Cultural Competency: Understanding Diversity and Delivering Inclusive Care
Tracking # 20-1303191
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Program Objectives:
- Define Cultural Competence: Explain its role and significance in delivering effective and respectful healthcare services.
- Identify Shared Cultural Values and Behaviors: Explore fundamental traits observed across diverse populations.
- Summarize CLAS Standards: Review the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care.
- Respond to Cultural and Linguistic Barriers: Recognize and manage special situations where cultural or language differences may affect care.
- Define Key LGBTQ+ Terms: Use inclusive terminology and adopt affirming practices in clinical interactions.
- Demonstrate Effective Cross-Cultural Communication: Apply techniques to interact respectfully and clearly with patients from various backgrounds.
- Recognize Implicit Bias and Stereotypes: Understand how these biases affect care and adopt strategies to minimize their impact.
- Reflect on Personal Cultural Identity: Examine how your own background influences communication and patient care.
- Apply Ethical and Legal Principles: Ensure patient rights and informed consent are respected within a culturally competent framework.
- Evaluate Culturally Diverse Case Scenarios: Practice identifying respectful, appropriate interventions in complex, real-world examples.
Course Overview:
This course equips healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and skills to provide culturally competent and inclusive care. It explores the concept of cultural competence, highlights the importance of shared cultural values, introduces the CLAS standards, addresses special cultural and clinical situations, and promotes understanding of LGBTQ+ terminology. Learners will also reflect on their own cultural biases and develop effective communication and ethical practices to improve care across diverse populations.
$8.00
2 Hours