What is the level of this patient’s income, education, work experience, and cultural influences?
TOPIC: DIABETES
Assignment 2: Dropbox Assignment
The Course Project
In this week, you will continue to complete the tasks of the project topic selected in Week 1.
Topic 1: Disease Process
For a hypothetical patient who has the disease you selected, create a socioeconomic profile of your choice.
- What is the level of this patient’s income, education, work experience, and cultural influences?
- How might these socioeconomic factors influence his or her ability to access the necessary healthcare?
- How can the patient engage in self-care practices, such as modifying diet and exercise, and understand the nature of the illness, treatment, and prognosis?
- What healthcare services for this disease does the patient has access to?
Topic 2: Healthcare Profession
Identify the education and training of the healthcare professional you selected to study and answer the following:
- What is the interface between this profession and other healthcare providers?
- Who might their superior be in the healthcare network?
- Who might their peers be? Colleagues? Subordinates?
- What referral patterns might exist for this professional?
Submit your answers in a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document. Support your answers with appropriate examples and research.
Cite all references in APA format.
Submission Details
Name your document SU_HCM2005_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Submit your document to the W3 Assignment 2 Dropbox by Tuesday, December 1, 2015.
| Assignment 2 Grading Criteria—Topic 1 |
Maximum Points
|
| For the identified disease topic, created a socioeconomic profile that includes a hypothetical patient’s income, education, work experience, and cultural influences. |
45
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| Described how the socioeconomic factors might influence the hypothetical patient’s ability to access necessary healthcare. |
45
|
| Described how self-care practices can be used by the patient in this disease situation. |
35
|
| Described the types of healthcare services the patient with this disease has access to. |
35
|
| Written components. |
40
|
| Total: |
200
|
| Assignment 2 Grading Criteria—Topic 2 |
Maximum Points
|
| Described the education and training of the selected healthcare professional, including types of degrees, licenses, certifications, etc. |
45
|
| Explained how this professional interfaces with other healthcare providers in and out of the network. Described the boundaries and the means of communication. |
45
|
| Explained peer relationships, colleagues, and subordinates to this healthcare profession. |
35
|
| Described the referral patterns for this profession. |
35
|
| Written components. |
40
|
| Total: |
200
|
