An essay on the importance of cultural diversity and cultural competence Julie K Drouillard Devry institute SOC 350 July 2009 The United States is a country consisting of many cultures‚ races and religions. The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and global‚ with many minority cultures and races developing into majority cultures and races. Newer religions take their place alongside traditional faiths. Both cultural and spiritual differences in people are potential causes for misunderstanding
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Regardless of the population that a clinical psychologist work with. It is imperative that they have cultural competence. Cultural competence‚ therefore‚ is an acknowledgement and incorporation of‚ on the part of clinicians and healthcare systems‚ the importance of culture‚ the assessment of cross-cultural relations‚ vigilance towards the dynamics that result from cultural differences‚ the expansion of cultural knowledge‚ and the adaptation of services to meet culturally unique needs (Kodjo‚2009). During
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and enhancing our cultural competence. The most important skills for social workers in this field are having interpersonal skills so you can appropriately interact with a wide range of people‚ be
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Purnell Model for Cultural Competence The Purnell Model for Cultural Competence originated out of education and practice. In 1989‚ when he took nursing students to a community hospital that was not accustomed to having students. Soon after the clinical experience began‚ it was obvious that the students and staff need additional knowledge concerning culture. The students primarily came from middle and upper middle class white families which most of the patients and staff came from lower socioeconomic
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Eng 111: Critical Reflection 10/26/11 Critical Reflection In the portfolio we were told that we had to pose a problem with adult education. My instructor told us about the portfolio during the first week of class and we spent several weeks preparing for the portfolio. She helped us to develop our critical and rhetorical analysis skills which would be a big part of the portfolio‚ especially the use of critical analysis. When it was time to begin to write our papers‚ we‚ as a class‚ came up
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What is cultural competence in Healthcare? Cultural competence in healthcare is the ability for the healthcare systems to demonstrate cultural competence towards the patients with diverse values and behaviors. The process includes consideration of individual social‚ cultural and linguistic needs of patients for the effective cross cultural communication with their care providers. The goal of cultural competence in healthcare is to lessen health disparities and to provide optimal care to patients
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Critical Reflection After careful analysis of assignment one‚ a couple of conclusions can be drawn in regards to the completion process. The route taken to complete this assignment was to get together as a group and discuss the case as a whole and begin to learn the most significant parts that we had to focus on. We had to generate the different parts of the case and create a situation as a company that we could produce solutions for. It was interesting to realize building a case is quite difficult
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This essay will focus on an incident that I have reflected on in my previous critical reflection. I shall use this as the basis for this essay and expand on and explore the issues that arise from the topics uncovered. During the break of a lecture on genograms‚ I was prompted to give input regarding a conversation that had arisen between two of my peers‚ upon hesitating I was quizzed by the one of them: "Why are you always so quiet . . . ". As soon as I heard this‚ I was reminded of my family‚ memories
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Cross cultural reflection Introduction What I felt about the cross cultural simulation was that it was very useful in letting us take on the Disney World France situation at that time. It puts us in the shoes of the different parties affected during that point of time and gives us just sufficient amount of information needed such that we are free to use our judgment to shape the negotiation. For each person‚ the information and the ideal terms and conditions that each of us are looking for are
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Cultural competence is when all types of beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and practices come together and work as one. No one has judgement over another and they take time to learn about a culture different than your own. Everyone’s differences make the final outcome better. In the college education setting‚ diversity is becoming increasingly common. An instructor needs to be aware of the mixture of cultures and how to effectively blend those cultures to bring a group together to work effectively. To increase
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