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

England 9-Day Course - June 16- 25, 2023 - Tentative Date

Students from all academic areas are welcome

REGISTER Here Starting in October 15, 2022 >

9-Day Course: HSA 499/599

June 16 - 25, 2023 (9-Days)

This is the eighteenth 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 Director of Health Services Administration Program

Description

This study abroad experience is headquartered at the University of Evansville’s British study abroad location, Harlaxton College, with the last three nights in London. 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 Leicester, Stamford, Lincoln, Eyam, Grantham and London. The origin of health care systems will be studied during visits to a hospital, hospice, selected almshouses and cathedrals. Acces to some sites will depend on  the COVID situation, 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 sites, 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 register for either three hours or one hour 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. The final three nights will be in London.

Costs for 9-day Class

The program fee for the course is $2,115. Students may enroll for either one or three undergraduate or graduate credits. Undergraduate tuition is $580 per credit and graduate tuition is $560 per credit. The tutition cost is in addition to the program fee. 

The program fee includes room and all meals at Harlaxton, London hotel for three nights, some meals in London, entrance fees to medical museums and cathedrals, transportation from London airport to Harlaxton, and all field trips. Expenses not included are round-trip airfare between the USA and London, some meals in London, optional sightseeing, and personal expenses. A nonrefundable deposit of $700 is due no later than February 25, 2023.              

Application

Priority application deadline is February15, 2023 with $700 deposit due on February 25, 2023.   You may contact Professor Stroube or Cheryl Shafer if you have any questions. Space is limited and students will be accepted on a rolling basis. You may establish an account and register starting October 15, 2022 at the following site:   9-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 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 has served as Adjunct Professor at IMS Unison University in Dehradun, India. Currently he is a Visiting Fellow at The Centre for Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning at the Nottingham University Business School, UK. 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 Cheryl Shafer at 812-488-3101 for information on the application process. You may also email your questions to us.

stroube@evansville.edu