Facilitator Guide
Part One - The Social Responsibility
of Catholic Health Care Services
VIDEO SEGMENT, 9:53 MINUTES
Facilitator Role:
- Welcomes participants to the session; asks participants to introduce themselves
- Distributes any handout materials
- Invites all to join in the opening prayer
- Reminds participants that reading the ERDs in advance is helpful.
- Introduces and plays the video Part One
- Dr. Ron Hamel – Introductory Comments
- Voices from Catholic Health Care
- Dr. Ron Hamel – Summary and Concluding Comments
- Debriefs by asking: What is your strongest impression of the thoughts expressed in the video? Do you have other observations or questions?
- Asks: How do the speakers in the video use the term "the Common Good"? What does the term mean to you?
Case Studies:
#1 Allocation of Resources
#2 Declining to See Medicaid Patients
#3 Providing Care for an Undocumented Immigrant
#4 Stewardship versus Aiding Disabled Employees
#5 Workplace Justice
- Chooses one or more of the case studies for discussion, assigning them to the whole group or sub-groups. Asks participants to consider these questions
as they discuss the case studies:
- What ethical issues do you see here?
- Which Directive(s) apply to the case?
- How might the Directive(s) help address
the case?
- Debriefs the discussions, inviting participants to report their observations and insights.
- Asks: Please give some examples of how the Directives in Part One guide the delivery of care in our organization.
Summary and Conclusion