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Assignment:

Examine the similarities and differences among health care delivery systems that currently exist in the United States.

Include the following in your assessment:

Select two or three health care delivery systems to examine.
Provide a description and relevant details of the selected delivery systems.
Summarize the mission or philosophy statement for each of the health care delivery systems you selected.
Formulate your own mission or philosophy statement, with rationale as to why you chose these elements to include.
Support your statements with appropriate and scholarly sources from the GCU Library or other qualified sources.

Read the article Strength-Based Practice: The ABC’s of Working with Adolescents Who Don’t Want To Work with You and discuss it here. The article is posted in this lesson.

In this article, this approach is used with teens. Please keep in mind that you can use this approach with anyone you are working with and with any issue.

(June 1998) “Strength-Based Practice: The ABC’s of Working With Adolescents Who Don’t Want To Work With You” Federal Probation Quarterly, (62)1, 46-53.

Final Assignment: Developmental Venn Diagram Analysis (Video Presentation)

Purpose

This assignment allows you to apply key concepts from lifespan development to examine how a single social, emotional, or health-related issue presents across two distinct developmental stages. You will demonstrate your understanding of biological, psychological, and social development and the healthcare professional’s role by visually comparing stages using Venn diagrams and explaining your analysis in a video presentation.

Deliverable

3–5 minute video presentation

You must record your own face and voice No AI narration or written papers will be accepted Venn diagrams must be shown clearly on screen during the video

Video Presentation Requirements

Please organize your presentation into the following clearly labeled sections:

Issue and Developmental Stages (Approx. 1 minute) Clearly state the issue you selected (e.g., grief, chronic illness, disability, trauma, substance use) Identify the two developmental stages you are comparing Briefly explain why this issue is important to examine across development

Developmental Comparison: The Issue Across Stages (Approx. 1.5–2 minutes) Using Venn Diagram #1, explain how the issue appears at each developmental stage.

Address the following through a biopsychosocial lens:

Biological Factors

Psychological Factors

Social Factors

Be sure to explain:

What is unique to each developmental stage What is shared between stages (overlap)

Healthcare Professional Role Across Development (Approx. 1–1.5 minutes) Using Venn Diagram #2, compare how the role of a healthcare professional differs by developmental stage.

Discuss:

Assessment priorities Communication style Intervention and education strategies Ethical or boundary considerations Highlight both stage-specific approaches and shared professional responsibilities.

Theoretical Application Integrate at least two developmental theories or theorists from the course, such as:

Erikson Piaget Vygotsky Bandura Bronfenbrenner Explain how your Venn diagram analysis reflects these theories. Be specific in your explanations.

Reflection and Professional Insight Why did you choose this issue? What surprised you when comparing developmental stages? How might this understanding help healthcare or mental health professionals work more effectively across the lifespan?

Submission Requirements

You will submit:

One 3-5 minute video presentation Two Venn diagrams (hand-drawn or digital)

Rubric

Issue & Developmental Stages (clarity and relevance): 10 points Developmental Analysis (biopsychosocial accuracy and depth): 30 points Healthcare Professional Role Analysis: 20 points Theoretical Application: 20 points Reflection, clarity, organization, and time limit: 20 points Total: 100 points

REHB8101 Assessment 1: Reflective Assignment

Reflective Assignment: IPP competencies and Therapeutic Communication (Individual reflection)

Please note that this assignment should be completed in CADMUS – see link in FLO

Part 2: Individual critical reflection on IPP & therapeutic communication (worth 60% of this task). 1000-word limit

Building on your group reflection on interprofessional practice (IPP) competency, this individual assessment requires you to complete critical reflections using Gibbs Reflective Cycle to structure your writing:

Critical reflection (deepest level) is required. Use Gibbs Reflective Cycle to structure both reflections.

1. Critical reflection on IP competency. Interprofessional competency (choose ONE element only): Critically reflect on your personal development in one interprofessional competency. Your focus must be individual (your thinking, assumptions, behaviour, learning) and should extend beyond what was covered in the group reflection.
Description. What happened?
Feelings?
Evaluation. What went well, what didn’t?
Analysis (Critical reflection focus here)
Conclusion and action plan

 

2. Critical reflection on therapeutic communication. Therapeutic communication (learning moment): Critically reflect on a specific learning related to therapeutic communication in simulation (or preparation). This may be based on a shift in understanding arising from your own performance or your observation of others.
Description. What happened?
Feelings?
Evaluation. What went well, what didn’t?
Analysis (Critical reflection focus here)
Conclusion and action plan

 

Please carefully review the assessment rubric for this assessment.

