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Michael Caudill & InterCultural Advantage
www.InterCulturalAdvantage.com

Curanderismo:
Latino Folk Medicine
as a Therapeutic Bridge

Michael Caudill, MA, RN 2

Part 1: Open the door
Approach:
Beginnings & Grounding

Part 2:
Threshold:
Culture & Character

Part 3:
Passage:
Practical Practice

Part 4:
New Tools for
New Paths:
The Way Forward

Latino Folk Medicine: Curanderismo 4

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Latino Folk Medicine: Curanderismo 5

12TH Annual IMI Conference on Intercultural Relations
School of International Service
American University, Washington DC

Culture, Therapy & Healing:
Practicing Competence in
Calamity
Michael Caudill, MA, RN
InterCultural Advantage Consulting
& Western Carolina University

Practicing Competence in Calamity

Main ideas:

 Diverse patients affected by
disasters or extreme stress
have different needs, strengths,
expectations, & ways of healing

 We need to extend our care to include community &
cultural approaches to healing extreme stress

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Focus on Burundi
Michael Caudill, MA, RN
InterCultural Advantage Consulting

Focus on Burundi

Questions:
Who are the Burundians?

Why are they here?

What are their beliefs?

How can I better communicate?

What do I need to know to
provide effective care?


Folkmoot 2011

Burundi Dancers in Waynesville, NC


Cultural Competency & the
Latino Patient


Cultural Competency and
the Latino Patient: Overview
 Seminar Description
• Providers & staff develop
skills needed to deliver
culturally competent
health care to Latinos.
 Presentation style
• Video, lecture, simulation
s and vignettes build
essential skills that will
be used every day.
• Content can be modified
to fit training and
scheduling needs of the
client.


 Seminar objectives:
• Prepare providers for demographic
changes already underway
• Decrease frustration & dissatisfaction of
patients & providers
• Increase staff retention

• Better medical outcomes


 Who will benefit?
• Physicians
• Supervisors
• Nurses
• CNA's
• Allied Health Staff
• Clerical Staff
• Administrators
• Firefighters
• Police & Security
• EMT's
• Paramedics


Cultural Competency &

 My motivation:
• Prepare staff & providers for
demographic changes already underway

• Decrease frustration, dissatisfaction,
& misunderstanding

• Just plain interesting….


 What is Cultural Competency?
• Cultural Competency is a set of
behaviors, attitudes and policies that enable
health care providers to work effectively in
cross-cultural situations.

• Cultural competency provides staff with the
tools necessary to provide
effective, compassionate care for your diverse
patient population.


Culture, Communication,
& Health Care

Cultural Awareness
 Culturally competent
health care requires +
more than just Cultural Knowledge
knowledge about
various ethnic or +
cultural groups. Cultural Skills

 It is the combination +
of accurate Ongoing Learning
knowledge, attitudes &
skills, with policies =
supporting their Cultural Competence
application.
(3)


 Module 1:  Module 4:
“Why Cultural Your Patient's
Competency?” Clinical History

Latino
Snapshot The Culturally Competent
Patient Evaluation

Latino Health Practices The Culturally Competent
Treatment Plan


the Latino Patient: Preview
Module 1:
“Why Cultural
Competency?”

 1.1 Culture,
Communication,
& Health Care

 1.2 American Cultural
Assumptions

 1.3 Why Cultural
Competency?


Module 1 Learning Objectives:
At the end of this module you will be able to:

• Define cultural competence & explain six reasons why it
is needed.

• Identify the critical differences between an effective &
ineffective patient interaction.

• Describe the roles that culture plays in determining
health, wellness, & healing.

• Recognize four American cultural assumptions.

• Describe the four sequential steps to achieving cultural
competency.


Module 2:
Latino Snapshot

 2.1 Latino Snapshot

 2.2 Health Facts

 2.3 Cultural Values


 Recognize the likely health care consequences of our
growing Latino population.
 Describe the effect acculturation has on health care.
 Define the “healthy migrant effect”.
 Name the seven major health problems affecting
Latinos.
 List eight Latino cultural values affecting health care.


Module 3:
Latino Health
Practices
 3.1 Health Attitudes &
Beliefs

 3.2 Folk Medicine &
Traditional Healers

 3.3 Communicating Health
Information



 Identify the three primary perceived causes of folk
illnesses.
 Describe two folk illnesses that may be acute
emergencies.
 Recognize the four types of traditional healers used by
Latinos.
 List five compelling symptoms that prompt most Latinos
to seek medical care.
 Identify four cultural values that are critical in teaching
Latinos about health.


Module 4:
The Competent
Clinical History

 4.1 G-R-E-E-T the Individual

 4.2 Guide the Interview

 4.3 L-I-S-T-E-N for the
Clinical History


the Latino Patient: Review


 Use the G-R-E-E-T method for characterizing Latino
patients.
 Describe the two main difficulties in getting an accurate
patient history.
 Explain six steps to guiding an interview.
 Use the L-I-S-T-E-N method for obtaining a Latino
patient's clinical history.


Module 5:
The Culturally
Competent
Patient Evaluation

 5.1 The Physical Exam

 5.2 Examine your Patient
with C-A-R-E

 5.3 A C-A-R-E-ful Mental
Health Evaluation




 Identify components of a culturally competent physical
exam.

 Describe the C-A-R-E method for conducting physical
exams on children, adolescents, adults, & the elderly.

 Describe the C-A-R-E method for conducting a mental
health evaluation.


Module 6:
The Culturally
Competent
Treatment Plan

 6.1 Further Tests &
Negotiating Consent

 6.2 Developing a
T-R-E-A-T-ment Plan

 6.3 Developing Patient
Loyalty



 Identify the roles folk healers play in developing a
therapeutic plan

 Describe how to use the T-R-E-A-T method for
negotiating consent

 Describe three ways to build patient confidence

 Name the elements of the effective farewell


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