How Does Culture Affect Physiotherapy Clinical Practice?
Intercultural Communication Training Module
To prepare students to apply the increased knowledge and self-awareness in effective inter-cultural communication in clinical settings.
About this course
In this course, you can understand the importance of intercultural competency in healthcare practices. You can also reflect how patients’ culture impact on your management of patients. By the end of the course, you should have a higher self-awareness in effective intercultural communication in the clinical settings.
What Will I learn?
- Importance of inter-cultural competency in healthcare practices
- Influences of your culture in your practice
- Elements of cultural competency
- Impacts of patients’ culture on your interaction with patients
- Effective inter-cultural communication in clinical settings
Target Audience
- Physiotherapy Students
- Medical & Allied Health Students
Instructors
Teaching Faculty
The module is supported by Griffith University (Health) & The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (FHSS) research collaborative grant.
- Griffith University
- Prof. Liisa Laakso
- Dr. Neil Tuttle
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Dr. Shirley Ngai
- Dr. Veronika Schoeb
Syllabus
- Module 1 – Introduction
- Module 2 – Pre-course Assessment
- Module 3 – What is Culture?
- Module 4 – Student Sharing
- Module 5 – Communication Methods
- Module 6 – Collaborative Learning Module
- Module 7 – Self Reflection
- Module 8 – Re-assessment and Feedback
