- Thinking about people who are looking to live abroad. What they are worry about? What they would like to see?
- What the tool (develop people’s cultural competence) looks like?
- Intervention that increase peoples’ awareness of cultural competence.
- Thinking about project title.
Month: August 2021
Reflection
During the research on this project, I had conversations with some people about cultural competence. However, I found not everyone had a concept of cultural competence in their mind and I had to explain what cultural competence is. They may have cultural competence, but they didn’t realise it is cultural competence. I also asked the staff of an education agency in China. Their main business is providing help for students who are preparing to study abroad. They have online tutoring to help students after arriving abroad, but they didn’t provide any service specialized in cultural competence. Based on this experience, I realised people may lack awareness of cultural competence.
Then I did some research about experts’ methods of developing cultural competence and the healthcare profession has been promoting cultural competence.
E-Learning for Healthcare organisation has the cultural competence e-learning tool which is made up of three 20–30-minute learning session to support clinicians in the NHS to gain knowledge and understanding of the issues around culture and health.
I played a short part of learning session to 5 of my target audience. I got some feedback that the video is quite boring for them even it is animation. For this reason, I am planning to find a more interesting way that can increase people’s awareness and develop their cultural competence.
Interview with people who live abroad
I interviewed two people to know more about their experience and cultural competence when they are living abroad.
I found one person likes to keep their home culture when she is living abroad and another person like to embrace new culture.
Experts’ method of developing cultural competence
Cultural competence has been promoting in many professions such as the healthcare profession and education. I did some research to find what are their method to develop cultural competence.
1.An Education Agency in China
From the interview, I found this agency doesn’t provide any service specialised in cultural competence. However, they will provide help by online tutoring with students after arriving abroad.
2.e-Learning for Healthcare (organisation)
They provide cultural competence programme which is a e-learning package to support health professional in developing cultural competence.
“The first session aims to describe what is meant by ‘culture’ and why it is important for health professionals to be aware of how this can impact health.
The second session describes cultural competence and its importance for health professionals working across cross-cultural situations.
This session looks at the importance of cultural competence in the context of maternity care and aims to help health care professionals support and meet the needs of a changing population” (e-LfH 2021).