Perception of cultural competence among physiotherapy students in Bangalore, karnataka
Corresponding Author(s) : Gulafshan S
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 11 No. 3 (2023): 2023 Volume -11 - Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Cultural Competence is defined as having sensitivity towards different cultural groups, this includes awareness of the effect of factors such as immigration, stress, perceived lack of harmony in a person's life, language barriers, myths, taboos, and the potential for these factors to enhance or inhibit professional practice. Physiotherapy students are in the need to possess a high level of cultural competence to provide health care to patients from various cultural backgrounds. As it emphasis the importance of culturally competent practice as well as enhances health outcome and lowers health disparities.
Aim Of Study: “To study the awareness and knowledge of cultural competence among physiotherapy students in Bangalore, Karnataka”.
Methodology: with a sample size of 200, a set of question were prepared by the investigators and data is collected using structured interview method where a set of closed ended questions were asked to the first year and second year physiotherapy students.
Results: The principal findings revealed that out of 200 students, majority of physiotherapy students strongly agreed to the statement that “Culture is not external but is within the person” and majority of students had very limited knowledge in understanding the way they think and act when interacting with their peer of different cultural background.
Conclusion: This study concluded that it will be of great value if multicultural education interventions are included in the curriculums of undergraduate physiotherapy students to prevent health care disparities.
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Sharifi N, Adib-Hajbaghery M, Najafi M. Cultural competence in nursing: A concept analyses. Int J Nurs Stud. 2019;99:103386. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103386, PMID 31404821.
Chen H, McAdams-Jones D, Tay DL, Packer JM. The impact of service-learning on students’ cultural competence. Teach Learn Nurs. 2012;7(2):67-73. doi: 10.1016/j.teln.2011.11.002.
Cowan DT, Norman I. Cultural competence in nursing: new meanings. J Transcult Nurs. 2006;17(1, Jan):82-8. doi: 10.1177/1043659605281976, PMID 16410440.
Shaya FT, Gbarayor CM. The case for cultural competence in health professions education. Am J Pharm Educ. 2006;70(6):124. doi: 10.5688/aj7006124, PMID 17332850.
Ratzke CK, Bertolo M. Enhancing students’ cultural competence using cross-cultural experiential learning. J Cult Divers. 2013;20(3):107-11. PMID: 24279125 Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24279125/
Jirwe M. Cultural competence in nursing. From the department of neurobiology, care sciences and society. Division of Nursing; Thesis. 2008. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10616/39797
Sherrill WW, Mayo RM, Truong KD, Pribonic AP, Schalkoff CA. Assessing medical student cultural competence: what really matters. Int J Med Educ. 2016 Jul 30;7:248-54. doi: 10.5116/ijme.578b.687c, PMID 27474895.
Noble A, Nuszen E, Rom M, Noble LM. The effect of a cultural competence educational intervention for first-year nursing students in Israel. J Transcult Nurs. 2014 Jan;25(1):87-94. doi: 10.1177/1043659613503881. Epub 2013 Sep 23. PMID: 24060806.
Bussey-Jones J, Genao I, St George DM, Corbie-Smith G. knowledge of Cultural Competence among Third Year Medical Students. J Natl Med Assoc. 2005;97(9):1272-6. PMID 16296218.
Halabi JO, de Beer J. Exploring the cultural competence of undergraduate nursing students in Saudi Arabia. Nurse Educ Today. 2018;62:9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.12.005, PMID 29275019.
Govender P, Mpanza DM, Carey T, Jiyane K, Andrews B, Mashele S. Exploring Cultural Competence amongst OT Students. Occup Ther Int. 2017 Aug 9;2017:2179781. doi: 10.1155/2017/2179781. PMID: 29097961; PMCID: PMC5612734.