Think about your experiences with the healthcare system, an experience a friend or family member has talked with you about, or a story you recently heard or read in the news.

Think about your experiences with the healthcare system, an experience a friend or family member has talked with you about, or a story you recently heard or read in the news. Discuss an ethical or legal situation involving healthcare from the perspective of either cultural differences, LGBTQ+ rights, quality, safety, economic differences, religious differences, etc. Address the following:

What about that situation stands out to you? Were you or that person treated fairly? Why or why not?
What was the outcome?
What, if anything, could have been done differently to improve the situation and/or the outcome?
Reflect on how this experience influenced your perception of healthcare providers or the healthcare system.For your response posts, do the following:

Reply to at least two classmates outside of your own initial post thread.
Discussion Rubric
Criteria    Exemplary    Proficient    Needs Improvement    Not Evident    Value
Comprehension    Develops an initial post with an organized, clear point of view or idea using rich and significant detail (100%)    Develops an initial post with a point of view or idea using adequate organization and detail (85%)    Develops an initial post with a point of view or idea but with some gaps in organization and detail (55%)    Does not develop an initial post with an organized point of view or idea (0%)    40
Timeliness    N/A    Submits initial post on time (100%)    Submits initial post one day late (55%)    Submits initial post two or more days late (0%)    10
Engagement    Provides relevant and meaningful response posts with clarifying explanation and detail (100%)    Provides relevant response posts with some explanation and detail (85%)    Provides somewhat relevant response posts with some explanation and detail (55%)    Provides response posts that are generic with little explanation or detail (0%)    30
Writing (Mechanics)    Writes posts that are easily understood, clear, and concise using proper citation methods where applicable with no errors in citations (100%)    Writes posts that are easily understood using proper citation methods where applicable with few errors in citations (85%)    Writes posts that are understandable using proper citation methods where applicable with a number of errors in citations (55%)    Writes posts that others are not able to understand and does not use proper citation methods where applicable (0%)