The purpose of the Culturally Competent Care unit is to help identify and learn about the many different cultures that exist throughout the world. It is also to help us become more aware in order to be able to be respectful to all cultures as you provide medical care for them. Implicit associations are associations that are made within the mind without consciously thinking about them. For example certain people may relate a picture to a certain type of person without even thinking about it they make a connection between the two different things.
The IAT that I took was in relation to blacks and white and the comparison to harmless objects and weapons. The conclusion of the test came back and said that I moderately associated weapons with black people. The purpose of the IAT test is to “assess attitudes, self-esteem, personality, and many other characteristics of individuals.”
Some of the definitions that we came up with for culture include: a way of life, state of mind, and the categorization of a population based on certain characteristics. There are many different types of culture that really stand out. Some of these types of cultures include; sex, race, religion, diet, generation, income, language, and physical appearance. Other ones include disabilities, ethnicity, career, clothing, political ideals, geographic location, and nationality.
It is very important to be culturally competent in a medical setting because, as a health care provider you do not want to offend your patient or colleagues in any way. For example if a patient has a certain diet due to their religious beliefs you would not want to bring this to them as their dinner because it could truly offend them. Culturally competent care helps the health care facility provide the best service because it allows them to know their clientele on a much more personal level and make them feel at home.
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