The document discusses principles for building cultural competence in healthcare. It instructs readers to describe how principles from a textbook could help with personal and professional development as a healthcare leader. Readers are asked to discuss their thoughts on a 5-stage cultural competency training model and how cultural competence may differ across environments. They should also discuss two ways for health organizations to improve cultural competence and provide examples or details to support their ideas.

1. Principles for Building Cultural Competence
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Discussion Participation Scoring Guide
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Review the discussion of principles of cultural competence in
the Pérez and Luquis text (pages 50–52), including both the
personal and the discipline-specific principles in cultural
competence. In your initial post,
Describe how these principles might help you develop
personally and professionally as a health care leader or
provider.
Discuss your thoughts relative to Carney and Kahn's cultural
competency training five stages.
Discuss differences between cultural competence practice in
diverse environments. How might they differ? Provide
examples.
Discuss two ways to improve chances of achieving cultural
competence in health organizations, and support your thoughts
with details or examples.
Response Guidelines
Read the posts of your peers and respond to at least two. Do you
agree or disagree with the learner's assertions about cultural
competence issues facing health care leadership and educators?
Develop and present follow-up questions or supporting
statements that may help clarify their perspectives.