April 8, 2024

1. Describe how the primary role of leaders is to provide a clear vision of the end state and the path to attain it.
2. Explain a feasible approach to maintain a vital military health system for practitioners and beneficiaries.
3. Explain why knowledge of the financial market is important to individual and organizational wealth.
4. Illustrate global health care trends that will generate significant economic impact.
5. Describe how business and government leaders view trends in an attempt to anticipate and plan for the future.
6. Explain how geopolitical instability, economic and financial dislocation and deceleration of globalization is going to force leaders to innovate, forge innovative partnerships, and maximize organizational resilience and agility to succeed or at least to persevere.

April 9, 2024

1. Describe challenges of operating a successful health care enterprise within an academic medical institution
2. Describe a private sector approach to providing quality health care to meet patient needs in an austere fiscal environment.
3. Explain some basic budgetary requirements for financing hospital and ambulatory care.
4. List actions that may be required to make a change in health policies.
5. Describe the role of the judiciary in shaping health policy.
6. Identify key decisions that have shaped the direction of health policy, particularly health policy related to the Affordable Care Act.
7. Summarize lessons learned from the campaign against tobacco and how they can be applied to other public health issues.

April 10, 2024

1. Explain the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responsibility in creating a more accountable and effective government.
2. List measures used by the OMB to coordinate budget, legislative, management and regulatory policy for the President.
3. Explain how the U.S. domestic policy-making process works in Congress with a focus on health policy.
4. Evaluate the root causes of congressional polarization and gridlock that impact the major functions of Congress.
5. Describe potential security risks that may occur due to common cyber vulnerabilities.
6. List beneficial effects of cybersecurity related to public health.

April 11, 2024

1. Recognize the trajectories associated with extended life spans when planning age-appropriate care.
2. Describe how programs designed to help adults optimize health might be integrated into preventive services in health care systems.
3. Describe medical ethical challenges where guidance might be confusing or not readily accessible in a timely way.
4. Explain how applied ethics is used in clinical medicine and medical research to determine the best and most appropriate actions to be taken.
5. Examine how the definition and measurement of person-centered care, patient satisfaction and patient experience have evolved, re-shaping the roles of patients and families in contemporary care settings.
6. Express how and why teaching hospitals and the Federal government serve as major providers of health care in the U.S.
7. Appraise how health professionals strive to deliver quality practice in today’s environment of fiscal constraints and regulatory requirements.

April 12, 2024

1. Identify factors that affect supply and demand as related to the health care professions.
2. Summarize strategies that the health professions can implement to expand their impact on health.
3. Recognize cost-sharing reforms that could bend the health care cost curve and allow for Medicare to be there for future generations.
4. Discuss whether the health care financing policies will impede access to care.
5. Discuss how individual leaders can encourage others to perform to the maximum of their abilities.
6. Report key trends in journalism today that influence the news.
7. Identify components of successful information and image management while under media scrutiny.