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Cultural Diversity. Kyla Storry, MSW, RSW Canadian Association of Staff Physician Recruiters Conference February 21, 2006. Cultural Diversity. 6000+ communities and languages 175 million persons living away from country of birth Number of visible minorities in Canada to double by 2017
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Cultural Diversity Kyla Storry, MSW, RSW Canadian Association of Staff Physician Recruiters Conference February 21, 2006
Cultural Diversity • 6000+ communities and languages • 175 million persons living away from country of birth • Number of visible minorities in Canada to double by 2017 (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO], 2003)
Culture Defined • A set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or social group • Encompasses lifestyles, values, traditions, beliefs, art and literature (UNESCO, 2003)
Culture Defined • Ethnicity • Language • Faith • Sexual Orientation • Ability
Culture Defined • Education • Occupation • Gender • Age
Cultural Diversity and Successful Physician Recruitment • Cultural awareness is key • 3000 physicians needed in Canada • # foreign trained/born physicians
Cultural Diversity and Successful Physician Recruitment Cultural Competence Cultural Sensitivity Cultural Knowledge (Adapted from Cross, Bazron, Dennis, Isaacs, 1989)
Cultural Diversity and Successful Physician Recruitment • Cultural diversity • Reality • Cultural competence • Learned • Both a cornerstone and component of a recruitment plan
Cultural Diversity and Successful Physician Recruitment Community Members Doctor Health Care Organization Recruiter Doctor’s Family Organizational Staff Recruiting Committees
Cultural Diversity and Successful Physician Recruitment Elimination
Recognition • Culture affects perception and understanding • Many cultural practices automatic • Personal awareness
Elimination • Avoid making assumptions about another’s culture
Elimination • “One drop of blood…” • “Where are you really from?” • “They’re all the same there”
Elimination • I am Canadian I have a Prime Minister,not a President.I speak English and French,not American.and I pronounce it “about,”not “a boot.” (Molson Canadian Ad, 2000)
Education • Cultural basics • Fluid process • Culture changes over time
Assess • Current level of cultural competence • Supports • Barriers • Areas of improvement
Develop • Clear goals • Action plan
Implement • Policy changes • Communication strategies • Application strategies • Retention plan
Evaluate • Formal • Informal
Cultural Diversity On a shrinking globe, cross-cultural competence is not a favor we grant others, but an indispensable asset we owe ourselves. • Raymond Cohen