 

References:

Please ensure that you include the following information as part of your reference section.

Did you use AI tools in any part of this assessment?

☐Yes

☐No

Academic integrity: refer to university policy.

Artificial intelligence: Limited use of AI.

AI-Prompted

For this assessment task, students are permitted to use in-built generative AI such as slide design or grammatical/editing but are required to generate their own responses in line with conditions and expectations of the task outlined in the instructions. Students must acknowledge AI suggestions that were acted on/incorporated into the final submission. Students are required to acknowledge how they used AI in their final submission.

How should the use of AI be acknowledged in the assessment task?

Students must provide a declaration acknowledging which AI technologies have been used and how. This should be included at the beginning of the submission. Drafts should be kept demonstrating authorship and may be requested by assessors. An appendix containing all prompts and output generated from AI should be included with the final submission.

For example:

• I acknowledge the use of ChatGPT in suggested grammar and spelling (OpenAI, Year). The prompts and output from ChatGPT are included in Appendix 1.

A reference to the use of AI should be included in the reference list.

For example:
(Year). ChatGPT (Month, Year, Version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

You are not allowed to:

• share assessment questions with any AI platform or tools or homework help websites, recognising that this will be considered an infringement of university intellectual property.
• submit output generated by generative AI as your own work. This may constitute contract cheating which is, Academic Misconduct.

Be aware that when submitting this assignment, you are agreeing that “I understand the rules of this assessment and will comply with these academic integrity requirements.”

To better understand AI and its use for study within the parameters of this assessment, you can refer to https://library.flinders.edu.au/students/ai In particular you should note the instances where the use of AI tools may constitute academic misconduct. That includes using AI beyond what is listed as permitted above and not properly acknowledging (referencing) use of output from AI tools, which included keeping a record of what prompts were used.

Tips & reminders

• A brief introduction and conclusion may be useful.
• Reflection and discussion may be related to yoursuccess or failure in the use of IPP competencies (the value of reflection is to keep learning)
• All literature and teaching content must be referenced using APA 7^th.
• Reference list does NOT contribute to word count but in text references do.
• Exceeding the word limit will result in the assignment being marked only to this point.

 

Criteria		HD (85–100%)	DN (75–84%)	CR (65–74%)	P (50–64%)	F (<50%)
IPP Reflection	Description & Feelings (5%)	Clear, concise and focused description of event; personal thoughts and assumptions clearly articulated and relevant.	Clear description and relevant feelings identified.			Incomplete, unclear or overly descriptive.
	Evaluation (5%)	Thoughtful and balanced evaluation clearly linked to the chosen IPP competency.	Clear evaluation of strengths and limitations.			Minimal or absent evaluation.
	Analysis (includes integration of literature) (30%)	Sophisticated critical analysis of assumptions, team processes, professional identity or dynamics. Relevant IPP literature integrated to compare and evaluate experience. Clear transformation in understanding demonstrated.	Strong critical analysis with clear integration of relevant literature. Experience evaluated against theory.	Clear analysis supported by relevant literature. Some comparison evident.	Analytical reflection evident (not merely descriptive). Relevant literature applied meaningfully in analysis.	Primarily descriptive. Literature absent or not meaningfully applied.
	Conclusion & Action Plan (5%)	Insightful synthesis and specific, realistic behaviour-focused actions grounded in learning.	Clear learning and specific future actions.	Learning and appropriate actions identified.	Learning articulated with some specific actions.	Learning unclear; actions vague or absent.
Therapeutic Communication Reflection (50%)	Description & Feelings (5%)	Clear, focused description of a specific therapeutic communication moment; emotional awareness evident and relevant.	Clear description; relevant feelings identified.			Incomplete or vague.
	Evaluation (5%)	Balanced and thoughtful evaluation of communication behaviours and relational impact.	Clear evaluation of strengths and limitations.			Minimal or absent evaluation.
	Analysis (includes integration of literature) (30%)	Advanced critical analysis of verbal/non-verbal behaviours, relational impact and missed opportunities. Therapeutic communication literature integrated to evaluate effectiveness and demonstrate transformation in understanding.	Strong analysis with effective integration of relevant communication theory. Clear comparison between theory and experience.	Clear analytical reflection supported by relevant literature. Some evaluation evident.	Analytical reflection evident (not merely recounting events). Relevant theory applied meaningfully in analysis.	Primarily descriptive. Literature absent or not meaningfully applied.
	Conclusion & Skill Development Plan (5%)	Clear synthesis with highly specific and practical strategies for future communication practice.	Clear learning and specific future strategies.	Learning identified with appropriate actions.	Learning articulated with some specific actions.	Vague intentions; no actionable plan.
	Presentation, Referencing & Academic Integrity (10%)	Professional, coherent and critically reflective writing. Accurate APA 7 referencing. Appropriate scholarly sources used. Word limit adhered to. AI declaration accurate.	Clear structure and reflective tone. No referencing or expression errors. Requirements met.	Structured and understandable. Referencing mostly correct. Word limit adhered to. AI declaration included.		Poor organisation. Significant referencing errors. Word limit exceeded (marking stops at limit). AI declaration missing/inaccurate.

