Cultural Competence In Healthcare

In order for healthcare staff to remain culturally competent, they should be required to participate in further training to extend their knowledge of healthcare to different cultures. Since cultures view health, illness, and medical assistance differently it is important for the clinicians to understand how to properly portray the information to each patient for each scenario (Brown & Closser, 2016). Many professionals seem to be unwilling to further their education for their patients and seem to be focused on the paycheck instead of quality treatment. Subjects in the study conducted by Taber, Leyva, and Persoskie of the Journal of General Internal Medicine were quoted saying they felt the “doctors care more about the money than patients” (Leyva et al, 2014). This mindset is a major part of the problem with the failure of worldwide cultural competency in the healthcare field. The doctors or

It is mostly about taking the time to arrange such lessons and requiring each employee to complete the class. In the long run, it could greatly benefit the company by allowing them to accept new patients of more diverse cultures leading to an extension of expertise in the field. The seminars would “provide the professional with the communications tools that will allow them to explain illnesses and treatment, identify healing, negotiate treatment and successfully intervene and collaborate with patients” (“Cultural Competency Seminar for Healthcare Providers,” 2018). Doctors are required to participate in the Maintenance of Certification program and pass the test within ten years of the last passing grade (American Board of Internal Medicine, 2018). If doctors are required to test their knowledge of current medical treatments why are they not expected to learn more about their actual