Cross-cultural psychiatry

Determining, Developing and Delivering Effective Cultural Competence from MinTools Corporate, quotes, “Five elements contribute to an organization’s ability to become more culturally competent, Valuing diversity, Having the capacity for cultural self-assessment, Being conscious of the dynamics inherent when cultures interact, Having institutionalized culture knowledge, and Having developed adaptations to service delivery reflecting an understanding of cultural diversity” (Bob Little) having all…

the different cultures. Australian and the Aboriginal culture are both unique cultures which have many varying aspects that are extremely different, while sharing minor similarities. Fons Trompenaars cultural model recognises the seven dimensions of culture. The name of this model is Trompenaars cultural dimensions which highlights the seven aspects in the ways in which a culture functions to benefit…

is to define what cultural diverse assessment is. The six key components of a good comprehensive cultural assessment and the five communication skills that facilitate culturally competent health care. Cultural diverse assessment is the gathering of information that pertains to the patient’s culture and to integrate the patient’s cultural ways into the care plan for the patient to help the patient achieve maximum health care (Andrews & Boyle, 2016). The key components of a cultural assessment…

Western medicine is crucial in the medical environment in order to provide culturally competent care. Cultural competence in health care describes “the ability to provide care to patients with diverse values, beliefs and behaviors, including tailoring health care delivery to meet patients’ social, cultural and linguistic needs” (becoming a cuCITATION). Health care organizations that maintain this cultural competency have improved health outcomes, increased respect and mutual understanding from…

There could be multiple ways that interpersonal communication barriers could inhibit the development of diversity competency. In order to successfully communicate, we must know how the receiver communicates. We can’t communicate successfully with somebody that we do not understand. The receiver’s culture may be different from the sender’s culture thus, creating a barrier. This barrier could be caused by the sender’s body language towards the receiver. The receiver may take offense to the…

the women because many of them died during the Afghan Wars, thus leaving families with only women to starve. Osama exposes an extremist culture where masculinity is privileged and femininity is suppressed. The cultural dimensions exemplified in Osama provide a realistic portrayal of how cultural values affect gender roles in different societies. In such an extremist society, it is quite…

confronted with the local culture, however, when an organization has successfully dealt with the situation, a sustainable working environment may be created in the end. I think that the convergence and divergence of culture may have a relation to cultural dimension of Hofstede. For instance, a country with high power distance may create a convergence culture within the country while a low power distance country may lead to a divergence culture because of equality between people. Hence, I will…

This perspective is one I wholeheartedly agree with. Having been in a hiring position previously, I can relate to wanting to hire an individual with the right mindset over someone with the right skill set. While the right skill set is important, skills are easier to teach. A person 's mindset is not fixed but it is much harder to change. The education system is largely designed around teaching skills. The soft skills, i.e. mindset, is something that is developed along the way. I personally would…

n the article “Exploring the exchange student’s global minds in a study abroad project” by John et al(2015), the authors present a research which aims to determine how the students improve themselves in the foreign environment and how they construct their global minds. Meanwhile in the article “Intercultural Communication as Revealed in Language Learning Histories” by Doman(2014), the author reveals the important factors which either hinder or enhance students’ English learning abilities.…

used as the addressed cultural profiling tools for global business leaders. Toyota and Ford are the main cases in analyzing power distance index, individualism vs. collectivism, uncertainty avoidance index, masculinity vs. femininity, long-term orientation vs. short-term orientation and indulgence vs. restraint(Hofstede, 1994). By comparing the different cultural background of Toyota and Ford, it can draw the characteristics of six dimensions which leaders can use as cultural profiling tools in…