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HSA 4421 - Legal Aspects of Healthcare

Guidelines for Term Project Case Study

1. Near the end of the term as noted on Canvas and in the Course Schedule each Group Spokesperson shall submit on behalf of its group members a minimum/maximum 10 page

final project case study analysis report for the group. This narrative resport is required

to address the following three (3) issues.

1.1. Propose creative action plan(s) to overcome the weaknesses of the particular healthcare system in the case study with an eye on the necessary legal oversight

1.2. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the health care delivery system and relevant laws.

1.3. Describe how the providers will get reimbursed for health care services provided. 2. Use of charts and tables are strongly encouraged but should be placed as appendicies rather than in

the body of the paper. The 10 page minimum/maximum does not include title page, table of contents,

abstract, references or appendices if any.

3. Required Sections: At a minimum each group submission shall include an Introduction section, then

re-state and answer in detail each of the questions stated above in sections 1.1-1.3.

4. Data and Sources. All data (facts and figures/statistics) shall be cited and referenced appropriately in

APA Style. All writing shall be by the students. No cutting and pasting of text from any source is

allowed. For those groups that need help with proper APA in text citation and references, please see

the following link: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/. Additional APA Style links and documents

will be posted on the Class online site. Also, see www.refworks.com – this source is available free to

FIU students and will assist you in formatting references properly in APA and other formats. An

additional source http://bruteforcestudyguide.com/essaywriting/apastyle.html

5. Required Sources: Each issue, question, paragraph and sentence with a statistic, number or direct quote is required to contain at least one “External Authoritative Source” in addition to the case

study and the textbook to support the statements and conclusions made therein.

6. Required Sources: A source and citation is required on each table/chart used 7. Required Sources: Two “External Authoritative Sources” in addition to the case study and

textbook are required for maximum points on EACH answer.

8. Required Sources: A source cannot be referenced unless it was cited in the narrative answer. 9. Required: The textbook from which the case study was published and the course text book must be

cited just like any other source. It is not permissible to write "In the text book... or In the case

study…"

10. Required: Any direct quote in the narrative must include the page or paragraph number in the citation.

11. “External Authoritative Sources” for purposes of this course shall mean: books, peer reviewed journal articles, education and government sites as well as non-partisan national or international

organizations (such as WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS etc) provided, the foregoing source/material

selected has in text citations and references to support statements made therein. Under no

circumstances are newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, blogs (regardless of source),

editorials, panel discussions and dot com sites to be used. The foregoing are not considered

authoritative for this course.

12. Required: It is wrong/improper to place a citation/source at the end of a paragraph if material from the source appears before the last sentence in the paragraph.

13. Required: It is improper to place a citation in the middle of a sentence. One can lead with the source in the sentence but cannot use a citation within parenthesis except at the end of the sentence.

14. Additional Guidance: I urge student to review the adobe connect session with FIU Libraries and

Writing Center on APA Style formatting and contact them personally if more assistance is needed.

15. Proper Submission Required: The assignment must be posted in the appropriate Assignment Folder.

Grading Rubric:

5- Excellent 4- Good 3- Fair 1-Poor

The report contained all of the

required Sources, Sections and

Proper Submission

The report contains

Sources, Sections and

Proper Submission

but does not

thoroughly address

the required criteria.

The report was

missing a Source,

Section or Proper

Submission and did

not thoroughly

address the required

criteria.

The report was missing two

or more Sources, Sections

or Proper Submission and

did not address the required

criteria.

5- Excellent 4- Good 3- Fair 1-Poor

The content is written in the

students’ own words, with the

exception of limited direct quotes,

which are properly cited and

referenced.

The Majority of the

content is written

within the students’

own words.

Some of the content

is written in the

students’ own words.

Very little of the content is

written in the students’

own words.

5- Excellent 4- Good 3- Fair 1-Poor

The report precisely follows proper

APA format for citations and

references.

The report follows

the proper APA

format, with very

minimum errors in

citations and

references.

The report follows

partially follows the

APA format.

Very few citations and

references are accurate.

5- Excellent 4- Good 3- Fair 1-Poor

Each paragraph, question and/or

issue is addressed AND uses two or

more external authoritative sources

(not including the text book or case

study) for each answer

One missing source

required for each

paragraph, question

and/or issue

addressed AND uses

two external

authoritative source

(not including the text

book or case study)

Two missing sources

required for each

paragraph, question

and/or issue

addressed and uses

only one external

authoritative source

(not including the text

book or case study)

More than Two missing

sources required for each

paragraph, question and/or

issue addressed

Posting and sharing completed work on third party websites:

As a student at Florida International University Health Services Administration (HSA) program, you

work hard to accomplish your educational goal/degree. Therefore, it is critical that you protect the

integrity of your work. The HSA department strongly discourages the posting and sharing of your work

including but not limited to, assignments, discussions, papers, quizzes and test answers. This includes

indirectly sharing your work by posting it to a third party website, learning platform database such as

Course Hero, StudyMode, or any other external database outside of the Canvas course. If you share your

original work to any of these third party sites it is an automatic disqualification from any publication

opportunities to medical or educational journals. The HSA department prohibits use of material from any

of the forgoing sites in student submissions. Turnitin will identify such use as plagiarism and will result in

a zero grade.

In addition, unless explicitly stated otherwise, all course materials are the property of FIU, faculty and

their respective copyright holders. The sharing or redistribution of any course materials to third parties is

strictly prohibited.

The above actions violate Florida International University’s Academic Integrity, the Student Conduct

policies and the Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences policies of Academic

Misconduct. Students who are found in violation of these policies will be dismissed from the degree

program and or University.