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Transcultural Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:12.02.2020 12:37:05
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_021 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilona Zariņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anniņmuižas boulevard, mdak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 11 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 22 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Philosophy and medical ethics, propaedeutics, nursing process, an introduction to the library use. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge and raise awareness about transcultural nursing approach, and develop skills in information gathering and problem solving. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Biocultural perspective, culture, terms, religion, transcultural care theory. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Awareness of the differences. Culture shock. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Intercultural communication. Communication in the health care. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Space, needs of space in different cultures and health care. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Social organisation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Time, understanding of time in different cultures, role of time in patient care. Environmental control. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Biological diversity. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Eating habits, their advantages and disadvantages in different cultures, role in health care. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Latvian minority groups, transcultural nursing. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Transcultural client/patient survey, observation: data collection, interpretation, formulation of nursing problems, justification. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Ethical aspects in transcultural care. Evidence based approach in transcultural care. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | After each lecture/class students receive independent work assignments. • Objectives: to learn the terminology in order to describe the importance of verbal and non-verbal communication; to define the concept of space and understand its importance; to describe social groups; adequately define the term "time", to understand the role of culture within the meaning of time and perception; to recognise different cultural public health practice types, recognise significant cultural factors that influence the behavior of the disease in relation to environmental control; to formulate biological differences in individuals among different racial groups, to explain how the susceptibility of individuals may vary among different racial groups. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Test in class (within the course – 4 tests in class on the previous lecture) and homework – 50%; Presentation of transcultural situation analysis at the end of the course – 50%. The exam is graded on a 10-point scale with the lowest successful grade being 4 points. Each point is awarded a mark from 1 to 10, and the average mark is placed at the end. Presentation of transcultural situation analysis. Evaluate the following points: 1. All tasks have been completed 1 to 10. 2. Justification section 1 to 10 3. Solutions section 1 to 10. 4. Presentation skills 1 to 10. The exam is evaluated on a 10-point scale, where the lowest successful evaluation is 4 points. For each point, a mark on a scale of 1 to 10 is awarded. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon completion of the study course the students will be able to describe the observation model of transcultural care, aspects which are important in the care of patients, and a nurse/midwife's role in it. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon completion of the study course the students will be able to assess diversity, get the information, analyse and formulate it, and to put forward and solve the problems of transcultural care. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon completion of the study course the students develop competence: to describe the situation of a patient and formulate care problems, taking into account cross-cultural health care context, integrating and using appropriate skills, knowledge and attitudes for the situation. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kolčanovs B., Zankovska-Odiņa, Zālītis K.(2011) Atšķirīgs klients daudzveidīgā Latvijā, Mācību līdzeklis to iestāžu darbiniekiem, kuri sniedz pakalpojumus trešo valstu valstspiederīgajiem, Latvijas Cilvēktiesību Centrs | ||||||||
| 2 | Starpkultūru izglītības vārdnīca, Rīga: IAC, 2011 | ||||||||
| 3 | Starpkultūru komunikācija (2009) rokasgrāmata, Sabiedrības integrācijas fonds | ||||||||
| 4 | Understanding transcultural nursing, Nursing 2005: January 2005 - Volume 35 - Issue - p 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, | ||||||||
| 5 | Sharon C. Murphy Mapping the literature of transcultural nursing, J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 Apr; 94 (2 Suppl): E143–E151. | ||||||||
| 6 | Abdulrhman Saad Albougami, Karen G Pounds and Jazi Shaydeid Alotaibi Comparison of Four Cultural Competence Models in Transcultural Nursing: A Discussion Paper | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Hemming E. (2007) An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: https://www.scribd.com/doc/253386490/Introduction-to-Interc… | ||||||||
| 2 | World Health Organization | ||||||||
| 3 | Wright, K. B.Sparks L. (2013) Health Communication in 21st Century John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | ||||||||
| 4 | Engebretson J., Mahoney J., Carlson ED. Cultural competence in the era of evidence-based practice. J Prof Nurs. 2008 May-Jun;24(3):172-8. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs | ||||||||
| 5 | Journal of Transcultural Nusing | ||||||||
| 6 | Cultural and ethical issues in working with culturally diverse patients and their families: The use of the Culturagram to promote cultural competent practice in health care settings | ||||||||
| 7 | P Sagar (2012) Transcultural Nursing Theory and Models, Springer Publ. Comp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.currentnursing.com | ||||||||
| 2 | www.culturediversity.com | ||||||||
| 3 | European Transcultural Nursing Association | ||||||||
| 4 | Reliģijas nozīme modernajā sabiedrībā(2012): LU teoloģijas fakultātes studentu organ.semināra rakstu krājums/sast.I.Jansone, Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds | ||||||||
