Care for the Hispanic Patient: A Cross-Cultural Approach is organized by echelon and will be held from Jun 02, 2023 - Mar 01, 2024.
This course is accessible until 3/1/2024.
Description:
This course for the healthcare professional provides information on how to manage Latino patients safely and with dignity, improve their health and wellness outcomes, and ultimately help them assimilate into the U.S. healthcare system. This course outlines and defines specific healthcare priorities and deficiencies of first-generation Latin American immigrants through the recognition of signs of illiteracy and linguistic challenges. Also covered is human trafficking and ways to implement strategies to help protect patients. This is the first in a course series on Hispanic patient care.
Learning Outcomes:
• Recognize the specific healthcare priorities and deficiencies of first-generation Latin American immigrants and act on this knowledge.
• Deliver patient care in a culturally sensitive manner to encourage safe medical treatment and proper follow-up care.
• Recognize the signs of illiteracy and linguistic challenges among patients and communicate accordingly.
• Recognize victims of abuse and implement strategies to help protect patients.
• Implement strategies to obtain information and comprehensive assessments from Latino individuals in a culturally sensitive manner, especially those lacking in preventive • care and engaging in alternative medical practices.
• Utilize strategies to help Latino patients assimilate into the U.S. healthcare system.
• Improve the health and wellness outcomes of Hispanic patients.
Additional Details Will Be Posted as Soon as Information is Available.