Objective 1-2:  Students will be able to identify and compare the basic elements of the financing of the U.S. health care system.

Objective 1-3:  Students will be able to analyze the major problems currently facing the U.S. health care delivery and financing systems.

Goal #2:  To enhance the student’s understanding of health-related public policy and oversight at the state level.

Objective 2-1:  Students will be able to identify the basic features of public policy making.

Objective 2-2:  Students will be able to assess and distinguish between the role of various governmental and private organizations in the development and implementation of health-related public policy.

Objective 2-3:  Students will be able to distinguish between policy and politics in governmental decision making.

Objective 2-4:  Students will be able to analyze the development and the evolution of major health policy trends in the U.S.

Goal #3:  To enhance the student’s understanding of the management of complex U.S. health care systems.

Objective 3-1:  Students will be able to describe and analyze the internal management and governance structure of health care system.

Objective 3-2:  Students will be able to identify and apply methods for measuring health system performance and quality of care.

Objective 3-3:  Students will be able to explain the importance of interacting with administrative and clinical systems in a health care system.

Objective 3-4:  Students will be able to assess how health system design, financing and regulation impact the operations of a health care system.

Goal #4:  To enhance the student’s leadership skills and ability to participate in health system function and reform.

Objective 4-1:  Students will be able to describe the nature and role of leadership in general and in the health care system in particular.

Objective 4-2:  Students will be able to describe and assess the role of physicians in the operation of the U.S. health care system.