Partnership Approach of Communication-Free-Samples for Students

Question: Reflect upon, identify and articulate the Importance of cultural awareness and understanding of Intercultural Competence. Answer: Introduction The communication has been carried out with a person who is altogether different with cultural perspective. The person was highly qualified doctor, whom I had to interact with, due to illness of my aunt. He is usually available for a short meeting because he has many patients to be attended. I had a perception in mind that he might not answer everything and would be doing everything in a hurry. So, I had made a list of things which I wanted to quickly ask from him. Doctor: Who is the attendant of the patient? I: Sir, I am with her. Doctor: I have seen all the reports and I can say that there is not much to worry about. All things will be taken care of, if medicines are taken on time. I am sure you must be having lots of questions, which you can ask me. I will share my personal phone number which you can use for calling me in case of an emergency. Analysis The expression- Practicing border crossing is used in English to show the differences in people due to culture, background, profession etc. (Dawlatly, 2014) In this case, I had assumed that being a high profile doctor, the communication would be tough or he would use various complicated words, which I would not understand. Even though he used words like blood count, anaemia and other words, which sounded quite familiar, still when I had any queries, I could easily ask to understand. The researches with respect to cultural aspects in doctor-patient communication generally lay stress on differences among the individual doctors and patients. The bigger the cultural segregation the less contented patients are. The partnership style is recommended for a patient and doctor relationship (Harmsen, Meeuwesen, van Wieringen, Bernsen Bruijnzeels, 2003). The way of organizing outpatient clinicshas strongeffect on the manner in which doctors manage the work on time. Sometimes station do not fix an appointment and come to the clinic and just wait for their turn. This means that doctors are not aware how many patients might turn up and patients are also not where, which doctor they might meet at the clinic. There are doctors who generally work in different hospitals and have different practices (DiMatteo, 2003). When the clinic schedule is not properly planned then there is lesser of flexibility of treating the people with special attention. There are doctors who generally work in different hospitals and have different practices. When the clinic schedule is not properly planned then there is less of flexibility of treating the patients as individuals with particular needs. Conclusion Whatever might be the educational background, it is usually preferred by the patients and their attendants that a partnership consultation approach is utilised (Eber Meisenhelder, 2009). In this doctor patient relation turns out to be closer because patients turn out to be much aware of the sickness and there is active participation.However, as per my perspective,the lesser educated patients find it hard to invite the doctors for using partnership approach of communication. References Dawlatly, S. (2014). Do our consultation models meet our patients' needs?. British Journal Of General Practice, 64(622), 245-245. DiMatteo, M. (2003). Future directions in research on consumerprovider communication and adherence to cancer prevention and treatment. Patient Education And Counseling, 50(1), 23-26. Eber, C., Meisenhelder, S. (2009). Border Crossings, From Theory to Practice: Looking for Floriberto. Practicing Anthropology, 31(1), 25-29. Harmsen, H., Meeuwesen, L., van Wieringen, J., Bernsen, R., Bruijnzeels, M. (2003). When cultures meet in general practice: intercultural differences between GPs and parents of child patients. Patient Education And Counseling, 51(2), 99-106.