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Please ensure that you are integrating evidence from the required readings and module’s lesson to support your discussion. One way you can do this is by citing the textbook.

Discussion Topic: Module 8: Medical Social Work’s Role in Public Health (graded)Module 8: Medical Social Work’s Role in Public Health (graded)

Module 8Medical Social Work’s Role in Public Health

Discussion

Purpose

 

Discussion Prompt

Critically reflect on the content of this module as it relates to public health, and discuss your thoughts and ideas related to medical social work practice within a public health setting.

Review the Discussion grading rubric by clicking on the ellipsis (3 dots) on top right corner of this page.

 

Textbooks and Resources

Required Textbooks

The following books are required for this course:

Title: Publication Manual of the American Psychological AssociationAuthors: American Psychological AssociationPublisher: American Psychological Association (APA)Publication Date: 2019-10-01Edition: 7thAPA Citation

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). American Psychological Association.

Title: Social Work in Health SettingsPractice in ContextAuthors: McCoyd, J. & Kerson, T.Publisher: RoutledgePublication Date: 2016Edition: 4thAPA Citation

McCoyd, J. & Kerson, T. (2016). Social work in health settings: Practice in context (4th ed.). Routledge.

This textbook is is not available through the Bookstore and must be purchased from a third party vendor.

Textbooks available through publishers other than Cengage may be available as eBooks through Vital Source. Please review this information for details.

Deep Dive Conversation 14: Worlds Entangled (500 words)

Hello! Remember, conversations are meant to help us think about, digest, discuss, and question the issues we are confronting and the materials we are engaging. Pick something from the Deep Dive options that looks interesting, read (or watch or listen to) it, and then tell us about it. Some tips:

· Go beyond simple summaries of the item you selected

· Share what you found interesting, surprising, or significant about what you read (or viewed, or heard)

· Connect the item back to what we read and/or viewed for this module.

Let’s be sure that our conversations are informal, open, and engaging dialogues (and keep in mind you are more than welcome to use the video function to record yourself—note that it may take a few minutes to save). You can review the tips for conversations  here—remember to check back through the module.

Deep Dive options (remember, select  one of these nine items to read, watch, or listen to):

Reading:

· JSTOR Daily, “ The East India Company Invented Corporate LobbyingLinks to an external site.”

Listening:

· Podcast on  slavery in Atlantic port townsLinks to an external site.

· Podcast on the  enslavement of Native AmericansLinks to an external site..

Viewing:

· Crash Course Black American History, “ The Transatlantic Slave TradeLinks to an external site. ”

· Crash Course Black American History, “ Elizabeth KeyLinks to an external site. ”

· Crash Course Black American History, “ The Germantown Petition Against SlaveryLinks to an external site. ”

· Crash Course Theater, “ The Spanish Golden AgeLinks to an external site. ”

· Crash Course History of Science, “ The Scientific Methods of Galileo, Bacon, and DescartesLinks to an external site. ”

· Crash Course Philosophy, “ Locke, Berkeley, and EmpiricismLinks to an external site.”

You may select a career from any of the industry sectors covered in class (i.e., tourism, lodging, food and beverage –restaurants and beverages, managed services, clubs, spas, cruising, theme parks, gaming entertainment, meetings, and events).

Your assignment must include the following details:

• What is your ideal “dream” job in the hospitality and tourism industry?
• Why do you want this job?  What are its advantages?  Explain what attracted you to this position.
• What are some concerns regarding this job?
• What is your career plan to get this job?
• What are some resources you can use to get this job? (Networking, internships, etc.)
• Which professional organizations/associations can you join to help you get this job? List at least one organization/association and explain how its membership can help you.

• patient case, including all relevant information: the patient’s history, assessment findings, medications, any pertinent testing, presenting symptoms, and the final diagnosis (ensure patient confidentiality).

Compare Treatment Plans:

• Describe your preceptor’s recommended treatment plan and interventions.
• Explain the alternative treatment plan you would have recommended as a nurse practitioner based upon Clinical Practice Guidelines and Standards of Care.

Justify Your Approach:

• Use evidence-based guidelines, clinical research, and relevant literature to support your alternative plan.
• Discuss why you believe your approach would be effective, considering the patient’s history, condition, and individual needs.
  Reflect on Differences:
• Analyze the differences between your plan and your preceptor’s.
• Consider factors such as clinical experience, knowledge, patient-centered care, and the influence of evidence-based practice in decision-making.

