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Teaching
Tools, Strategies, and Resources
 This section provides an overview of areas of awareness, knowledge,
and skills in cultural self-assessment that students in health care training
programs need to acquire. It also offers several instructional tools
and strategies such as vignettes, exercises in self-assessment and self
discovery, and guidance for faculty.
Areas of Awareness,
Knowledge, and Skills
The NCCC selected
the following areas of awareness, knowledge, and skills to highlight
in this self-assessment curricula
enhancement module.
This list is not exhaustive. Faculty are encouraged to adapt and
enhance the following characteristics based on the needs, interests,
and areas
of focus within their respective disciplines and training programs.
Awareness
- That
one’s perceptions of other cultures are influenced by one’s
own world view
- That cultural
biases may be at a conscious or subconscious level
- Of values, beliefs,
and practices related to health, health care, illness, and well-being:
- One’s own
- Prevailing society norms
- Among culturally diverse individuals, groups, and communities
- Within
health care systems and institutions
- Of health and
mental health disparities among racial and ethnic groups
- Of social,
economic, and environmental factors that impact the health and
well-being of communities
- That self-assessment
and reflection can have a positive impact on capacity for cultural
and linguistic
competence,
for individuals
and
organizations
Knowledge of
- Conceptual
frameworks for cultural and linguistic competence
- Benefits
of cultural self-assessment, particularly to public health
- Current
self-assessment literature and emerging trends in research
- Specific
purpose and audiences for self-assessment
- Criteria to
select self-assessment tools or instruments for use with individuals
- Criteria to select
self-assessment tools or instruments for use with organizations
- Fundamental
steps to conduct an organizational self-assessment
Skills
in
- Planning, conducting,
and/or facilitating an organizational self-assessment process
- Planning, conducting,
and/or convening focus groups for culturally and linguistically diverse
groups as a component
of organizational
self-assessment
- Conducting group
facilitation processes as a component of self-assessment
- Analyzing
self-assessment data, both qualitative and quantitative
- Using
data to develop written reports
- Using self-assessment
results to conduct strategic planning processes for organizations
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