Students’ GEA 2/Global Citizens Assignment is to engage in problem-solving to ge
Students’ GEA 2/Global Citizens Assignment is to engage in problem-solving to get more precise on what values, biases, and cultural systems may be contributing to rising patient dissatisfaction scores and increasing burnout in the Western healthcare context.
Additionally, this assignment requires students’ self-awareness as they explore their worldview and how their own spiritual/religious values complement or conflict with those exhibited by the authors in the primary reading for this assignment as well as other students in the course.
To complete this assignment, you must follow these steps:
Read from the course’s textbook (Spiritual Caregiving: Healthcare as a Ministry) the following:
Chapter 2 -The State of the Current Healthcare SystemDownload Chapter 2 -The State of the Current Healthcare System
Chapter 3 – Envisioning the Ideal Download Chapter 3 – Envisioning the Ideal Assignment
The prompt for this assignment further requires students to engage in critical and analytical thinking about what Carson and Koenig refer to as the “Spiritual Crisis” of Western healthcare by comparing and contrasting earlier versus modern relational dynamics between patients and providers.
You will be challenged to consider your own biases, those of the authors associated with the primary text for this assignment, as well as the potential biases of those who have been charged with bringing about this “spiritual crisis” in Western healthcare, all in an effort to relate to the issues associated with this prompt more objectively.
This assignment inherently incorporates the student learning outcomes and encourages you to think about civic engagement through a personal, spiritual, and moral lens – particularly by considering the prosocial mission and purpose of healthcare professionals.Questions for Reflection
In light of all this, an exemplary assignment submission will provide substantive answers to the following questions:Within the second chapter of Spiritual Caregiving, what do Carson and Koenig mean when they discuss the crisis of healthcare in the West today as a spiritual crisis? Do you agree or disagree? Why?
What other systems/issues do they associate with the crisis that they believe the field of healthcare presently faces, and how do these concerns about the Western healthcare system resonate or conflict with your own personal or spiritual convictions?
How might their vision of a different motivational ideal for pursuing work as a healthcare professional in the third chapter practically address the concerns Carson and Koenig raise?
Please note: This assignment must be 2-3 pages, double-spaced, 1″ margins, size 12 font, and submitted into the Canvas submission link.