Patch Adams Reflection Questions:

1. What is Patch Adams real name?

2. Name two different types of therapies we see at the beginning of the movie? Do
you feel they are effective? Why or why not?
3. What college does Patch enroll at?
4. Why does Patch consider committing suicide? What other alternatives could have
he tried? What causes him to change his mind?
5. Draw and label what you think Patch Adams health triangle would look like
6. Reflect back to the health continuum and rate where you would put Patch Adams
on it at the end of the movie
7. Talk about the environment Patch was in and how that influenced his behavior?
Think of the people that were both positive and negative in his life
8. Pick one peer from the movie and talk about how they helped Patch achieve his
dream of opening his own hospital
9. Looking at some of his patients Why is it so important that we provide people in
this country with health education?
10. List three different scenes from the movie that dealt with stress Show how
each situation was overcome
11. Give an example of a short and long term goal displayed in the movie
12. Provide one example of resiliency from the movie
13. Talk about how Maslows hierarchy of needs fits into this movie?
14. Give an example of a role model in this movie? What did the role model do
that was positive?
15. Describe a scene from the movie that included constructive criticism
16. Explain a scene that showed empathy How do you know the person was
being empathic?
17. Talk about the stages of grief? Explain how Patch went through this after
Corrine was killed
18. Describe one of the mental disorders shown in the movie Tell me some
characteristics that were displayed
19. How does Patch use humor to help heal patients? Provide three specific
instances from the movie
20. After watching this movie what is something you can take from it and apply to your
own life