Cultural Competency Organizational Assessment paper
defined cultural competence as “a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together as a system, that system, agency or those professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situations”. Cultural Competency is vital to the sustainability of a healthcare organization and the ability to provide high-quality healthcare to the community in which serves. Cultural competency consists of a blend of ethics, values, morals, a health care organizations mission statement and the recognition of all employees, patients and visitors are and shall be treated equally.
A new community health center has opened in your county offering basic health care services and preventative care and education to migrant workers, illegal residents, and recent immigrants. To ensure the health center promotes and establish a culturally competent environment, as the health center’s chief privacy and compliance officer (CPO) (CCO), you have been tasked to develop a cultural competency training toolkit.
Deliverables: The final product to submit is robust cultural competency training toolkit for departmental and organizational wide use. Your final submission must include the following listed below. Submit one (1) single Microsoft Word document along with an accompanying Microsoft PPT presentation. This is an individual assignment, which consists of three deliverables.
A 1-2 page proposal for language assistance as an effort to offer additional pay for bilingual employees willing to serve as a designated language interpreter
Process identifying language interpreters
Determine supplemental pay
Schedule of interpreters (be sure schedule does not interfere with regular work schedule)
Process to locate identified interpreters when needed
Design an actual forty-five (45) minute to one (1) hour virtual training session for departmental and organizational use on the topic of Cultural Competency (the intent is for a future mandatory automated training; therefore audio is required)
Presentation can include clip art, links to additional sources
Must include recorded audio of each presentation’s slide
Topics must include at minimum cultural competency discussion: employees, patient care, importance, alignment with mission, vision of and values of the organization, define and discuss cultural competency, compare and contrast cultural competency and diversity, ethics, health disparities, impact on decision making, measures to establish and maintain a culturally competent organization and environment
Using Microsoft Excel, Word or a survey software, design a tool for attendees to assess the cultural competency training
Identify a list of cultural competency related domains and accompanying knowledge, skills, and abilities for attendees to measure the effectiveness of the virtual training session
Integrate data analytics to assess, evaluate and/or recommend local state and federal cultural competence (and/or related) regulatory compliance measures.
References & Resources:
Cross TL, Bazron BJ, Dennis KW, Isaacs, M.R. Towards a Culturally Competent System of Care: Vol I. Washington, DC: National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health, Georgetown University Child Development Center; 1989.
Cultural Competence in Health Care: Emerging Framework for Practical Approaches: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2002/oct/cultural-competence-health-care-emerging-frameworks-and
Diversity & Cultural Competency in Health Care Settings: http://www.matherlifewaysinstituteonaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/diversity-and-cultural-competency-in-health-care-settings.pdf
Tools for Assessing Cultural Competence Training: https://www.aamc.org/download/54346/data/tacct.xls
Movie “Language Barrier”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaVKy-2HWIo&WT.z_nav=healthcare-professionals%2Fresources-for-health-care-professionals%2Fhealth-equity%3BBody%3BBreaking%20Down%20the%20Language%20Barrier%20%E2%80%93%20Translating%20Limited%20English%20Proficiency%20into%20practice
