BAMV061c Multicultural education in midwifery - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2014
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 also offered to the students of the fields other than those 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)
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 2015, Spring 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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