"A Health Care Provider Training Guide to Enhance Cultural Competency i" by Julia McBrien and Ashley Prososki

Date of Award

2017

Document Type

Scholarly Project

Degree Name

Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)

Department

Occupational Therapy

First Advisor

Sclinda Janssen

Keywords

Aged; Aged, 80 and Over; Cultural Competency -- education; Health Personnel -- education; Long-Term Care -- methods

Abstract

The population of adults over the age of 65 in the United States is steadily increasing and becoming more diverse. Older adults are the greatest consumer of health care services, and they have unique health care needs. One notable health care need pertains to cultural beliefs and wants. When health care providers address the diverse needs of older adults, health outcomes improve for the client and communication across the interprofessional team improves. Therefore, the students of this scholarly project created a series of three, 50-minute long training sessions focused on training health care providers how to be culturally competent in long-term care facilities. The sessions utilize a proven group protocol and are to be led by an occupational therapist, as occupational therapists are trained in occupation-based group process, cultural competency, and principles of teaching and learning.

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