Contact Hour Designation
This online independent study activity is credited for 4 contact hours.
Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with a brief overview of cultural competence, self-assessment tools that may be used to identify bias, values, and beliefs that can influence care that is provided, and federal laws that relate to disadvantaged populations.
Overview
Cultural competence is a process in which healthcare professionals strive to effectively work within the cultural context of an organization by respecting another’s difference and not allowing biases to influence the care that is provided. It essentially requires the knowledge, skills, and understanding of all diverse groups, as it is the healthcare professional’s moral and ethical commitment to patients, families, and communities. To improve cultural and linguistically appropriate care, organizations and their healthcare professionals must understand cultural competence, and conduct self-assessments to identify bias, values, and beliefs of the healthcare professional.
Objectives
Upon completion of the independent study, the learner will be able to:
- Define cultural competence
- Summarize effective, validated self-assessment tools to assess for cultural competency within an organization
- Recognize how personal history, values, and beliefs can influence perceptions of communication abilities and patterns
- Attribute how biases and stereotypes in various subgroups can influence the care received by patients within those groups
- Review federal laws that relate to healthcare provided to disadvantaged populations
- Recognize how personal history, values, and beliefs can influence perceptions of communication abilities and patterns
Policy Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the policies of FastCEForLess.com.
Disclosures
Fast CE For Less, Inc. and its authors have no disclosures. There is no commercial support.
