Directions:
Healthcare advocates have an essential role in today’s health system. Advocates may work with healthcare facilities, providers, insurance companies, or patient groups. Be able to identify and establish necessary roles for each group.
For your initial discussion post, please provide two different scenarios in which healthcare advocates may be used. Discuss specific roles and tasks that advocates need to establish in those situations. Also, give an example of a time you have been an advocate or describe how you envision yourself using advocacy skills upon graduation. Be sure to use specific examples.
For your reply post, respond to at least one other student’s initial discussion post. Based upon the scenarios given, choose one and discuss a possible conflict that an advocate may face in that situation. Also be sure to describe the skills necessary to resolve the issue.
Due dates for your initial and response posts can be found by checking the Course Syllabus and Course Calendar.