Abstract
BackgroundCultural diversity in healthcare settings requires that care professionals are able to provide culturally competent care. This means that educational institutions have a crucial role to play in equipping students with the skills to deal with diversity in cross-cultural and multicultural contexts. Ensuring that cultural competence is part of the educational curriculum is therefore essential. PurposeThis study aims to examine what elements influence the implementation of cultural competence content in nursing education from a nurse teacher's perspective. MethodsA descriptive qualitative design was used consisting of semi-structured interviews with nurse teachers (n = 12). Inductive content analysis was applied to explore their perceptions on teaching cultural competence at a University of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Southern Finland. ResultsAnalysis from the open coding of interviews indicated that there are three main categories of importance regarding students' cultural competence education: exposure to diversity in the teaching environment; teacher's experience and understanding of cultural competence; and integrating cultural competence into the curriculum. ConclusionsThe findings suggest that more transparency and cooperation between nurse teachers and the university administration is necessary to ensure the inclusion of cultural competence in nursing education. For instance, teachers should receive training related to cultural competence and evidence-based teaching methods. The curriculum should include a course or workshop about cultural competence with clear learning objectives and evaluation criteria for the purpose of grading. Finally, the educational institution should commit to developing a culturally competent organisation through internationalization and the maintenance of a diverse environment.
Highlights
Increased migration trends have significantly diversified European societies in the past few decades
The aim of this study was to examine what elements influence the implementation of cultural competence content in nursing education from a nurse teacher’s perspective
How would you define cultural competence? How is cultural competence showing in the nursing education at ..., what is the role of cultural competence here? How would you describe your own ability to include cultural competence in your teaching? Can you give me some examples on how cultural competence is taught to nursing students? How do you evaluate cultural competence in your students? What things have facilitated your own cultural competence and your ability to teach it? Is there something that complicates/makes it difficult to teach cultural competence? Is there something that would make it easier to teach cultural competence?
Summary
Increased migration trends have significantly diversified European societies in the past few decades. The majority of all international mi grants end up in Asia or Europe (International Organization for Migra tion, 2017) and between 2000 and 2015 the European population size would have dropped by 1% if there was no net inflow of migrants (United Nations, 2017) These changes are noticeable in the sphere of public health, where healthcare faces increasing complexity in dealing with patients from different cultural backgrounds (Farber, 2019; Flood and Commendador, 2016; Lin et al, 2015). Cultural diversity in healthcare settings requires that care professionals are able to provide culturally competent care. The educational institution should commit to devel oping a culturally competent organisation through internationalization and the maintenance of a diverse environment
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