Winter 2018 HSERV 590C Announcement

Selected Topics: Organization Theory and Applications in the Study of Health Services

Course Number: HSERV 590C

SLN: 15477

Meeting Time: Thursdays 3:30-6:20 PM

Location: Health Sciences Center, Room E-214

Instructor: Suzanne J. Wood, PhD, MS, FACHE

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services

Email: sjwood@uw.edu

Course Description

The primary objective of this doctoral seminar is to examine seminal theoretical perspectives and issues studied under the organization theory (OT) archetype. The purpose is to provide health services researchers with a rigorous set of analytical tools essential to conducting evidence-based management inquiry that informs both knowledge and practice concurrently. Students are to survey important historical contributions and more recent frameworks for their theoretical and empirical contributions to management practice. Particularly important is competency development in the areas of management innovation, organizational learning and collaboration, as well as contextual problem solving techniques. Consequently, special attention will be given to the interface between theoretical approaches and the taking of informed, calculated risks in problem solving.

Additional information here.

Here are three CEDI non-clinical electives which will be available to medical students, Health Sciences and Social Work graduate students.

• UCONJ 530 Section A, Indian Health Issues, Thursdays, 6:00pm to 7:20 pm (PT), January 4^th – March 8^th, 2018. Health Sciences Building Room E308.

This is a 2 credit course that is a requirement for the Indian Health Pathway. It will only be offered in the winter.  This course consists of weekly guest lecturers who are practicing MD’s, researchers, community health professionals, and Elders specializing in the care of American Indian/Alaska Native communities.

Course Requirements and Weekly Coursework: Attendance and class participation comprise a major portion of class credit. Four hours of community service (for the quarter) is expected and will be discussed in detail at the first class meeting.  One project due at the end of the quarter is required. Students have a wide array of options for the project such as research papers, creating educational materials, doing patient interviews, etc. Weekly, students are asked to read short articles or book chapters (all available online). No final exam.

• FAMED 556, Section A, Spanish for the Health Professional, Tuesdays, 5:30 to 6:50pm (PT), January 9^th – March 6^th.  Room HSB T550.  It will only be offered this winter and requires an intermediate level of Spanish. Dr. Hilda Mena is the instructor.

Course Requirements and Weekly Coursework: Attendance and class participation comprise a major portion of the class credit. The majority of the class sessions are spent practicing with vocabulary and dialogue worksheets. Student are given one oral Spanish exam, based on course worksheets and dialogues, at the end of the quarter.

This course meets requirements for the Hispanic Health Pathway and the Underserved Pathway.

• CONJ 570, Section A, Clinical Management of the Trans Patient, Tuesdays, 5:30 to 6:50pm (PT), January 9^th – March 6^th. Room: HSB T747.  It will only be offered this winter and there are no pre-requisites. This course consists of weekly guest lecturers who are practicing MD’s and community health professionals specializing in the care of Trans patients.

Course Requirements and Weekly Coursework: Attendance and class participation comprise a major portion of class credit. Two written Reflections are required, one at the middle and one at the end of the quarter. Weekly, students are asked to read short articles or book chapters (all available online). No final exam.

This course is required for completion of the LGBTQ Health Pathway and also meets requirements for the Hispanic Health Pathway and the Underserved Pathway.

UCONJ 530 Issues in Indian Health Winter 2018 poster

CONJ 570 Transa Health Poster Winter 2018

FAMED 556 Winter 2018 Poster

West Coast Poverty Center (WCPC) Seminar:

“The Crimmigration Crisis: State and Local Courts’ Responses to Immigration Enforcement Efforts”

Christopher Lasch

University of Denver – Sturm College of Law

Tuesday, December 12th

Social Work Building, Room 305A

12:30 – 1:30 pm

co-sponsored by the Law, Societies, and Justice Department

Abstract: This essay examines the current impasse over courthouse immigration arrests. Part I briefly describes the “crimmigration” crisis that has been ongoing for three decades, and Part II situates the courthouse-arrest issue in that context, as the latest front in the federalism battle brought on by federal efforts to coopt local criminal justice systems to serve the immigration enforcement mission. Part III examines a longstanding common-law doctrine establishing a privilege against courthouse arrests, and Part IV suggests this common-law privilege gives states and localities the authority needed to break the current impasse.