Component 2; Unit 1: An Overview of the Culture of Health Care

Component 2; Unit 1:  An Overview of the Culture of Health Care

Description:

This introductory unit discusses some of the underlying concepts of health, culture, and how health informatics applications can be used to study culture.

Objectives:

  1. Distinguish between disease and illness.
  2. Discuss the relationship between health and the health care system.
  3. Define culture in the classic sense, as well as in the modern sense of the term, and what it means for culture to be partial, plural, and relative.
  4. Explain the concept of cultural competence.
  5. Compare the concepts of culture, cultural safety, and safety culture in the context of a health care organization.
  6. Describe the impact of multiple cultures in health care delivery interactions.
  7. Define acculturation and how it relates to working in health care settings.
  8. Discuss the role of culture in health informatics.

Component 2; Unit 1; Lecture 1a. comp2_unit1a_lecture_slides

Lecture a (26:20) What is meant by “the culture of health care”

Component 2; Unit 1; Lecture 1b comp2_unit1b_lecture_slides

Lecture b (18:24) Learning more about the culture of health care

Suggested Readings:

Epner, D. E., & Baile, W. F. (2012). Patient-centered care: the key to cultural competence. Annals of Oncology, 23 (suppl 3), 33-42.  Retrieved from http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/suppl_3/33.full.pdf+html

Humes, K. R., Jones, N. L., & Ramirez, R. R. (2011). Overview of race and hispanic origin: 2010 census briefs. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf

Kakade, M. (2016). Decode a culture – task oriented vs. relationship oriented. Retrieved from http://manasikakade.com/2015/04/decode-a-culture-task-oriented-vs-relationship-oriented/

National Quality Forum (NQF). (2009). A comprehensive framework and preferred practices for measuring and reporting cultural competency: A consensus report. Retrieved from http://www.qualityforum.org/Publications/2009/04/A_Comprehensive_Framework_and_Preferred_Practices_for_Measuring_and_Reporting_Cultural_Competency.aspx

Truong, M., Paradies, Y., & Priest, N. (2014). Interventions to improve cultural competency in healthcare: a systematic review of reviews. BMC Health Services Research. 14(1), 1.  Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946184/


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