Spring 2021 - GEOG 486 D100
Health Care Geographies (4)
Class Number: 2793
Delivery Method: Remote
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Tue, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Valorie Crooks
crooks@sfu.ca
1 778 782-2004
Office: RCB 7227
Office Hours: TBD
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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; 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.
This senior seminar course is fully synchronous and will be run virtually. Students who are uncertain about their availability for synchronous attendance should reach out to the instructor in advance to explore other arrangements, which will include completing written assignments in lieu of participation and facilitation grades.
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
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2021
Teaching at SFU in spring 2021 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.
Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).