BAMV061c Multicultural education in midwifery - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Blanka Trojanová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Blanka Trojanová, Ph.D.
Department of Midwifery and Paramedics – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Ing. Kateřina Kaderková, MBA
Supplier department: Department of Midwifery and Paramedics – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject is conceived as a theoretical base for the midwifery study program. It introduces multicultural and transcultural dimension of care for individual needs of a woman, her family and her community. The student will be able to: - use properly the terms – ethnicity, culture, spirituality, belief, religion - know basic characteristics of chosen ethnic, cultural and religious group - adapt the process of midwifery by clients considering their ethnic, cultural and spiritual specifics
Syllabus
  • Content: - the meaning of transcultural and multicultural nursing (K.M.Leiningerová). -Definition of culture, etnicity, society, common and different characteristics. Changes in a society from the perspective of majority and minority groups coexistence. – Culture and ethnicity in interpersonal relations, in family. Cultural and ethnic dimension of health, disease and death. Rituals. – Multicultural society – and the consequences for medical/nursing services. Multicultural society in the Czech Republic. Differences in cultural perception of the midwifery and nursing profession. - Ethnocentrism and its consequences in care about woman, her family and community. - Intercultural communication issues, the means of facilitating the intercultural communication. - The spiritual life of a person – content, meaning, chosen religions and their rules influencing/regulating the behavior of their society members. Significant religious rituals.
Literature
  • RYŠLINKOVÁ, Markéta. Česká sestra v arabském světě : multikulturní ošetřovatelství v praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2009, 123 s. ISBN 9788024728568. info
  • ŠPIRUDOVÁ, Lenka. Multikulturní ošetřovatelství 2. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2006, 248 s. ISBN 802471213X. info
  • IVANOVÁ, Kateřina, Lenka ŠPIRUDOVÁ and Jana KUTNOHORSKÁ. Multikulturní ošetřovatelství 1. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005, 248 s. ISBN 8024712121. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lectures, discussion, group work, audiovisual presentation.
Assessment methods
Type of completion: credit - 100% presence in practise lessons, activity, final test,defense case reports
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 5.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016.
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