BUSI 506 is the legal and ethical issues course in Liberty's MS in Healthcare Administration. Its written work is three long forums (thread one week, replies a week or two later), an annotated bibliography of at least 10 sources and a research paper of at least 1,500 words on litigation and alternative dispute resolution in health care.
Liberty's catalog lists the course as BUSI 506 Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals, 3 credit hours; Canvas and the course guide file print it as BUSI506.
What BUSI 506 covers
The catalog description: An examination of contemporary legal and ethical issues encountered by health professionals in the provision and delivery of healthcare products and services. Topics explored include but not limited to patient-caregiver relationships, high-tech medicine, regulatory compliance, healthcare ethics, criminal aspects of healthcare, corporate structure, patient rights, medical records, and disclosure of patient information in healthcare.
The course examines contemporary legal and ethical issues for health professionals: patient-caregiver relationships, high-tech medicine, regulatory compliance, health care ethics, criminal aspects of health care, corporate structure, patient rights, medical records and disclosure of patient information. The texts are Pozgar, Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration, and Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, read in Week 1.
Eight Navigate 2 homework sets (200 points) and three quizzes (180) are publisher and test work with no guide here. The forums are long: threads of at least 1,000 words and replies of at least 450.
Textbook named in the published guide: Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (2006). Pozgar, Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration (2016). Check the current edition in your Canvas section.
BUSI 506 assignments, week by week
Every graded written assignment in the published guide has its own how-to guide below. Quizzes, exams, checklists and class introductions are left out because there is nothing to write.
| Week | Assignment | Points | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Discussion Board Forum 1 | 125 | Thread at least 1,000 words; replies at least 450 words |
| 3 | Annotated Bibliography | 75 | At least 10 annotated scholarly references |
| 4 | Discussion Board Forum 2 | 125 | Thread at least 1,000 words; replies at least 450 words |
| 6 | Discussion Board Forum 3 | 125 | Thread at least 1,000 words; replies at least 450 words |
| 7 | Research Paper | 170 | At least 1,500 words |
Week 1: Discussion Board Forum 1
A 1,000-word thread in Week 1 and two 450-word replies in Week 2, each with a scriptural reference and 3 scholarly references beyond the textbook. How to write BUSI 506 Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1.
Week 3: Annotated Bibliography
An annotated bibliography of at least 10 scholarly references for the research paper on litigation and alternative dispute resolution. How to write BUSI 506 Week 3 Annotated Bibliography.
Week 4: Discussion Board Forum 2
A 1,000-word thread in Week 4 and two 450-word replies in Week 5, each with a scriptural reference and 3 scholarly references beyond the textbook. How to write BUSI 506 Week 4 Discussion Board Forum 2.
Week 6: Discussion Board Forum 3
A 1,000-word thread in Week 6 and two 450-word replies in Week 8, each with a scriptural reference and at least 4 scholarly references. How to write BUSI 506 Week 6 Discussion Board Forum 3.
Week 7: Research Paper
A research paper of at least 1,500 words on the legal, social, ethical and biblical aspects of litigation and alternative dispute resolution in health care, with at least 5 scholarly references beyond the textbooks and the Bible. How to write BUSI 506 Week 7 Research Paper.
How BUSI 506 is graded
The published guide totals 1,010 points. The three forums are 125 each (75 for the thread, 50 for the replies). The research paper is 170, the annotated bibliography 75, homework 200, quizzes 180 and the checklist 10.
| Graded item | Points |
|---|---|
| Discussion Board Forums (3) | 375 |
| Research Paper | 170 |
| Annotated Bibliography | 75 |
| Homework (8) | 200 |
| Quizzes (3) | 180 |
| Course Requirements Checklist | 10 |
The published scale puts an A at 940 to 1010 points.
Week timing in the published guide: Each course week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday.
How to approach BUSI 506
The research paper topic is fixed by the guide: litigation and alternative dispute resolution (mediation, arbitration, early resolution programs) in health care. Start the bibliography in Week 1; it is due in Week 3 and the paper in Week 7.
Forum 3 raises the source count to at least 4 scholarly references in the thread and in the replies.
Questions students ask
How long are BUSI 506 forum posts?
Threads at least 1,000 words and replies at least 450 words, each with at least 1 scriptural reference and at least 3 scholarly references other than the textbook (4 in Forum 3).
What is the BUSI 506 research paper about?
The legal, social, ethical and biblical aspects of litigation and alternative dispute resolution in health care, in at least 1,500 words with at least 5 scholarly references in addition to the textbooks and the Bible.
Working through BUSI 506 now?
Tell us the week and the assignment. A tutor who knows the course replies with a plan for the draft.