Cross cultural communication to help physician assistants provide unbiased health care.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Stumpf, S H ; Bass, K
• Description:
  Teaching cross cultural communication typically involves instruction in differences between groups. As part of this course in cross cultural communication, six specific underserved population groups are introduced to students as a cultural experience. Additionally, instruction is provided to sensitize students to their personal biases and prejudices through videotaped mock interviews. The combination of instruction and experience forms a paradigm for teaching cross cultural communication in a way that has personal and immediate impact on faculty members and students. The model, "Differences + Discomforts = Discoveries," inhibits factionalizing and promotes depth of knowledge about underserved groups as well as personal awareness of prejudicial feelings. As a result, students learn techniques to provide unbiased health care to these, and other, populations.
• Subjects:
  Adaptation, Psychological California Communication Cultural Characteristics Curriculum Goals Humans Medically Underserved Area Models, Psychological Physician Assistants Pilot Projects Prejudice Professional-Patient Relations Quality Of Health Care Research Article Stereotyping Teaching

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 107(1):113-115
• Pubmed ID:
  1346725
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  107
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bbe2b7c8ff1d247830a671d6cab73830ce904c88564c3ed1cb456d1f1b7fe37c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/63717/cdc_63717_DS1.pdf
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