Topics for Session 13
Technology and Health Professions Practice
Below are several questions for you to think about and respond to on the bulletin board. Once you have gathered your thoughts, please post your responses on the bulletin board prior to our on-line sessions scheduled for Thursday, April 16, 1998 from 4-6 PM. During that time you can react to other students' responses.
1. What do you consider to be the greatest advance in health care technology in the past 10 years? This does not have to be an example from your own field.
2. The Food and Drug Administration approves 4000-5000 products every year that are considered nearly equivalent to ones that already exist. Should the FDA or the federal government place some restrictions on duplication of technology and devices?
3. Would you, as health care consumer, want to pay more for health care and the latest technology by having easy, convenient, local access to it or pay less and travel to a regional center to obtain it? Why?