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Intercultural Competence in Doctor-Patient Communication

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2020-2021

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 0 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 24 hours

total of: 24 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OXE-N64-h-T
  • 2 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Elective modul
  • both semesters
Prerequisites:

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Course headcount limitations

min. 3 – max. 15

Topic

This course aims at increasing medical students' awareness of sociocultural influences on health beliefs, attitudes and behaviours as well as providing skills to understand and manage these factors during medical care with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Lectures

Practices

Seminars

  • 1. What is intercultural competence in medical care?
  • 2. What is intercultural competence in medical care?
  • 3. The impact of globalisation and migration on medical care
  • 4. The impact of globalisation and migration on medical care
  • 5. Stereotyping and prejudice; breaking down barriers
  • 6. Stereotyping and prejudice; breaking down barriers
  • 7. Gender issues and sexual identity
  • 8. Gender issues and sexual identity
  • 9. Interpreting body language in different cultural contexts
  • 10. Interpreting body language in different cultural contexts
  • 11. Culture specific health beliefs, religious views and behaviour
  • 12. Culture specific health beliefs, religious views and behaviour
  • 13. Medical communication in a cultural context 1-USA, UK
  • 14. Medical communication in a cultural context 1-USA, UK
  • 15. Medical communication in a cultural context 2-Spain, Mexico, Latin-America
  • 16. Medical communication in a cultural context 2-Spain, Mexico, Latin-America
  • 17. Medical communication in a cultural context 3-Germany, Austria
  • 18. Medical communication in a cultural context 3-Germany, Austria
  • 19. Medical communication in a cultural context 4-Asia, Africa
  • 20. Medical communication in a cultural context 4-Asia, Africa
  • 21. Medical communication in a cultural context 5-Eastern Europe
  • 22. Medical communication in a cultural context 5-Eastern Europe
  • 23. Student presentations
  • 24. Student presentations

Reading material

Obligatory literature

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Literature developed by the Department

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Notes

Handouts

Recommended literature

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Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Maximum of 15 % absence allowed

Mid-term exams

Oral presentation.

Making up for missed classes

As agreed with the teacher.

Exam topics/questions

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Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Dr. Németh Tímea
Rólunk