Facilitator Guide
Overview
DESCRIPTION
This video and supporting materials combine to serve as an interactive learning resource developed specially for physicians in Catholic health care about the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs).
The comprehensive resource features a video presentation about the Introduction and Six Parts of the ERDs with instruction by Daniel Sulmasy, MD, Ph.D., Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, University of Chicago Medical School.
Participants include Donald Cardinal Wuerl and Archbishop Wilton Gregory as well as leading physicians, ethicists and sponsors from the Catholic health ministry.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this resource is to provide physicians with a better understanding and appreciation of the meaning and purpose of the ERDs, the guidance they provide for Catholic health care services, and the special role physicians play in carrying out the healing ministry of Jesus.
OBJECTIVES
There are six overall objectives.
- Participants will understand that Catholic health care services are bound by the Directives.
- Participants will be familiar with the contents of the six parts of the Directives and their underlying principles.
- Participants will review at least one case study for each part and identify particular Directives that apply to that case.
- Participants will understand how physicians, sponsors, ethicists and church leaders are influenced by the Directives.
- Participants will have the opportunity to identify ways in which their organization applies the Directives.
- Participants will identify how the Directives may be appropriately applied in their own practice of medicine and relationships with patients and staff.
VIDEO
"Understanding and Applying the Ethical
and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services: An Educational Resource
for Physicians" Total running time is 1:26:45. The video consists of an overview of and introduction to the ERDs and individual segments for each of the six parts of the ERDs.
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
This resource is designed primarily for physicians. Additional audiences that will benefit from the resource include clinicians, health care professionals, mission leaders, ethicists, pastoral services teams, leadership teams, sponsors and senior executives in Catholic health care.
WHO SHOULD FACILITATE?
-
Ethicists
- Mission Leaders
- Physicians with knowledge and experience of the ERDs
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDIT
Physicians who view presentation slides or videos can self-report the education as AMA PRA Category 2 credit.TM
Credit calculation is based on participation time with 60 minutes of participation equal to one (1) AMA PRA Category 2 credit.TM
Credit is claimed in 15 minute (0.25 credit) increments and physicians must round to the nearest quarter hour.
HOW TO USE THE GUIDE
This resource has been designed to provide flexibility for learners.
- Individual use, at one's own pace.
- As a group, with a facilitator, all at
one time.
- As a group, with a facilitator, focusing on separate segments over a period of time.
THE FACILITATOR GUIDE
AND RESOURCES
Video
The video serves as the key resource, with
Dr. Sulmasy serving as the internal teacher
and guide to the resource.
Facilitator Guide
The Facilitator Guide contains the following:
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v An outline of the Introduction and an
outline of each of the learning sessions.
Each session corresponds to sections of
the video corresponding to the six parts of
the Directives.
Additional Documents
In addition to the Facilitator Guide, the following documents are provided:
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A set of Case Studies, one set for each of the six parts. These may be used as handouts for discussion. An added feature allows the facilitator to show the case studies on screen and click each question to link to the Response Key for that question. This feature also allows the individual learner to easily access the responses to the questions.
- A Response Key for case studies for each of the six parts.
- A set of Prayer Resources, with prayers and scripture readings for the Introduction and each of the six parts and Concluding Prayers which may be selected by the facilitator for use at the end of each session or at the final session.
- Selected Readings and Media, essentially a short bibliography of selected articles, DVDs, and CHA publications that might be of assistance to facilitators in preparing for an educational session on the ERDs. Some of these may also be of interest to physicians and other users of the learning module.
- A Glossary of Terms found in The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.
- An Acknowledgement document recognizing the participants who appear in the video presentation.
- An Evaluation form.
Facilitator's Responsibilities
The local facilitator's responsibilities are:
- Providing the printed materials to
group participants. The documents are
on the disc.
- Guiding discussions and answering questions for each section of the video.
- Guiding the case study discussions.
A set of case studies is provided for
each of the six parts of the ERDs.
- A case study response key is provided with the documents on the disc for
the facilitator's use.
- Summarizing and concluding
each session.
Individual Learners
For an individual progressing at his or
her own pace, the case studies are provided for study and reflection, and the response key is provided to check and verify the learner's responses.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- PC: Windows 2000 or above.
- MAC: OS X or above.
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
- Flash Media Player and Adobe Reader.
NOTE: There is no PowerPoint
document, as the video serves as the primary teaching tool.