Year 11 - Religious education
Religion and worldviews in healthcare
Religion or belief in the workplace: how do we work together?
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will study how religious and non-religious worldviews interact in the workplace. Taking case studies across a range of work environments they will consider how issues of religion may impact how people may work together and what considerations may be made.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how and why religious literacy is important for people working in healthcare.
Key Notes
- Religious literacy is understanding how beliefs shape people's lives.
- In the UK, the NHS serves people from many religious and non-religious worldviews.
- Health professionals have to consider patients needs about care, diet and beliefs about treatment.
- NHS chaplains work to provide support to people of all religious and non-religious worldviews.
Vocabulary To Learn
- chaplain: a specialist professional who provides emotional, spiritual, and religious care
- empathy: the ability to have understanding and awareness of the experiences and feelings of others
- healthcare: the organised services of medical care
- holistic: the treatment of the whole person
- religious literacy: knowledge of religions, worldviews and how beliefs shape lives
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Religion and worldviews is an irrelevant subject to study if you want a career in the healthcare sector.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Religious literacy is understanding how beliefs shape people's lives. In the UK, the NHS serves people from many religious and non-religious worldviews.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'chaplain'
a specialist professional who provides emotional, spiritual, and religious care.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Religion and worldviews is an irrelevant subject to study if you want a career in the healthcare sector. Correction: Studying religion and worldviews develops important skills such as critical thinking, empathy and improves religious literacy.
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