Saturday, April 07, 2007

HSS3.2.4.Healthcare in Singapore

Health care in Singapore
Essential Question: How is good governance reflected in Singapore's health care policies?

PERIOD I
  • Preview: Pls complete this preview activity to prepare for the next chapter on Health care in Singapore.
    • Refer to United Nations' Human Development Index
    • Which indicator(s) do you think most accurately reflect the state of health care in Singapore? Explain your answer.
    • If you could put together a composite of indicators to foreign friends to show them the state of health care in Singapore , what would these indicators be?
  • Understanding goals: To what extent is healthcare the responsibility of the government?
    • The challenges of providing healthcare
      • Quality?
      • Afforability?
      • Accessibility?
  • The Changes to the approach of managing healthcare
    • Healthcare in history
    • Healthcare in the present: individual, community and government (in that order)
    • Healthcare in the future: Meeting the needs of an Aging population
PERIOD II
  • Performances:
    • A list of approaches to managing healthcare appears on pg. 70-79.
    • Reclassify them under the 3 categories of approaches (individual, community & government)
    • From this exercise, what do you think is the approach of to managing healthcare in Singapore?
  • Review:
    • SBQ on ERP in Managing Traffic Flow
    • Skills: Checking Reliability