RESP 335
RESPIRATORY
THERAPY ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT
COURSE
SYLLABUS
Summer
2004
Office
9 - 26a 964-6298
http://www.dmacc.edu/instructors/kegeorge/mgmt/mgmt.htm
This class will center on several main purposes. You will learn several important aspects of
management and supervision of other persons, develop skills needed to obtain
employment, develop a basic knowledge of medical ethical principles, develop a
philosophy of where you feel the respiratory care profession should go in the
future, identify what you must do to allow the profession to go in the proper
direction and develop skills to understand and conduct basic research.
RESOURCE
MATERIALS: You will continue to utilize books that have been used in previous
courses.
GRADING: Your grade for this class will be determined
based on the following items:
|
Class Participation |
Required |
|
Assignments |
Required |
|
Group Test |
Required |
|
Future of Respiratory Care Paper |
|Choose| |
|
Ethical Topic Paper |
|Two of | |
|
Management Topic Paper |
|Three | |
Each student will select two of the three papers listed
to write and identify them on the information you provide me along with the
three required items listed above. You
may choose to assign between 10 and 30 percent for each of the five items and
the total must be 100%. The division of
these must be submitted through an e-mailed message before
You
must submit one of the papers you choose to write no later than the start of
class on Tuesday July 6, 2004. The
second of the papers must be submitted not later than the start of class on
Thursday July 29, 2004. If either paper is
submitted after the due date, the score will be reduced by 10% for each day
the paper is late. You may submit drafts
of your paper for feedback. You must allow
on 24 hours for me to read the information and provide you with feedback. You must also make arrangements for return of
the paper to you if you want it on a day other than a class day. Electronic submission will facilitate the
submission and return of the materials.
Grades will be determined based on the final class total
and the following grading scale.
|
93.33- 100% |
A |
|
90.0 93.32% |
A- |
|
86.67 - 89.99% |
B+ |
|
83.33 86.66% |
B |
|
80.0 83.32% |
B- |
|
76.67 - 79.99% |
C+ |
|
73.3 76.66% |
C |
|
70.0 73.32% |
C- |
|
66.67 - 69.99% |
D+ |
|
63.33 66.66% |
D |
|
60.0 63.32% |
D- |
|
<60.0 |
F |
1. CLASS PARTICIPATION: Participation in class is very important to
success in this class. Much of value you
will take from this class will be accomplished during class sessions. We will be discussing and sharing experiences
and will all learn from each other. You
will be expected to attend all class sessions, and to be actively involved in
the activities occurring during class.
Obviously if you are not in class a particular day, you cannot receive
benefit or credit for that day.
2. ASSIGNMENTS: You will be expected to complete several
projects individually and in small groups.
Some of these will be completed in class and others will be completed
outside class. You will be assigned
projects both in class and on the Web.
It will be important for you to check the class web site on a regular
basis. (At least twice each week)
3. GROUP TEST: Near the end of the term, your
class as a whole will complete a test covering the information we deal with in
the class. The test will consist of
several essay type questions dealing with ethics of health care and topics of
management. The questions will be based
on the topics we cover in class and will ask you to discuss information and
decision-making rather than opinions of what decision to make. Grading will be based on the strength of the
information, and not on the decision made.
You should emphasize supporting information for the decision rather than
what decision is to be made.
4. FUTURE OF RESPIRATORY CARE PAPER: Students will
research and prepare a typed (printed), double-spaced paper (4-6 pages)
discussing the future of the respiratory care profession, and how you will
participate in that future. I want you
to identify from research the directions in which you feel the respiratory care
profession will move in the next 5-8 years.
This paper must have at least 4 references. In addition to your ideas of the kinds of
things respiratory therapists will be doing in the future, you are to describe
what your role in the changes and the future of the profession will be. I will be happy to discuss your ideas and
provide feedback on drafts of your paper at any time before one week before it
is due. Papers that are not acceptable
will be redone with a penalty of 20% for each resubmit.
5. ETHICAL TOPIC
PAPER: Students will prepare a
paper discussing both sides of an ethical topic currently being considered in
health care. The paper shall be at least
5 pages, double-spaced and printed. The
paper shall include at least 4 references.
You may select any topic of interest to you. You will discuss both the supportive and
opposing views on the topic. It is best
if you take a neutral position when writing the paper
6. MANAGEMENT TOPIC PAPER: Student will prepare and submit a paper
dealing with a topic of management. Each
student will choose a topic in which they have an interest. Your paper shall be 4-10 double spaced,
typewritten pages with references. I
suggest you select a topic about which you have an interest and about which you
would like to learn more information.
SUGGESTED TOPICS: (You do not need to do
one of these topics)
Ethical Topics
Euthanasia
Physician Assisted Suicide
Informed Consent for Investigational
therapies and drugs
Patient decisions to withhold or
withdraw supportive care
Patient versus physician decision on
Do Not Attempt Resuscitation
Withholding information on terminal
illness diagnoses from patients
Conflict of ethics based on
differences in cultural background
HIPAA and how do I do my job
Management Topics
Advantages and drawbacks of 8, 10,
12 and 16 hour shifts
Theories of motivation
Assessing and improving employee
affective behavior
Matching staffing to workload
Productivity measurement of
employees and departments
Pros and cons of decentralization of
respiratory care departments
Total Quality Improvement in health
care settings
Determining actual costs of
respiratory care procedures
What benefits motivate and which
keep the peace
Appearance/uniforms
and perceptions of competence