Many organizations are moving cultural diversity toward cultural competence in Healthcare (Galambos, C. M. 2003). Under the direction of the National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, standards for practice from a cultural competence perspective were developed and adopted by the NASW Board of Directors in 2001 (NASW, 2001). “The standards mentioned above by the NASW Board of Directors in 2001 provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence, and cultural competence and may be used as a foundation for professional practice” (NASW, 2001). Professional associations should provide more opportunities for awareness in the classroom to increase skills and knowledge when working with diversity communities.
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Perhaps a new patient comes to seek medical care at a practice where a physicians has not been exposed to cultural diversity and is unable to treat this patient with the highest quality of care. This physician has two possible outcomes, either the patient continues care but doesn’t feel as he/she should recommend this physicians to another person or he/she looks for another provider to attend their medical needs. Physicians need to gain cultural knowledge so their organization can grow within the present cultural diversity.
To conclude, cultural competency reduces racial and ethnic health disparities as it is frequently discussed at a patient clinician level. Most organizations whether at a professional or patient care level, need alternatives on how to improve their cultural competencies since it is well know how important it is in order to practice quality medical care. Common cultural techniques that can be implemented in the workforce are: interpreter services, There are numerous approaches to interpretation, including on-site professional interpreters (Brach & Fraserirector,
In order to provide effective …show more content…
Perhaps a new patient comes to seek medical care at a practice where a physicians has not been exposed to cultural diversity and is unable to treat this patient with the highest quality of care. This physician has two possible outcomes, either the patient continues care but doesn’t feel as he/she should recommend this physicians to another person or he/she looks for another provider to attend their medical needs. Physicians need to gain cultural knowledge so their organization can grow within the present cultural diversity.
To conclude, cultural competency reduces racial and ethnic health disparities as it is frequently discussed at a patient clinician level. Most organizations whether at a professional or patient care level, need alternatives on how to improve their cultural competencies since it is well know how important it is in order to practice quality medical care. Common cultural techniques that can be implemented in the workforce are: interpreter services, There are numerous approaches to interpretation, including on-site professional interpreters (Brach & Fraserirector,