The British and U.S. Health Care Systems:
A Comparative Study

Students from all academic areas are welcome

10-Day Course: HSA 499/599

June 5 – June 14, 2020 (10-Days)

This is the seventeenth summer that we have offered this course in England. Students from over forty universities have enrolled in the class and we welcome your application. Please call or email me if you have any questions.

Bill Stroube
Professor and Diretor of Health Services Administration Program

Description

This study abroad experience is headquartered at the University of Evansville’s British study abroad location, Harlaxton College. The 10-day class is designed for both practicing health care professionals and full-time students.

This course focuses on a comparison of health care systems in Great Britain and the United States. Both historical and modern health care sites are visited. The tentative schedule includes visits to Nottingham, Lincoln, Eyam, Chesterfield and Grantham. The origin of health care systems will be studied during visits to a hospital, hospice, selected almshouses and cathedrals. Group discussions with British citizens concerning the consumer’s view of the British health care system are also scheduled. The course concludes with two nights in London. While in London students will visit medical museums and historical health care sites.

Course Content Covered During Site Visits:

• History of the British Healthcare System
• Review organizational structure and management
• Investigate components of the healthcare system
• Analyze current human resource issues common to both countries (e.g. nursing shortage)
• Explore common approaches to cultural and ethical issues
• Examine current efforts in healthcare reform in both the U.S. and Great Britain

Credit

You may receive three hours of graduate or undergraduate credit in health services administration for HSA 499 or HSA 599. A limited number of spaces are available for guests that may accompany those registered for the course. Students should check with their home school for course approval and course transfer information.

Accommodations

Accommodations for the study tour will be at Harlaxton College. Harlaxton Manor is a unique facility. It is a residence hall with dormitory type accommodations cleverly concealed within a 101-room manor.

Estimated Costs for 10-day Class

The estimated comprehensive charge for the course is $3,645 for undergraduate or graduate credit. The charge includes tuition (3 credits), room and all meals, entrance fees to medical museums and cathedrals, transportation from London airport to Harlaxton, two nights at a London hotel and all field trips. Additional expenses include round-trip airfare between the USA and London, optional sightseeing, and personal expenses. A nonrefundable deposit of $700 is due no later than February.

Application

Applications for this 10-day class are currently being accepted. You may contact Professor Stroube or Cindy Felts if you have any questions. Space is limited and students will be accepted on a rolling basis. You may establish an account and register now at the 10-Day Registration Site

 

Lead Faculty

Bill Stroube, Ph.D.

Bill Stroube is professor and director of the health services administration program at the University of Evansville. He also serves as Director of the Institute for Public Health. He has published in the areas of international health care issues, health care marketing, and health care ethics. Before joining the UE faculty in 1998, he spent 12 years in management positions in the pharmaceutical industry and eight years at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Washington, D.C.

Bill has extensive experience leading student groups through the British health care system, and also has taught summer classes in China, Hungary, Slovakia, and Austria. He has extensive experience working will universities in India and China. He currently serves as Adjunct Professor at IMS Unison University in Dehradun, India. Since 2000 he has taught more than twenty courses in England in a 10-day and 5-week format.

Please contact

Bill Stroube at 812-488-2870 for more information about the course content or Cindy Felts at 812-488-1046 for information on the application process. You may also email your questions to us.

stroube@evansville.edu