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Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System
Subject: Other Health Sciences
Book Language: English
Audience: This work is being targeted for undergraduate health sciences, public health, and admnistration.
Created date: October 27, 2021
Updated date: June 15, 2022
Target Release Date: 2022-08-01
License:
• I don’t know
Needs:
• Peer Reviewers
• Contributors
• Proofreaders
Description:
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Soaring textbook costs have been well documented (USGAO, 2018). The price and uncertainty surrounding course materials are a significant barrier for the vast majority of today’s college students (Weisbaum, 2016). That barrier has shown to be even more significant for historically underserved student populations – confirming textbook affordability as a social justice issue (Jenkins et al., 2020).
Fortunately, as textbook prices continue to increase, so has the use of Open Education Resources (OER): openly-licensed materials that can be accessed, edited, and shared without cost or restriction (Hewlett Foundation 2017). OER’s use has risen exponentially in recent years, with research evidencing its positive impact on academic performance, student enrollment, student retention, and time-to-graduation rates, to name but a few (Cooney, 2017; Fischer et al., 2015). Despite its ability to reduce current cost barriers to higher education – while simultaneously helping to decolonize the text, reduce student stress, increase first-day access, usher innovative pedagogies, etc. – some disciplines still lack options for high-quality OER.
In order to address the growing need for OER, a project is being embarked upon to prepare an OER textbook on the overview of the healthcare system in the United States, titled, Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System. This work is being targeted for undergraduate health sciences, public health, and health administration students. The target date for publication is August, 2022.
Please consider submitting a proposal for one of the following chapters, or another chapter you consider appropriate to include in such a work (the Table of Contents below is a working document and will be edited as this process unfolds). Single authorships and co-authorships are accepted. Proposals are due by November 12, 2021.
Table of Contents
Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System
Primary Care & Other Healthcare Professionals
Outpatient & Inpatient Care
Public Health
Population Health Management
Financing Healthcare in the U.S.
Government Programs
Managed Care & Reimbursement
Long-Term Care
Populations with Special Needs
Quality & Safety
The Impact of Technology
Health Policy
Health Disparities
The U.S. vs. Other Countries
Proposal Requirements
Please submit all proposals to
thomas.clobes@csuci.edu
, including the following elements:
Detailed outline of chapter content
Author(s) Information
Full name
Institution
Primary email
Author’s bio & qualifications
Important Dates
October 6, 2021 – Call for Proposals issued
November 12, 2021 – Chapter proposals due
December 10, 2021 – Chapter authors notified; commence writing
March 4, 2022 – First draft due
April 1, 2022 – Authors receive peer-feedback on chapter
May 13, 2022 – Final draft due
About the Co-Author & Editor
Thomas A. Clobes, Ph.D. is faculty in the Health Sciences program at California State University Channel Islands. He has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare field. His research focuses on medical cannabis and health policy.
References
Cooney, C. (2017). What impacts do OER have on students? Students share their experiences with a
health psychology OER at New York City College of Technology. International Review of research
in Open and Distributed Learning, 18(4).
Fischer, L., Hilton, J., Robinson, J., & Wiley, D. (2015). A multi-institutional study of the impact of
open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students. Journal of
Computing in Higher Education, 27(3), 159-172.
Hewitt Foundation, William and Flora. (2017). Open education resources. Retrieved from
Open Education
Jenkins, J. J., Sánchez, L. A., Schraedley, M. A., Hannans, J., Navick, N., & Young, J. (2020). Textbook
broke: Textbook affordability as a social justice issue. Journal of Interactive Media in Education,
1(3), 1.
United States Government Accountability Office. (2018). College textbooks: Students have greater
access to textbook information. Report to Congressional Committees.
Weisbaum, H. (2016). Students are still saddled with soaring textbook costs, report says. NBC News. Retrieved from https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/students-are-still- saddled-soaring-textbook-costs-report-says-n516011
Short Description:
In order to address the growing need for OER, a project is being embarked upon to prepare an OER textbook on the overview of the healthcare system in the United States, titled, Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System. This work is being targeted for undergraduate health sciences, public health, and health administration students.
Participants
• @thomas.clobes
• @ckgransberry
• @cgruwell