Week 8 Paper – Design a Community Risk Reduction Plan

For the final paper in the course, you are to design a community risk reduction plan. If you are currently in the fire service, it is recommended that you design a community risk reduction plan for the community you serve.  However, you are not required to focus on the local area for your community risk reduction plan.  The ultimate goal is that this project will result in a plan that you can actually implement on a local level within your community.

Using the Community Risk Reduction template as your guide, design a community risk reduction plan.  Your community risk reduction plan should include most of the following sections.  (Make sure to design your Community Risk Reduction plan to suit the needs of your community.)

1.  Overview of the location

2.  Description of the service are

3.  Community risk priorities

4.  Community partners/organizations to work with

5.  Personnel resources of FD staff and community partners

6.  Strategies

7.  Implementation

8.  Budget

Your Week 8 Paper should be a minimum of 4 pages (not including cover page and reference list) for your paper. External research will be required.

Use your weekly readings, the internet as well as professional journals, articles and other academically recognized sources. You must use a minimum of three sources.

Please create your response in a Microsoft word document, following APA guidelines, and upload as an attachment for submission.  Pages are to be double-spaced utilizing Verdana 12 point font text. The page requirements are exclusive of your reference list and cover page.

Unit 4 Assignment 1: Joint Commission Standards Case Study

For the Unit 4 Assignment 1, you will be considering accreditation bodies and how they affect healthcare and its delivery. The Joint Commission is one of healthcare’s accrediting bodies. You will consider the standards that it requires for its accreditation for a specific healthcare facility.

You are to read the case study for State Community Regional Hospital. You can find this document linked below and in Course Docs. You will also need to open up the Joint Commission standards list that is linked below and is also in Course Docs.

Imagine that you are the HIM director for a facility. Your role will be to review the findings of the consultant that visited your facility. You will then review the Joint Commission standards. List the findings of the consultant, noting the standard in violation, and share how this violation affects the department and the facility as a whole. Provide a brief summary of your findings and what improvements need to take place. Then share the focus of the improvement for the next improvement project for the department.

Unit Outcomes addressed in this assignment:

• Analyze standards and critique processes set up to meet the standards.
• Explain the performance improvement perspectives of accreditation, certification, and licensure organizations.
• Evaluate how health care policy-making both directly and indirectly impacts the national and global healthcare delivery systems.
• Perform quality assessment including quality management, data quality, and identification of best practices for health information systems.

Course outcomes assessed in this assignment:

HI230-3: Explain the principles of quality assurance in health information management.

PC-2.3: Demonstrate integrity through the application of relevant codes of conduct and social responsibility within one’s profession.

Introduction

It will be critical for you to be able to understand how accreditation, certification, and licensing standards provide a framework for establishing a level of quality and performance in a healthcare organization. For this Assignment, you will analyze a case study describing an IT evaluation for a healthcare facility. You will identify the Joint Commission standards that are in question at the facility.

Instructions

• Read the Case Study of SCR.
• Download the JC Standards.
• Create a table that lists each of the issues the consultant found at the hospital. Then, analyze each issue and decide which Joint Commission IM standard is in question. Then, in the Excerpt column, provide a short statement from the standard or intent to describe why you chose the IM Standard that you did.

Example:

Table 1: Issues and Applicable IM Standards

Issue

IM Standard

Excerpt

The department’s plan for backup procedures is not detailed.

IM.01.01.03

Note: You should have at least 10 issues presented.

• Summarize your findings in 1-2 paragraphs. Your summary should:
• describe where this hospital needs the most improvement and why.
• describe what you think the most important opportunity for improvement is.
• recommend where to focus the next performance improvement project.

Unit 4 Assignment 2: Case Study: Global Memorial Hospital Joint Replacement Readmissions

For the Unit 4 Assignment 2, you will be putting into practice your knowledge of data analysis and charting. You will use a series of data compiled by the Coding Department to study a high readmission rate for joint replacements. After you have completed your analysis of the data, you will create a specified series of charts from the data and share your results and analysis with management.

