Discuss your stand (criticize or defend) regarding the relevance of the Social Security program to the American public.

Identify three major components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and, based on these components, identify at least two patient coverage gaps for each of the programs. Be clear when you describe the coverage and the gaps as they may relate to specific ages, patient populations, or disease entities. Use primary sources to identify the components and the gaps. Additionally, discuss your stand (criticize or defend) regarding the relevance of the Social Security program to the American public. Should the program be left alone, modified, drastically changed, or eliminated? Provide the rationale and use facts to defend your position.

What potential biases may be introduced in either what types of data is collected or how you collect the data?

Continuing the discussion on COVID-19, what types of information gathering will you employ in your
investigation? Think about medical records, interviews, flyers, social media, pharmacy sales, etc.
What types of information will you gather for your investigation, be specific (e.g. demographics, signs
and symptoms, what else?)?
• What potential biases may be introduced in either what types of data is collected or how you
collect the data?
• What can be done to minimize bias in data collection or study design?
• Also consider what you may encounter when you start to collect data.
• What cultural considerations might be necessary?
• How will you accommodate special populations or deal with sensitive information?
• What are the ethical considerations in testing these contacts?
• How do you ensure confidentiality in a high profile outbreak?
• What personal precautions should be taken when interacting with possible cases infected with
an unknown infectious respiratory pathogen?
• What other types of information might be useful to collect to paint a more accurate picture of
the outbreak?
• What types of specimens might be important to collect to send to the laboratory for testing?
• How can GIS or social media or other high tech applications be used to help pinpoint the source
and spread of an outbreak?
• What barriers or unique challenges in outbreaks can slow the process of case identification?
Please discuss with your classmates how you may mitigate some of the barriers.

Read the two mini-cases attached and succinctly summarize and let us know what you have learned from them.

Read the two mini-cases attached and succinctly summarize and let us know what you
have learned from them.
Case Study #1:
https://news.stanford.edu/2021/03/22/hitting-reset-button-building-better-normal-pande
mic/
Write one to two paragraphs.
Case Study #2:
https://www.businessinsider.com/3-reasons-why-new-normal-may-be-change-for-better-
2020-4
Write one to two paragraphs

Compare and contrast the difference between an ethical code and the law. Explain why a social practitioner needs to have a clear understanding of the law.

1.Select one social science code of ethics.
a.-Identify the underlying ethical theory that frames the chosen ethical code.
b-Provide at least three examples from the ethical code that support your conclusion.

2.Select one of the non-Western ethical theories.*******( Ethical Theories in the book are, Middle Eastern Ethical Theories-Islamic Ethics, Judiac Ethics. Then Eastern Theories of Ethics- Confucian Ethics, Taoist Ethics, Hindu Ethics, Buddhist Ethics)*********
a.-Explain how that theory provides a framework for ethical decision making.
b.-Provide two examples demonstrating the viability and applicability of the model in everyday professional practice.

Compare and contrast the difference between an ethical code and the law. Explain why a social practitioner needs to have a clear understanding of the law.

3.Explain why it is important for a social science practitioner have an understanding of each of the following:
a.-Multicultural sensitivities in professional practice
b.-Technology issues in professional practice
c.-The rationale for clinical supervision of professional practice

Discuss what the product is.

Identify a product that has been created in the past 5 years.
Discuss what the product is.
Using the Product Development Process in Chapter 3 (Figure 3. 16); go through each stage of the Product Development Process expanding on what would have occurred for the product you identified. Please use Topic Headers to identify each stage of the development process that you are discussing.