Cultural Competency and Healthcare

Course overview

Understanding and accepting diversity is an important imperative for all healthcare professionals. Being culturally competent enables professionals to have insight, recognition, empathy, and compassion for the different cultures, ethnicities, religions, generations, and physical abilities that shape our lives, perspectives, beliefs, and ability to trust. This one-hour course provides a detailed overview of elements of cultural competency and the impact it will have on the ability to communicate, understand, and treat. Learners will be able to discern how the three domains of cultural competency, which include affective, cognitive, and behavioral, play into all aspects of healthcare. Developing an awareness of cultural competency is necessary to collectively address health inequities and ensure that all people have access to quality care and best outcomes.