View the Unit 4 Lab grading rubric.

Unit outcome assessed in this assignment:

• Apply evaluation processes to performance improvement programs.
• Analyze PI project data and communicate results to management.

Assignment Requirements

1. Download the HI230 Unit 4 Assignment 2 Instructions document that defines the case study.
2. Analyze the problem using the HI230 Unit 4 Assignment 2 Data Set.
3. Create a professional presentation outlining your findings (including graphs) to the Director of Health Information Management.

Social Action Plan Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to identify a broader social issue or underrepresented group and harness the power of sport to enact meaningful change or raise awareness about the issue. You will present your plan in a “TED Talk” style format, focusing on creating an engaging and impactful delivery. This is an individual assignment and should reflect your unique interests, experiences, and connections. Choose a topic you are passionate about: your genuine interest will make your presentation more compelling.

Requirements:

1. Address a Societal Problem:

Choose a significant social issue (e.g., mental health, accessibility, environmental sustainability, etc.) or focus on an underrepresented group (e.g., marginalized communities, individuals with disabilities, specific cultural groups, etc).

Clearly define the problem and its relevance to society.

2. Involve Sport:

Your plan must leverage sport as a tool or platform to address the issue. Examples include community-based sports programs, partnerships with sports organizations, or campaigns led by athletes, coaches, local teams, sport entities like the media, etc.

Explain how sport uniquely connects to the problem and its solution.

3. Include Action:

Develop a detailed action plan that includes specific steps to bring your idea to life. Include:

Potential partnerships: Identify organizations, teams, or individuals that align with your cause and could support your initiative. E.g. local sports clubs, non-profits, schools, or professional athletes. What roles will they play in your action plan?

Funding strategies: Detail how you will secure funding for your initiative. This might include grants, sponsorships, crowdfunding campaigns, or partnerships with businesses. Include a preliminary budget or estimate of costs (what will you need money for and how much does it cost)

Measurable outcomes: Clearly define what success looks like for your project. Examples might include: the number of participants, raised funds, or increased awareness measured through surveys or social media metrics.

4. TED Talk Presentation:

Prepare a 10-minute presentation in the style of a TED Talk.

Use storytelling, visuals, and persuasive speaking to engage the class.

Clearly articulate the problem, your proposed solution, and its anticipated impact.

make this as a PowerPoint.

topic: gender inequality

Week 2 Discussion: Continue Your DiscussionLeadership and Group Dynamics

This week, think about leadership and group dynamics.

Please select one of the following prompts as a starting point for your post:

• Review the five major approaches to leadership in your textbook. Which leadership style can you relate to the most, and why?
• Discuss at least one effect of unequal power in the group setting. What would you do to encourage equal power among group members?
• Explain at least one advantage and one disadvantage of having a group co-leader. Would you prefer to lead independently or have a co-leader? Why or why not?
• Discuss at least two standards for social work practice with groups. Share an example of why these standards are important.

Term Paper
Students are required to write a term paper on a disaster /event by focusing on a social issue or a specific vulnerable population in the context of the event. [For example, The impact of Hurricane Katrina on disadvantaged population of New Orleans. The child victims of 1995 Oklahoma Bombings, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the Tourist population]. Topic should contain the name of the disaster and the group/social issue that is being studied. The topic should be emailed for approval before the due date (See Course Schedule for the due date).

Based on the instructor’s approval of your topic you are required to write a term paper. You will be provided with the grading rubric and further instruction via Blackboard.

The paper should be 10-12 pages double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, 1” margin all around. Be sure to cite at least 6 peer reviewed sources (APA 7th edition format). Note that clarity of writing and paper format will also be considered in grading. Papers will be graded based on the depth in which the issue was covered; the degree to which assigned and other readings, and personal opinions were incorporated into the assignment; and overall presentation (e.g. Level of reflection, clarity, detail, grammar, sentence structure, spelling, citations)

Your paper should include (but not limited to) the following:
• Overview of the event/disaster
• Discussion of the social issue or the vulnerable population that is being studied.
• How the disaster impacted/influenced the vulnerable population? / Discussion of the social issue in relation to the disaster.
• Needs and challenges related to the vulnerable population impacted by the disaster
• Problems experienced by the emergency managers while dealing with the social issue or addressing the needs of the vulnerable population.
• Why is the issue important to resolve? / Why is it important to incorporate the needs of the vulnerable population?
• Finally, how can emergency managers address the issue/ the needs and challenges of the population to enhance disaster resilience (recommendations)?