Free Mini Class
Advanced Training Classes
Diversity for Health Practitioners
(2 hour training)
This course was designed by a medical anthropologist with experience in
clinical anthropology and community health issues to address the
specific needs of nurses, physicians, and other health care providers.
This introductory training is designed help health practitioners develop
their own best practices in dealing with patients from diverse cultures
and sub-cultures. The training will also discuss the impact of alternative
medicine and belief systems on patient outcomes. The training unit
contains actual examples and case studies that address multicultural
communication issues, death and dying, acculturation and globalization,
gender, culture, consent and confidentiality issues in extended families,
and religious beliefs as they impact biomedical practices. The unit also
contains a reference section for further reading.
Cost: $30:00 US
Community Participatory Research Methods
(1 hour training)
This is an advanced training for individuals who wish to conduct
participatory research in diverse communities. Examples will be drawn
from community needs assessments, international development,
teaching, and anthropology. It will provide introductory reading materials
on participatory research, including participatory action research and
action research. Participatory research engages both researcher and
community members as equals in efforts that are of benefit to
communities. While geared toward non-profit organizations, for-profit
agencies may benefit in their outreach projects by using these methods.
Participatory research methods have been used in a wide variety of
settings and disciplines including but not limited to education, agriculture,
rural sociology, ecology, international development, anthropology, health
research, community development, policy analysis, and business.
Cost: $30:00 US
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