Module Code - Title:
NS6040
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INTERCULTURAL CARE
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module focuses on clarifying and challenging important concepts underpinning intercultural care. The purpose of this module is to help students develop an advanced understanding of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required by health care professionals when providing culturally competent care. Students will critically review factors that facilitate and hinder culturally competent practice. Opportunities to critically examine approaches for developing cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, cultural sensitivity and cultural competence in the delivery of health care are also provided.
Syllabus:
Globalisation and the changing demographic profile within healthcare; opportunities and challenges of living and working in culturally diverse societies globally, concepts of culture, race and ethnicity; theories and Models promoting transcultural health and cultural competence; cultural identity and self-awareness, ethnocentrism and stereotyping, National and international legislation and influences related to immigration, human rights, discrimination and healthcare/service provision, policy developments that promote cultural sensitivity at an individual, organisational and society level, cultural generic and cultural specific knowledge, intercultural communication, challenging racism, discrimination and inequalities.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
Critically examine the role culture plays in shaping the health beliefs and health seeking behaviours of individuals from different cultural backgrounds.
Critically discuss the opportunities and challenges for providing culturally competent health care.
Critically appraise factors influencing intercultural communication within health and social care practice.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate an acknowledgement of individual strengths and weaknesses in working with individuals from different cultural, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.
Demonstrate an appreciation of the commitment to developing cultural competence.
Demonstrate an awareness of the role of the nurse/midwife in the provision of culturally competent care.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Participate in the learning environment through engagement in teaching and learning strategies e.g. lectures, discussions, group work, self-directed learning, recommended reading, reflection, online learning and enquiry/problem based learning, participate in independent learning activities.
The module is based on current best practice guidelines for research in the area of nursing incorporating relevant national and international health policy.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Markey, K., White, P., O' Connor, L. (2012)
Let's Learn Together, Let's Work Together: Challenges and Solutions for Transcultural Health and Social Care,
, London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Papadopoulos, I. (2006)
Transcultural Health and Social Care: Development of Culturally Competent Practitioners,
, Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
Holland, K., Hogg, C. (2017)
Cultural Awareness in Nursing and Healthcare, 2nd ed,
, London: Hodder Arnold.
Papadopoulos, I, (2017)
Culturally Competent Compassion: A guide for healthcare students and practitioners
, London: Routledge
Maine, F., Vrikki, M., (2021)
Dialogue for Intercultural Understanding
, London: Springer Nature
Other Relevant Texts:
Burnard, P., Gill, P. (2015)
Culture, communication and nursing
, London: Routledge
Sagar, P. (2012)
Transcultural Nursing Theory and Models: Application in Nursing Education, Practice and Administration,
, New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
MSNUNGTFA - NURSING
MSNUSTTFA - NURSING STUDIES
MSAHPRTFA - ADVANCED HEALTHCARE PRACTICE
MSAHPRTPA - ADVANCED HEALTHCARE PRACTICE
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
Kathleen.Markey@ul.ie