Fall 2017 - GEOG 486 D100

Health Care Geographies (4)

Class Number: 4173

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Tue, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Instructor:

    Valorie Crooks
    crooks@sfu.ca
    1 778 782-2004
    Office: RCB 7227
  • Prerequisites:

    GEOG 386 or HSCI 305.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An in-depth examination of health care and health services from a health geography perspective, including place-based considerations of care spaces, health human resources, and new forms of health care.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course involves an in-depth examination of health care and health services from a health geography perspective, including place-based considerations of care spaces, health human resources, and new forms of care. We will focus on examining ‘global health care mobilities.’ Such mobilities include: medical tourism; formal cross-border care; health worker migration; physician voluntourism; some global health diplomacy initiatives; medical outsourcing; off-shore medical schooling; and international retirement migration. Each of these mobilities involves the movement of patients, trainees, workers, and/or technologies across borders in order to facilitate care delivery/receipt. In this course we will take a critical look at these types of global health care mobilities, highlighting the ethical and equity impacts of such practices both here in Canada and internationally.

Grading

  • Class Participation 20%
  • Newspaper Assignment 10%
  • Class Facilitation Assignment 10%
  • Article Talking Points Assignment 10%
  • Research Paper Assignment 50%

NOTES:

Grading Scale:
Percentage Letter Grade
90–100           A+
85–89.9          A
80–84.9          A-
76–79.9          B+
73–75.9          B
70–72.9          B-
66–69.9          C+
63–65.9          C
60–62.9          C-
50–59.9          D
0–49.9            F

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

No required course texts.

Registrar Notes:

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