Students’ final GEA 2/Global Citizens Assignment is to engage in problem-solving for the purpose of getting 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. (Students shall read Chapters 2 and 3 of Spiritual Caregiving: Healthcare as a MinistryLinks to an external site., which is provided in the Files section of Canvas).
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. Students will be challenged to consider their 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 students to think about civic engagement through a personal, spiritual, and moral lens – particularly by considering the prosocial mission and purpose of healthcare professionals. Finally, students are expected to synthesize this information succinctly and engage in an exchange about it with at least two of their peers in this class by replying to their GEA 2/GCP assignment within the course discussion board.
In light of all this, an exemplary assignment submission will provide substantive answers to the following questions:
(1) 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?
(2) 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?
(3) 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, Times New Roman, 1” margins, double-spaced, size 12
font, submitted on CANVAS.
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