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Healthcare - Improving Healthcare for the Muslim Patient

Developing Cultural Competency: Healthcare for the Muslim Patient

“Cultural competence training for healthcare professionals... increases their ability to provide care to diverse populations... It should be an on-going, life-long education.”

- A Manager’s Guide to Cultural Competence Education for Healthcare Professionals, The California Endowment

Introducing a new series of professional development seminars for service organizations committed to diversity.

Description

The seminar addresses implications of Muslim demographics, practices and traditions on healthcare delivery. Topics include Islamic perspectives towards illness and healthcare, family systems, decision making processes, dress codes, privacy and gender issues, dietary guidelines, women’s healthcare including reproductive issues and labor and delivery, Islamic views on death and dying, end of life issues, emergency treatment, life support, terminal illness and palliative care. There will be ample opportunities for questions and comments throughout the seminar, allowing participants to share their current policies and experiences caring for Muslim patients.

Benefits

• Cultural awareness and development of cultural competency skills as it relates to working with the American Muslim patients and their families
• Increased understanding of Muslim traditions and practices and their implications for healthcare delivery
• Increased healthcare provider capacity for addressing growing diversity, persistent disparities, and the promotion of health equity
• More culturally appropriate responses to the needs of Muslim patients based on sensitivity to and respect for their cultural and ethnic backgrounds
• Fulfillment of requirements for professional development and medical education, including those that comply with CLAS and other healthcare training standards

Audience
Hospital and healthcare executives and administrators; medical directors, physicians, nurses and other healthcare service leaders; deans, department chairs and faculty in medical and nursing schools

Format
Workshop Length: 2 hours
Number of Participants: 20 or more
Available: onsite or webinar
(on-demand video to come)

Fee
$75 per person

Resource Kit*

• ING Presentation Slide Handouts
• Guide on Caring for Muslim Patients
• Answers to FAQs About Muslims
• The Medical Manual for Religio-Cultural Competence, Tanenbaum Center
• Cultural Competency For Healthcare Providers, CVAHEC
• Calendar of Islamic Dates

*NOTE: Webinar participants will have access to selected items in the resource kit by downloading PDF files from a secure website 3-5 days before the seminar date.

For More Information
Contact Henry Millstein at henry@ing.org or call 408.296.7312.