Cultural Competence in Practice

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Order description:
Using CultureMate© identify a local government area that has a clinical partnership with Monash, where you are likely to undertake a clinical placement during your degree e.g. – City of Greater Dandenong – Dandenong Hospital – Monash Health.

Using the Communication Toolkit research the catchment community of the health service.

Describe the main countries of birth in this municipality, demographic composition, languages spoken and organisations and services available to this community.

Choose a prominent cultural community in this region and using the ‘Community Profile’ tool describe the cultural characteristics and cultural values of this group you have chosen.

Compare and Contrast this with the cultural values of the Australian culture or your personal cultural background. Reflect on the many ways in which culture influences you including social norms, sanctions, values, way of life, beliefs, communication, major life transitions (birth, death) and how you respond to authority, how you parent etc.

Using the literature, describe the characteristics of a culturally competent health care workforce and health care system.

Use the marking rubric to guide your writing.

Cultural Competence in Practice

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Presentation requirements: Please observe the following formatting instructions:

This is an academic piece of writing: follow academic writing principals
You must use CultureMate to complete the assessment task
Reference using APA 6: See Rubric for details
Double spaced word document, numbered pages, student ID on every page