) on the examination.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form