Describe high and low-context communication in your own words. What style do you typically use? Provide an example. What can you do in an encounter with someone in the health care setting who seems to speak in a style different from yours? What adjustments would you make to communicate more effectively?
How does learning about different cultural values help us in communicating with others? Choose one of Hofstede’s cultural value orientations from our reading/lectures and define it in your own words. Then describe an experience you’ve had or a hypothetical situation where this cultural value influenced an interaction in the health care setting. How did this …
Choose one of the diverse health belief systems covered during week two that is different from your own. Describe it in your own words. Develop a scenario where you are working with a patient or co-worker who employs this belief system. Share how you would use the ODIS system to ensure that you …
Name the three prevalent health belief systems and their thoughts on the causes and treatment of illness
What are the differences between the biomedical, magico-religious, and holistic health perspectives?
What is the ODIS method? Know the steps
• What are beliefs, values, and attitudes (reading)? • Know the descriptions of the following cultural value patterns/orientations from Hofstede and Hall (reading/lecture): o individualism/collectivism o uncertainty avoidance o power distance o masculine vs feminine o high vs. low-context communication
What is meant by cultural humility and why is it important in the healthcare setting? Cultural Humility | Vivian Chavez
How can we be more flexible/competent communicators (lecture)?
What are the stages of the Staircase Model of intercultural flexibility/competence (lecture)?
