Diversity and the challenges of diversity in the healthcare

Below are your guidelines for your Mid-term assignment. This assignment will require devoted inquiry, assimilation, reflection, and refinement in order to achieve the highest possible score. This is only one of your two major grades and your quality of work needs to reflect the importance of the assignment. You will have the opportunity to choose from the following topics. HOWEVER, you ONLY PICK and WRITE about ONE. This paper will be your unique, scholarly contribution. With each option, I am just giving you a broad topic. It is up to you to address the topic but support it with empirical facts, theory, and a persuasive argument that is appropriate for a Master’s level program. Remember that this paper is a THEORETICAL PAPER. This class is all about theory. If you FAIL TO GROUND YOUR PAPER IN A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK – you have not met the goals of this paper. This paper is supposed to answer one of the questions below – THROUGH THE USE OF THEORY. I cannot say this enough; it is not enough to address one of the options below. It has to be substantiated through theory and peer-reviewed resources. Your opinions do not constitute a research paper.
Option 1: In Chapter 2, we explored topics of diversity and the challenges of diversity in the healthcare sector. In this case, you have been asked to join the hospital’s task force for developing a plan to increase the organization’s workforce diversity from its current 10 percent level to 30 percent over the next five years. What recommendations would you make as a member of the task force? Possible Deliverables for Option 1: – Summarize the existing landscape as it relates to diversity in healthcare and in the US in general – Explore why healthcare organizations may not be as diverse as they should be – What is diversity today (i.e. sex, gender, race, ethnicity, education, culture) – Find some theories to substantiate your work on improving diversity – Explore some of the challenges and opportunities as it relates to diversity – These are only ideas – that if I was writing the paper, I may try to address. I am just trying to give you ideas.