HL

Describe a healthcare system or policy or practice that you usually work in or you are aware of/familiar with. This system, policy or practice can be broad (e.g., at a state, national, international level) or more specific (e.g., at a local, community or organisational level)

a) Design a concept map or causal loop to represent the key elements of the chosen health system/policy/practice. In your figure, your basic key elements should include drivers/inputs, stakeholders, as well as outcomes. It is important that you clearly link/connect these factors to represent how they influence one another.

b) Explain your figure by briefly discussing the key interconnected elements and outcomes of the system, policy, or practice. In this discussion, you can talk about strengths and weaknesses of the system, as well as any positive or negative outcomes.

You may use some parts of this assignment for the next assessments (No rephrasing is required for using the content of your assignments within the same unit).

Notes:

· Please refer to HL READING 1&2 where Healthcare systems/policies and their components are defined/explained.

Please refer to HL READING 3 - 5 for information on system representing tools of concept maps and causal loops. You may use any visual medium to represent the system and the relationships between key elements but remember that systems are often not simply

· linear. For example, you can use arrows, linking words, or +/- to represent a positive or negative influence.

· There are plenty of concept mapping and causal loop tools/makers online that you can use to create your visual system representation. Alternatively, you can simply use Microsoft word.

Check the structure, format, grammar, punctuation, flow, and coherence of your assignment.

Assignment structure

There can be variations in preparing your assignment. However, the below outline is suggested

You can present many factors in your visual map but you do not need to cover all of these in your written explanation. You can choose to focus on a few factors and their relationships, or on the outcomes/outputs of the systems, or on some strengths or limitations of the system for example.

But if there is a specific reason you have them in a certain order like abcd then the reader might assume that there is a logical flow

· Represent and describe a health system/policy/practice and its outcomes

· References (minimum of 5

Using information from your workplace: The assignments are designed to provide an opportunity to work with real workplace events to enhance the maximum relevance and possibility of translation of the work to practice. You may use the information from your workplace to respond to the assignments in this unit. However , if there is no possibility of relating the assignments to the workplace, please describe the work in general terms or consider the case hypothetically. 

Submission format

Ensure that your figure and written description are included in your submitted document

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Assignment Rubric

1- Criteria

Diagram

Mark (3)

The components and relationships between of the health system/policy/practice are clearly represented in a visual diagram

2- Criteria

Understanding

Mark (5)

The work demonstrates an excellent understanding of a healthcare system/policy/practice.

3- Criteria

Expression

Mark (2)

Written expression is of a high standard and demonstrates a high level of communication skills;

Discussion contains excellent academic writing style.

It is very well organised and consistent.

Contains very limited spelling and grammatical errors;

APA style is employed consistently.

There are no errors or omissions of any kind in either the in-text citations or the reference list. Referencing is perfect.

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