Health Care Administration

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COMM 332.3
Introduction to Health Care Administration
1(3L)(Not offered in 2002-2003)

Introduces the student to the administrative structures of health care services in Canada and to the role expectations of different groups and organizations involved in the delivery of health care services.

COMM 333.3
Health Agencies
2(3L)(Not offered in 2002-2003)

Examines the pattern, structure and operation of the various components associated with modern health care delivery systems. The components examined include community health centres, hospitals, nursing homes, home care systems, and various other public health services.

COMM 339.3
Field Project
3(P)(Not offered in 2002-2003)
Prerequisite(s): COMM 333.

Provides students with the opportunity to analyse and develop solutions to actual problems in health administration. The student, now an administrative resident in a health care organization, works under the direction of a senior executive, called a preceptor. The professor assumes overall supervision for the students working under the daily direction of preceptors.

COMM 434.3
Health Care Law and Ethics
1/2(3L)(Not offered in 2002-2003)
Prerequisite(s): COMM 332 and 333.

Divided into three major sections. Section one provides a brief review of the Canadian Legal System and the specific portions which affect Health Care Organizations. Section two covers the legal concerns of patients and Health Care Professionals in the context of receiving treatment and negligence. Section three covers broad community-related issues which affect Health Care Organizations. Attention is paid throughout to the interconnection of ethical issues and legal issues.

COMM 436.3
Policy Formulation and Planning in Health Care Administration
1/2(3S)(Not offered in 2002-2003)
Prerequisite(s): COMM 333.

Deals with program and service planning in health care institutions at the institutional, community and regional levels, determination of needs, setting of priorities, the planning process, implementation of evaluation.