Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:An Overview of the Culture of Health Care
Lecture:Learning more about the culture of health care
Slide content:An Overview of the Culture of Health Care Summary Lecture b Continued Culture: classic sense and modern sense Culture: partial, plural, and relative Cultural competence, cultural safety, just culture Importance of understanding multiple cultures in context Rich points, acculturation Use of health informatics in the study of culture 16
Slide notes:This concludes An Overview of the Culture of Health Care . In summary, the unit defined culture in the classic sense and in the modern sense of the term, and what it means for culture to be partial, plural, and relative. The concept of cultural competence was examined; the concepts of cultural safety, safety culture, and just culture as applied to organizations were explained. This unit emphasized the importance of understanding multiple cultures that interact in health care delivery, in the context of the student's own culture. It also looked at rich points and how they are used in the study of culture, defined acculturation and how it relates to working in health care settings, and illustrated the use of health informatics applications of the study of culture. 16