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Intercultural Competence in Doctor-Patient Communication

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 24 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 24 hours

Subject data

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

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Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – 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

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

Practices

Seminars

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

medical culture presentation

Mid-term exams

-

Making up for missed classes

As agreed with the teacher.

Exam topics/questions

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Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk