LibGuides: DHA-7100: Lesson 2 Resources

Lesson 2 Resources

Becker’s Hospital Review
Becker’s Hospital Review is a widely respected source of contemporary news and trends that are relevant for scholar-practitioners in healthcare administration. Explore this site thoroughly to review the many contemporary challenges and trends in healthcare. It is a great idea to click on the “Subscribe” button and subscribe to weekly email updates to stay informed throughout your DHA journey. It is free and is a safe and reliable source.
OER Commons Healthcare
Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons is a searchable website of open-access scholarly references on contemporary issues. This link takes you to the results of a search on healthcare administration topics.
Merlot - Health Sciences Portal
Merlot is an open-access community of scholar-practitioners across many academic fields of study. This link takes you to the Health Sciences Portal. This is an excellent place to explore contemporary trends that may be of interest to you.

Major Professional Associations in Healthcare Administration
Use this list of many of the major professional associations that are relevant to scholars and practitioners in the field of healthcare administration. You will notice that there is significant breadth in the focus of these organizations. This list of organizations, while not exhaustive, has been carefully curated by all the faculty in the DHA program. Click on the links for organizations that align with your own personal and professional goals. Pay close attention to organizations that offer significant discounts for students and consider joining at least one that is of interest to you. For your Lesson 2 assignment, you will review the websites of the organizations of interest to you and explore the specific challenges and trends that the organization is discussing. This will be an important way for you to use an evidence-based approach to narrow your focus on the two potential topics for applied projects that interest you.

“ Just In Time” Supplemental Resources to Support Your Progress

Every scholar-practitioner maintains a toolbox of resources and relationships with experts who can support their work. Each of our students comes into the DHA program with a variety of strengths and opportunities for further development based on their prior experiences. These are some important resources to keep in your toolbox for this course and throughout your DHA coursework and beyond. These are some that you may find especially helpful in completing your Lesson 1 assignments in addition to future assignments in the program.

Academic Success Center (ASC)
The ASC has a wide variety of excellent tools and tutorials on APA, writing, research and manty other topic. Explore this and see what can be helpful immediately and also what you want to identify in your Program Roadmap and Plan of Action.
Boolean Operators
This is an essential tool to sharpen your library search skills. You will be putting this to use right away in your Lesson 1 assignment.
APA
Your APA skills will develop over time. You will want to access these guidelines regularly.
Doctoral Research Consultations
Make a note of this link for future reference. For this course, a highlight will be the section on “Learn the Library”. Check all of these resources out and start putting them to use as you progress in this course.