Lessons Learned:

• Reflect on how this experience has influenced your clinical practice and approach to treatment planning.
• Discuss how you can apply what you learned to future patient care.
• How might you approach another provider professionally in the future when you find treatment plans differing during collaboration on the patient case?

Module 6: Symbolism Essay

Choose one of the following Literature texts to read, annotate, and analyze. Symbolism ESSAY: Write a FIVE-paragraph analysis explaining the literary symbols in the selected text and a valid source. Analyze the story and your source. Include literary symbol quotes from the story and from a Valid source to help analyze one of the literary pieces.

“King of the BINGO Game” by Ralph Ellison, pages 168-175 *SYMBOLISM (Chapter 6)

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, pages 191-198 *THEME (Chapter 7)

You need to define literary symbolism and use vocabulary from the textbook in your essays

Read through one of the following literature pieces, answer the necessary questions after the story in the text provided, and then conduct a journal entry highlighting your selection and valid source analysis that will accompany this journal entry. The complete five-paragraph symbolism essay.

Symbolism ESSAY: Write a FIVE-paragraph analysis explaining the literary symbols in the selected text and valid source. Analyze the story and your source. Include literary symbol quotes from the story and from a Valid source to help analyze one of the literature pieces.

NOW you will complete a Symbolism ESSAY

READ ONE OF THE LITERATURE TEXTS, FIND ONE or TWO VALID SOURCES – scholarly peer-reviewed journal article from a reputable database.

 

SYMBOLISM ESSAY

SYMBOLISM ESSAY: 5 paragraphs in MLA format.

PICK 1 story (Bingo Game or Lottery) read and Annotate Literary Symbolism

USE the same valid source you used for your journal entry above

SELECT 2 quotes from the story and two quotes from your VALID SOURCE. (See Outline)

The last page should be the work cited page with two entries

 

Last Name Page Number

Your Name

Instructor’s Name

Course Number

Day Month Year

 

Title

Paragraph 1 – Introduction Thesis Plan, Title, Author, date of story selected

Paragraph 2 – EXPLAIN symbolism in Lottery OR Bingo Game “Quote” (Author Last name, 1).  From the Story

Paragraph 3 – “Quote” (2). From Valid Source (Literary Symbolism, Theme, or Plot)

Paragraph 4 – “Quote” (3). From the Story (Literary Symbolism, Theme, or Plot)

Paragraph 5 – Conclusion, “Quote” (4). From Valid Source literary symbolism, restate thesis, close essay, include opinion

 

Last Page of Document = Work Cited Page

plan to adopt a business intelligence system to manage the IT department of an organization and all its resources

Week 5

Hands On – 01 Instructions

 

 

 

 

Lab Steps:

To Find and Replace​ Data

1. Click the Find & Select button to display the Find & Select menu​.
2. Click Replace on the Find & Select menu to display the Find and Replace dialog box​.
3. Type the branch value “82410” in the Find what box, and the new branch value “91110” in the Replace with box to specify the text to find and to replace​.
4. If desired, click Match case and then “Match entire cell contents” to place check marks in those check boxes​.
5. Click the Replace All button to replace the string​.
6. Click OK, click Close, and click Save

To Insert a Chart Using the Quick Analysis Gallery​

1. Select the Category and 2020 In-Office Premium data to include in the chart​.
2. Click the Quick Analysis button to display the Quick Analysis gallery​.
3. Click the Charts tab to display the buttons related to working with charts in the gallery​.
4. Select the bar chart​. The bar chart of the data will be created.
5. Click the Move Chart button to display the Move Chart dialog box​.
6. Click the New sheet option button, and then type 2020 In-Office Premiums as the sheet name in the New sheet box​.
7. Click OK to move the chart to the new sheet.

Formatting the Chart​

1. Click the desired style button to change the style of the chart​.
2. Right-click any of the data bars on the chart to display the shortcut menu​.
3. Click “Format Data Series” on the shortcut menu to display the Format Data Series pane​.
4. Select the different options to make changes to the chart.
5. Select the Chart Elements menu and add Data Labes, Chart Title, and Axis Title.
6. Change the Chart Title to 2020 In-Office Premiums.
7. Change the Vertical Axis Title to Dollar Values.
8. Change the Horizontal Axis Title to Category.

