Conceptual Relevance of Integrative Studies in a Healthcare Career
This course has been tremendously helpful to anybody anticipating a career in any form of health care or health care-related industries and services. It is obvious that it is no longer sufficient for future health care workers and service providers to study only courses directly related to the actual delivery of health care services. In the modern age of health care, it is essential for professionals in any related field to understand the issues facing patients, health care providers, employers, and other stakeholders. In particular, the Integrative Studies course combines the fields and skills associated with essential aspects of professionalism in general as well as particularly in connection with the safe, ethical, and legally complaint delivery of health care services.
The course provides a comprehensive and very useful overview of the business issues that arise in health care and of the various economic, political, and social forces that determine many of the most relevant variables in that regard. The material outlining economic forces and variables is helpful to any health care professional, especially in light of the current national economic crises and, even more so, because of the direct impact that the continually increasing cost of health care services have had and continue to have on the national economy. With health care costs approaching forty percent of the national gross domestic product and being responsible for such a large percentage of personal bankruptcy filings in the United States, it is impossible to develop an accurate perspective of the realities of health care in the U.S. without an appreciation of the elements and...
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Action The importance of creativity and innovation in the workplace is well documented, but the debate over nature vs. nurture continues with some authorities maintaining that people are born with attributes such as creativity and innovation while others argue that such attributes can be inculcated over time (Furnham & Heaven 1999). To determine the facts in these matters, this case study examines the relevant literature to gain some fresh insights
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