Developing Cultural Competence and Health Education Resources Discussion Participation Scoring Guide . For this discussion, refer to your Perez and Luquis text. In an effort to continuously improve and develop culturally competent organizations, health curricula need to have awareness and skill-based objectives (Pérez & Luquis, pp. 164–165) as a starting point, and lifelong learning as a building block in delivering quality outcomes and a more culturally competent health care delivery system. In one page or less, answer the following: Describe the importance of providing health care students and staff cultural competence education and professional development in reaching cultural proficiency. What factors should you consider in profiling a culturally competent learner? Describe briefly the importance of a model such as IC-3 (p. 169 in Perez & Luquiz) in preparing the health care workforce. Identify and discuss one integrated support and one evaluation channel. Consider a scenario where a health care organization has an ongoing problem with the hospital staff's lack of training and education in language interpreter skills, resulting in having friends or family members doing the interpreting. Reflect and provide a scenario that may result in patient's quality of care and safety. What recommendations would you make to improve training or education and cultural competency? This discussion provides another opportunity to build on your course project, especially as possible recommendation. Reference Pérez, M. A., Luquis, R. R. (2008). Cultural competence in health education and health promotion. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Response Guidelines Read the posts of your peers and respond to at least two. Develop and present follow-up questions or supporting statements that may help clarify their perspectives. .

1. Developing Cultural Competence and Health Education
Resources
Discussion Participation Scoring Guide
.
For this discussion, refer to your Perez and Luquis text.
In an effort to continuously improve and develop culturally
competent organizations, health curricula need to have
awareness and skill-based objectives (Pérez & Luquis, pp. 164–
165) as a starting point, and lifelong learning as a building
block in delivering quality outcomes and a more culturally
competent health care delivery system.
In one page or less, answer the following:
Describe the importance of providing health care students and
staff cultural competence education and professional
development in reaching cultural proficiency.
What factors should you consider in profiling a culturally
competent learner?
Describe briefly the importance of a model such as IC-3 (p. 169
in Perez & Luquiz) in preparing the health care workforce.
Identify and discuss one integrated support and one evaluation
channel.
Consider a scenario where a health care organization has an
ongoing problem with the hospital staff's lack of training and
education in language interpreter skills, resulting in having
friends or family members doing the interpreting.
Reflect and provide a scenario that may result in patient's
quality of care and safety.
What recommendations would you make to improve training or
education and cultural competency?
This discussion provides another opportunity to build on your
course project, especially as possible recommendation.
Reference
Pérez, M. A., Luquis, R. R. (2008). Cultural competence in
health education and health promotion. San Francisco, CA:

2. Jossey-Bass.
Response Guidelines
Read the posts of your peers and respond to at least two.
Develop and present follow-up questions or supporting
statements that may help clarify their perspectives.