Assignment 1  Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central). Primary Task Response:  Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. For this assignment, complete the following: Explain how foreign medical education programs for physicians are accredited. How do foreign medical education programs for physicians compare to medical education programs in the United States? How do the differences impact the quality and cost of health care in the United States? Be sure to support your information by citing at least 2 references using APA format. Responses to Other Students:  Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions: What did you learn from your classmate's posting? What additional questions do you have after reading the posting? What clarification do you need regarding the posting? What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings? Assignment 2 Reminder: Initial Discussion Board posts due by Wednesday, responses due by Sunday Students will be expected to post their first initial discussion board posting  by  Wednesday of each week. Discussion posts will be graded and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time. Students are expected to post their responses to peers  by  Sunday. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time. Team Collaboration Working together in groups requires cooperating and collaborating with others. It also requires motivation. Review this  link , and then respond to the questions below.   Primary Task Response:  Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas: Have you worked on either an amazing team or a horrific team? Share a tale of celebration or woe. For the example you chose:  If it is a celebration of team example, be sure you give details as to what worked best in terms of the individuals coming together. If  the example is one of woe, within your description, discuss the process that can change a group of individual performers into a team. In other words, how could it have been fixed? Responses to Other Students:  Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-w.

1. Assignment 1
Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm
Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm
Central).
Primary Task Response:
Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that
respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas,
and comments. This will be the foundation for future
discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and
use examples to reinforce your ideas.
For this assignment, complete the following:
Explain how foreign medical education programs for physicians
are accredited.
How do foreign medical education programs for physicians
compare to medical education programs in the United States?
How do the differences impact the quality and cost of health
care in the United States?
Be sure to support your information by citing at least 2
references using APA format.
Responses to Other Students:
Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a
100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding
items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you
with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
What did you learn from your classmate's posting?
What additional questions do you have after reading the
posting?
What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
What differences or similarities do you see between your
posting and other classmates' postings?

2. Assignment 2
Reminder: Initial Discussion Board posts due by Wednesday,
responses due by Sunday
Students will be expected to post their first initial discussion
board posting
by
Wednesday of each week. Discussion posts will be graded and
late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance
with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All
submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
Students are expected to post their responses to peers
by
Sunday. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on
midnight Central Time.
Team Collaboration
Working together in groups requires cooperating and
collaborating with others. It also requires motivation. Review
this
link
, and then respond to the questions below.
Primary Task Response:
Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that
respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas,
and comments. This will be the foundation for future
discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and
use examples to reinforce your ideas:
Have you worked on either an amazing team or a horrific team?
Share a tale of celebration or woe. For the example you chose:
If it is a celebration of team example, be sure you give details
as to what worked best in terms of the individuals coming
together.
If the example is one of woe, within your description, discuss
the process that can change a group of individual performers
into a team. In other words, how could it have been fixed?
Responses to Other Students:
Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a

3. 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding
items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you
with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
For responses that celebrated a team experience, what stood out
for you, in terms of making the teamwork?
For responses that shared tales of woe, were warning signs
noted? Did the example give you ideas as to how you would
have responded/ fixed the problem?
What additional questions do you have after reading the
posting?
What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
What differences or similarities do you see between your
posting and other classmates' postings?