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The Americans With Disabilities Act: explaining legislative intent through experiential learning.

Deborah E Bender¹, Bonnie Overman, Martha S Arnold

¹Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. dbender@sph.unc.edu

The Journal of Health Administration Education

|February 21, 2006

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This study introduces an experiential learning model to teach healthcare management students about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and essential empathy and decision-making skills for its effective implementation.

Area of Science:

Healthcare Management Education
Legal Compliance in Healthcare
Medical Ethics

Background:

Healthcare managers require knowledge of legislation like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Effective implementation of the ADA necessitates skills beyond legal provisions, including empathy and critical decision-making.
Current educational models may not fully equip future managers with these essential soft skills.

Purpose of the Study:

To present an experiential learning model for healthcare management students.
To teach both the legal aspects of the ADA and crucial empathy and decision-making skills.
To assess the impact of the experiential model on student empathy and understanding of reasonable accommodation requests.

Main Methods:

Development and implementation of an experiential learning model focused on the ADA.

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Inclusion of case studies involving "reasonable accommodation" requests in healthcare settings.

Collection and analysis of student reflections on empathy development and learning outcomes.

Main Results:

Student participants demonstrated changes in empathy levels following the ADA experience.
The model successfully integrated legal knowledge with practical skill development.
Student reflections provided qualitative evidence of enhanced understanding and empathy.

Conclusions:

Experiential learning models can effectively enhance healthcare management students' understanding and application of the ADA.
Developing empathy and decision-making skills is critical for effective healthcare management and legal compliance.
The described model offers a valuable approach for training future healthcare leaders in legal and ethical management practices.