This house believes that only ‘proven’ (evidence-based) healthcare should be provided by public funding

MGT2701 The Healthcare Sector: Provision, Policy and Funding

Date of submission: Week 11 Term 1

It is expected that through classroom learning and independent study you will be able to recognise and connect how academic skills support provision, policy and funding within the healthcare sector.

In self-selected teams of three/four, participate in a formal debate to review the range of healthcare provision; the impact of policy on provision and the provision of funding. A debate is based around a suggestion or ‘motion’ relating to an idea or opinion. People who are arguing to support the motion are called the ‘proposers’. and people arguing against the motion are the ‘opposers’.

Motion 1: This house believes that only ‘proven’ (evidence based) healthcare should be provided by public funding

Motion 2: This house believes that transparent rationing of healthcare is acceptable

Debating order

The order that is followed in a formal debate is:

1. The debate is chaired by a 'speaker', who reads out the motion.

2. The first proposer presents the arguments for the motion.

3. The first opposer presents the arguments against the motion.

4. The second proposer presents further arguments in favour of the motion.

5. The second opposer presents further arguments against the motion.

6. This side-to-side debating of the motion continues until all the people involved have had their say. The rules of a formal debate are quite strict, limiting each contributor to speaking only once during the debate*.

7. A maximum 10-minute break to prepare the final summations

8. An opposer then sums up the key points of the argument against the motion.

9. A proposer then sums up the argument for the motion.

10. The speaker re-reads the motion.

11. The audience then votes 'for' or 'against' the motion.

*Where there is an uneven number one member of the team may speak twice and be given the opportunity to provide the final summation.

Submission Guidance:

Each team will produce a PowerPoint presentation summarising their arguments and evidence that will be presented in the form of a 15-minute debate to their peers and the tutor. Each individual is required to submit either their own slides or a copy of the team’s slides PLUS a 750-word summary of the arguments made.

Marking Rubric
Section/ criteria	1-4	5-8	9-12	13-16	17-20
Introduction : 15% A clear rationale for the topic choice	Outstanding discussion and justification of topic selected	Thorough discussion and justification of topic selected	Evidence of some discussion and justification of topic selected	Adequate discussion and justification of topic selected	Discussion and justification of topic selected is inadequate
Literature Review and Discussion : 40% Relevant and informative, applying depth of knowledge and understanding	Excellent and well- informed understanding of theories and concepts involved	Good understanding of theories and concepts involved	Demonstrates satisfactory knowledge and understanding theories and concepts	Adequate content; limited depth of knowledge and understanding shown	Inadequate content; limited depth of knowledge and understanding shown
Recommendations and Conclusion: 25% Clear recommendations and conclusions from the literature	Tightly structured, logical and draws coherent conclusions to the topics covered	Undertakes a systematic analysis of the issues and draws coherent conclusions to the topics covered	Sound conclusions to the topics covered	Adequate conclusions to the topics covered	Inadequate conclusions to the topics covered
References: 10% Reference to sources including directions for further study	Broad and relevant readings examined and used selectively in the work	Good range of appropriate references used during the review	Conventional references and readings used within the review	Adequate but limited use of references during review	Review relies on no or one reference: evidence of unexamined personal opinion
Presentation: 10% Clearly presented with limited spelling and grammatical errors

Version 1:2 November 2020