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Cultural Diversity

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

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  1. Cultural Diversity Kyla Storry, MSW, RSW Canadian Association of Staff Physician Recruiters Conference February 21, 2006

  2. 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)

  3. 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)

  4. Culture Defined • Ethnicity • Language • Faith • Sexual Orientation • Ability

  5. Culture Defined • Education • Occupation • Gender • Age

  6. Cultural Diversity and Successful Physician Recruitment • Cultural awareness is key • 3000 physicians needed in Canada • # foreign trained/born physicians

  7. Cultural Diversity and Successful Physician Recruitment Cultural Competence Cultural Sensitivity Cultural Knowledge (Adapted from Cross, Bazron, Dennis, Isaacs, 1989)

  8. Cultural Diversity and Successful Physician Recruitment • Cultural diversity • Reality • Cultural competence • Learned • Both a cornerstone and component of a recruitment plan

  9. Cultural Diversity and Successful Physician Recruitment Community Members Doctor Health Care Organization Recruiter Doctor’s Family Organizational Staff Recruiting Committees

  10. Cultural Diversity and Successful Physician Recruitment Elimination

  11. Recognition • Culture affects perception and understanding • Many cultural practices automatic • Personal awareness

  12. Elimination • Avoid making assumptions about another’s culture

  13. Elimination • “One drop of blood…” • “Where are you really from?” • “They’re all the same there”

  14. 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)

  15. Education • Cultural basics • Fluid process • Culture changes over time

  16. Developing a Culturally Competent Recruitment Plan

  17. Assess • Current level of cultural competence • Supports • Barriers • Areas of improvement

  18. Develop • Clear goals • Action plan

  19. Implement • Policy changes • Communication strategies • Application strategies • Retention plan

  20. Evaluate • Formal • Informal

  21. 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

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