Casework

Health Lens

The same method, applied to healthcare.

Each month has a healthcare version of the assignment. The skill is identical; the cases come from patient privacy, ethics, operations, communication, and language access.

Six healthcare assignments

  1. 1

    Confidentiality: HIPAA vs. attorney-client

    Professional ethics & confidentiality

    1-page comparison: how patient privacy (HIPAA, 'minimum necessary') and attorney-client confidentiality are alike and different

  2. 2

    Ethics case analysis: four principles

    Structured, rule-based analysis

    1-page analysis of a hypothetical patient case using autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice

  3. 3

    Research memo: healthcare inventory management

    Evidence-based research & written analysis

    1-2 page memo: how hospitals and pharmacies track supplies and medications (par levels, expiration, first-expired-first-out, shortages)

  4. 4

    Patient communication and informed consent

    Professional communication with a patient/client

    Write a short simulated patient conversation using plain language and the teach-back method, plus a 1-page reflection

  5. 5

    Language access in healthcare

    Cross-cultural & multilingual competence

    1-page memo: what U.S. federal rules expect for patients with limited English, and why a qualified interpreter differs from a family member

  6. 6

    Capstone: connecting it to my path

    Written & oral presentation skills

    Short presentation: what six months of healthcare cases taught me, plus a one-page map of the steps to my career goal

Ground rules. No real patient information, ever. Every example is invented or drawn from public sources. Nothing here is medical or legal advice, and the law firm does not review the healthcare content.