Public Announcement: Debate (Inter-team discussion)//Politics and Policy Self-Inventory

**Public Announcement: Debate (First Page)

Instructions

Over the years, healthcare providers have strived to improve the way they provide care for patients who identify as LGBTQIAP+. In some cases, a provider makes the decision to seek out both social and clinical education to provide the best level of care to this patient demographic. Other times, a provider may be instructed to comply with institutional guidelines which they may agree or disagree with. For this discussion, you will debate the topic of a hospital publicly announcing a position on healthcare for the LGBTQIAP+ community. Review the scenario below for details:

Scenario:

You are on the leadership team of a non-profit, regional hospital. The hospital recently issued an internal policy requiring increased sensitivity, competence, and annual training for all staff on improving care delivery for LGBTQIAP+ patients. Your leadership team is debating publicly announcing the hospital’s policy. The hospital is in a very conservative state. Many of your patients, donors, and volunteers have religious affiliations.

This debate will occur over two weeks (Unit 6 & Unit 7).

You will argue a viewpoint (Pro or Con) of this topic for this week. Your personal beliefs may differ, and you will need to use evidence to support the position.

Students with last names beginning with A-L – will debate in FAVOR of publicly disclosing the hospital’s policy.

***Students with last names beginning with M-Z – will debate in OPPOSITION of publicly disclosing the hospital’s policy. (YOU WILL USE THIS ONE!)

Required action:

• You will provide two arguments for your assigned position.
• For each argument, include a brief explanation (under 400 words) and rationale for why you have selected it. Additionally, provide at least three references (URLs are acceptable) that support this argument.