CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY
HEALTH POLICY HSC 3375/NURS 3375
Health Care Workforce Paper
In this assignment, you are exploring the values and issues related to health practitioners. Each student selects one health practitioner and one issue related to healthcare workforce and analyzes the issue. Examples of issues are 1) power and authority, 2) workforce supply and demand, 3) diversity, 4) education of practitioners and 5) competition between disciplines. This list is not inclusive of all issues so please select an issue of interest.
The paper includes:
1) identification of the health discipline and brief introduction to the issue;
2) analysis of the current concerns and policies related to the issue;
3) based on a solid review of the issue, provide your opinion on the policy direction needed to assist in addressing the issue.
Since this course has students from a variety of disciplines, please feel free to examine your own discipline in depth or get to know more about roles and issues among other disciplinary team members. Please be clear and specific in the points you are trying to make and use current resources.
The paper should be concise and no more than 3 typed pages. All papers should be formatted using APA style with 1” margins and 12-point font. A minimum of 3 references other than your book must be used to support your ideas and conclusions. You must use proper referencing and citations in all papers.
Evaluation Criteria:
Clear definition of current issue related to healthcare workforce issues. 30 points
Describes relevant background from the literature to help
define the issue.
Identifies problems and strengths within an issue 30 points
Clearly provides evidence to support issues.
Relates issue to current health policy and healthcare delivery debates.
Clearly defines personal position on the issue 30 points
Offers a recommendation on action to address the issue
Paper is well organized and error free 10 points
Proper APA formatting and referencing
Relevant and professional references