Infusing Cultural Competence Training into the Curriculum: Describing the Development of Culturally Sensitive Training on Dementia Communication

Infusing Cultural Competence Training into the Curriculum: Describing the Development of Culturally Sensitive Training on Dementia Communication

The need for training in cultural sensitivity and cultural competence exists at every level of medical care. This discussion reports on an interdisciplinary project to infuse cultural competence training in dementia communication care into nursing and nurse assistant training. We describe the core c...

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Main Authors: Boyd H. Davis, Mary K. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-09-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Alzheimer's
corpora
cultural competence
dementia communication
e-learning
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X09705571
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spelling doaj-3a377d0e3e7144e8b5b2f6c7045467662020-11-25T01:27:09ZengWileyKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences1607-551X2009-09-0125950350910.1016/S1607-551X(09)70557-1Infusing Cultural Competence Training into the Curriculum: Describing the Development of Culturally Sensitive Training on Dementia CommunicationBoyd H. Davis0Mary K. Smith1University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USACentral Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, North Carolina, USAThe need for training in cultural sensitivity and cultural competence exists at every level of medical care. This discussion reports on an interdisciplinary project to infuse cultural competence training in dementia communication care into nursing and nurse assistant training. We describe the core curriculum and its subsequent cross-cultural and linguistic adaptations to meet multiple educational and training needs of language-challenged learners, and discuss implications for others developing cross-disciplinary curricula.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X09705571Alzheimer'scorporacultural competencedementia communicatione-learning
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Infusing Cultural Competence Training into the Curriculum: Describing the Development of Culturally Sensitive Training on Dementia Communication
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Alzheimer's
corpora
cultural competence
dementia communication
e-learning
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Mary K. Smith
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title Infusing Cultural Competence Training into the Curriculum: Describing the Development of Culturally Sensitive Training on Dementia Communication
title_short Infusing Cultural Competence Training into the Curriculum: Describing the Development of Culturally Sensitive Training on Dementia Communication
title_full Infusing Cultural Competence Training into the Curriculum: Describing the Development of Culturally Sensitive Training on Dementia Communication
title_fullStr Infusing Cultural Competence Training into the Curriculum: Describing the Development of Culturally Sensitive Training on Dementia Communication
title_full_unstemmed Infusing Cultural Competence Training into the Curriculum: Describing the Development of Culturally Sensitive Training on Dementia Communication
title_sort infusing cultural competence training into the curriculum: describing the development of culturally sensitive training on dementia communication
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series Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
issn 1607-551X
publishDate 2009-09-01
description The need for training in cultural sensitivity and cultural competence exists at every level of medical care. This discussion reports on an interdisciplinary project to infuse cultural competence training in dementia communication care into nursing and nurse assistant training. We describe the core curriculum and its subsequent cross-cultural and linguistic adaptations to meet multiple educational and training needs of language-challenged learners, and discuss implications for others developing cross-disciplinary curricula.
topic Alzheimer's
corpora
cultural competence
dementia communication
e-learning
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X09705571
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