Uploading completed worksheet

1. Save the workbook to your local drive.

Part 2

Course Objectives:

• CO9: Enhance worksheet and chart presentations by formatting bar charts, using Find feature, SmartArt graphics, applying text effects, hyperlinks, and utilizing linking and embedding features.

Estimated time to Complete:  20 minutes

Description:

Students will learn about:

• Using SmartArt graphics
• Adding pictures to SmartArt graphics

Required Resources:

• Access to Microsoft Excel.

Deliverable:

After completing the assignment, upload the spreadsheet to the Canvas module.

Setup:

Access to Microsoft Excel.

Lab Steps:

Inserting a SmartArt Graphic​

1. Create a new spreadsheet in the workbook.
2. Click the Illustrations button in the Insert menu, and then click the SmartArt Graphic button to display the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box​.
3. Select the Accented Pictor type from the Picture menu of SmartArt in the left pane.​
4. Click the desired layout to see a preview of the chart in the preview area​.
5. Click OK to insert the desired type of SmartArt graphic in the worksheet.

Color and Resize the SmartArt Graphic​

1. Click the Change Colors button to display the Change Colors gallery​.
2. Click the desired color​.
3. Drag the sizing handles to resize the SmartArt graphic to the desired size​.

To Add Text to a SmartArt Graphic​

1. Click the Text Pane button to display the Text Pane​.
2. Click the first bulleted item in the Text Pane and then type Meyor Insurance.
3. For each text circle, type the text​below, one in each box.

Auto

Health

Home

Life

Adding a Picture to a SmartArt Graphic​

1. In the Text Pane, click the first Insert Picture icon to display the Insert Pictures dialog box​.
2. Click the From a File button to display the Insert Picture dialog box and then browse to the desired file​.
3. Double-click the desired file to place it in the SmartArt graphic​.
4. Add a main image for Meyor Insurance, then add images for each of the four categories.

Uploading completed worksheet

1. Save the workbook to your local drive.
2. Upload the saved spreadsheet to Canvas.

 

Part 3

Course Objectives:

• CO9: Enhance worksheet and chart presentations by formatting bar charts, using Find feature, SmartArt graphics, applying text effects, hyperlinks, and utilizing linking and embedding features.

Estimated time to Complete:  20 minutes

Description:

Students will learn about:

• Applying text effects.
• Including hyperlinked screenshots.
• Using the ALT text.

Required Resources:

• Access to Microsoft Excel.

Deliverable:

After completing the assignment, upload the spreadsheet to the Canvas module. 

Setup:

Access to Microsoft Excel.

Lab Steps:

Drawing a Text Box​

1. Click the Text button to display a gallery with additional buttons related to inserting text objects​.
2. Click the Text Box button and then move the pointer into the worksheet​.
3. Drag to create a text box above the Meyor Insurance image.
4. Type the text “Meyor Insurance Logo”.
5. Click the Shape Outline arrow and then click desired effect.

Linking to website

1. Select a cell below the logo and right mouse-click to display the menu.
2. Select the Link menu item.
3. In the Insert Hyperlink menu, select E-mail Address option.
4. In the Text to display bar, type “Definition of Insurance”.
5. In the address bar at the bottom, enter the link to a website with the definition of insurance. For example:  Insurance Definition & Meaning – Merriam-WebsterLinks to an external site.​
6. Click OK button to save the changes.

Embedding Objects

1. Select a cell below the logo and right mouse-click to display the menu.
2. Select the Object button in the Text menu.
3. Select the tab Create from file.
4. Use the Browse button to locate the text file containing the tab delimited data for the spreadsheet.
5. Click the OK button to save the changes.

Uploading completed worksheet

1. Save the workbook to your local drive.

To answer the questions below, use the required resources as well as your own life experiences. Your initial post should be a minimum of 200 words. When you describe ideas that are not your own, be sure to paraphrase and not use direct quotations.

Knowing what we do now about the true capacity of the human mind, or a better estimate of what it can do, have we built a world and a society that is beneficial to cognition or not?

