This interdisciplinary research seminar is intended to provide Health Policy Certificate candidates with the opportunity to work in small teams on an analysis of a significant health policy issue, producing a report of unambiguously professional quality. Each team will divide and coordinate the tasks of formulating the issue, compiling background information, acquisition and analysis of data, report writing and presentation. However, each contributor is expected to have full understanding of all aspects of the research process. The final written report is orally presented in class or to a client. Students who take this course should solidify their understanding of core concepts and methods used in health policy analysis, and improve their ability to analyze and present complex health policy problems.

Over the years, students in this seminar have covered a broad range of
health policy topics on U.S. and international health policy issues:

Team Websites, Spring 2005

UNDERGRADUATE CAPSTONE SECTION TEAM TOPICS 2005

Should Canada Deny the Exportation of Pharmaceuticals to the U.S.?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2005/t-team-a/

Should the U.S. Adopt the Taiwanese National Health Insurance System?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2005/t-team-b/

Should Medicare Charge Higher Premiums for Obese Beneficiaries?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2005/t-team-c/

Should the FDA Regulate Tobacco?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2005/t-team-d/

Should Georgia Tax Sugared Soft Drinks in an Effort to Reduce Obesity?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2005/t-team-e/

Should Congress Eliminate Preferential Treatment for Abstinence-Only Sex Education?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2005/t-team-f/

GRADUATE CAPSTONE SECTION TEAM TOPICS 2005

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield: N.J. State Legislators Support For-Profit Conversion?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2005/w-team-a/public_html/capstone/capstone.html

Tackling America's Healthcare Coverage Crisis
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2005/w-team-b/Index.htm

Team Websites, Spring 2004

UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE SECTION:

The Medical Malpractice Crisis: Solutions for Pennsylvania
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2004/t-team-b/

Anonymous HIV Testing in North Carolina
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2004/t-team-c/

Drugs, Money, and Access: HIV ART in the Americas
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2004/t-team-d/

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE SECTION:

Should Medicare Require All Beneficiaries to have Advance Directives?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2004/w-team-a/

Should Standardized Electronic Medical Records be Required?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2004/w-team-b/SEMRs.htm

Should Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements of Prescription Drugs be Restricted?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2004/w-team-c/

Should the U.S. Allow Perscription Drug Reimportation from Canada?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2004/w-team-d/

Team Websites, Spring 2003

UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE SECTIONS

Mandate Individual Coverage--Monday Team A
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2003/m-team-a/

Therapeutic Cloning--Monday Team B
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2003/m-team-b/

FDA Private Certification--Monday Team C
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2003/m-team-c/

Hike Federal Cigarette Taxes--Monday Team D
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2003/m-team-d/

Patient Access to MD Data--Tuesday Team A
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2003/t-team-a/

Smallpox Vaccination--Tuesday Team B
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2003/t-team-b/

Medicaid Eligibility for HIV-AIDS Patients--Tuesday Team C
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2003/t-team-c/Website.htm

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE SECTION

Internet Pharmacy Sales
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2003/w-team-a/

Team Websites 2002

UNDERGRADUATE

Improving Access to HIV/AIDS Medications in the Third World
http://www.duke.edu/~cjh4/websiteOutline/index.htm

Should The U.S. Federal Government Adopt a Policy to Encourage Development of HIV Vaccines?
http://www-pps.aas.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2002/m-team-b/

Should the United States Adopt the Canadian System for Controlling Pharmacy Costs?
http://www-pps.aas.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2002/m-team-c/

Should California Ban the Use of Hand-held Cellular Phones While Driving?
http://www-pps.aas.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2002/m-team-d/

Questions of Genetic Patenting from a Policy Perspective
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2002/t-team-a/

Health Care Coverage For Illegal Immigrants
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2002/t-team-b/index.html

Should Genetically Modified Foods be Labeled?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2002/t-team-c/GMO/GMO1.htm

GRADUATE SEMINAR

Preventing Adverse Drug Events: An Evaluation of Strategies
http://www-pps.aas.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2002/w-team-a/

Should President Bush Reverse the Clinton Administration's Medical Records Privacy Regulations?
http://www-pps.aas.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2002/w-team-b/

Team Web Sites, Spring 2001

UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE SECTIONS

Should the U.S. mandate long-term care coverage?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2001/m-team-a/hpindex.html

Should the U.S. enact universal health coverage for children?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2001/m-team-b/kidshome.htm

Should gun manufacturers be required to compensate states for handgun
violence?
http://www-pps.aas.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2001/m-team-c/teamc.html

Should the U.S. decriminalize marijuana use?
http://www-pps.aas.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2001/m-team-d/

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE SECTION

Should North Carolina physicians be required to provide 100 hours a year of uncompensated care as a condition of medical licensure?
http://www-pps.aas.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2001/w-team-a/

Should Pennsylvania prohibit the use of genetic test results in setting
health insurance premiums?
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/courses/pps255s/2001/w-team-b/