For your initial post, you can consider the following questions to help you answer this question:

• Are Google and social media good for us? Are the distractions that these sites present good, or do they overtax our attention? Is the extension to cognition offered by these technologies worth it, relative to any detrimental effects to cognition?
• What role may deep fakes play in cognition, with their ability to fool our perception, memory, and/or decision making? Why is this significant? What implications might this have for society, the entertainment industry, and the political sphere?
• When you move away from the individual and move into groups, how do cognitive abilities interact to create social currents like human rights, nationalism, and social justice, for example?
• How does the concept of cognition in the modern world apply to at least one of the following programmatic course themes?
  • Self-care
  • Social justice
  • Emotional intelligence (EI)
  • Career connections
  • Ethics

DISCUSSION 1 (2PARAGRAPH)

Read the article “Six Domains of Healthcare Quality” in the Reading and Resources section. Of the six, identify the one that you would think would be the most beneficial to the organization as a whole, and explain your rationale. UPLOADED BELOW

DISCUSSION 2 (2 PARAGRAPH)

When it comes to the reporting of medical errors, discuss the reasons why medical professionals may not provide accurate data. As a secondary component of this discussion question, discuss how leaders might eradicate a culture of shame and blame.

Six Domains of Healthcare Quality

A handful of analytic frameworks for quality assessment have guided measure development initiatives in the public and private sectors. One of the most influential is the framework put forth by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which includes the following six aims for the healthcare system. [1]

· Safe: Avoiding harm to patients from the care that is intended to help them.

· Effective: Providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit and refraining from providing services to those not likely to benefit (avoiding underuse and misuse, respectively).

· Patient-centered: Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.

· Timely: Reducing waits and sometimes harmful delays for both those who receive and those who give care.

· Efficient: Avoiding waste, including waste of equipment, supplies, ideas, and energy.

· Equitable: Providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as geographic location and socioeconomic status.

Existing measures address some domains more extensively than others. The vast majority of measures assess effectiveness and safety. Some capture timeliness and patient-centeredness. Fewer measures focus on efficiency and equity of care, but attention to those domains has been growing. [2]

Frameworks like the IOM domains also make it easier for consumers to grasp the meaning and relevance of quality measures. Studies have shown that providing consumers with a framework for understanding quality helps them value a broader range of quality indicators. For example, when consumers are given a brief, understandable explanation of safe, effective, and patient-centered care, they view all three categories as important. Further, when measures are grouped into user-friendly versions of those three IOM domains, consumers can see the meaning of the measures more clearly and understand how they relate to their own concerns about their care. [3]

DB V

Do some research on workers’ compensation in your state (Georgia), or consider the information provided to you in the suggested resources for the State of Alabama. What do you see as the benefits and drawbacks of workers’ compensation to employers and employees? Also, feel free to share any stories you might have related to workers’ compensation cases with which you are familiar.

Response 1: Andrea Kelly

Top of Form

According to the Alabama Department of Labor, workers’ compensation is designed to provide medical care and partial wage replacement to employees who are injured on the job. As an international student, I do not know much about the U.S. system, but from what I understand, it is meant to protect both employees and employers.

For employees, one major benefit is that they can receive support quickly without having to prove fault. This makes it easier to access medical treatment and some income while recovering. However, a drawback is that the benefits are limited, and employees usually cannot sue their employer, even if the injury was caused by negligence.

For employers, workers’ compensation helps reduce the risk of lawsuits and provides a clear process for handling workplace injuries. However, it can be costly, especially if there are many claims, and there is always a concern about fraudulent cases.

Overall, in places like Alabama, the system seems to balance both sides, even though it may not fully meet everyone’s expectations.

Response 2: Travis Vandaveer

Top of Form

Texas stands alone among U.S. states when it comes to workers’ compensation. Unlike Alabama and nearly every other state, Texas is the only state where workers’ compensation insurance is completely voluntary for private employers. This “opt-out” system, sometimes called nonsubscriber status, has been in place since 1913 and creates a very different landscape for both employers and employees here compared to the rest of the country. As of 2022, roughly 25% of private-sector employers in Texas were nonsubscribers, though other sources put that figure closer to 28 percent, meaning nearly 20 percent of Texas’s private workforce clocks in without the benefit of a workers’ comp safety net.

From an emergency management perspective, the nonsubscriber issue creates interesting wrinkles during large-scale incidents. When a chemical release, fire, or accident occurs at a Texas facility, first responders may be working a scene where some of the injured workforce has workers’ comp coverage and some doesn’t. That affects downstream coordination with occupational medicine providers, return-to-work planning, and the legal exposure every entity involved in response and recovery. We control this through good contractor management and vetting at our site, but you must always be cautious of various subcontractors that might float through during turnaround and outages. Texas can still be the “wild west.”