SOCS350 Week 6 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest 2019 JULY

SOCS350 Cultural Diversity in the Professions

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 Examining
Strategies

Required
Resources

Read/review
the following resources for this activity:

Textbook:
Section 6; Integrative Questions for Section 6

Lesson

Minimum of
1 scholarly source

Initial
Post Instructions

For the
initial post, conduct an internet search and locate short video clips that
provide examples that offer strategies for dealing with prejudice and
discrimination. For example, you can look up and review the video A Class
Divided (a PBS documentary). Then, address the following:

What
strategies are used to address prejudice and discrimination?

How does
the strategy vary according to the audience (e.g., children, adults, etc.)?

Connect the
strategies presented in the video to the strategies discussed in this week’s
lesson or course reading.

Offer
examples of how your workplace or how the health care professions environment
could develop strategies to improve communication barriers and compliance.

Explain the
value of self-awareness regarding your role in the healthcare profession by
being able to recognize and manage diversity issues.

What role
does self-awareness play in addressing these issues?

What
policies or procedures does your workplace have in place to promote and
encourage self-awareness of diversity?

Can you
make any recommendations for workplaces to highlight self-awareness as a value
of importance?

DQ2 Traditions
and Cultures

Required
Resources

Read/review
the following resources for this activity:

Textbook:
Section 6; Integrative Questions for Section 6

Lesson

Minimum of
1 scholarly source

Initial
Post Instructions

For the
initial post, address the following:

In our
diverse society, how do we honor the traditions and cultures of so many varied
groups without inadvertently disadvantaging anyone in your workplace and/or in
the healthcare profession?

How can we
develop strategies to ensure that cultural traditions are respected and
preserved while recognizing our commonalities?

Follow-Up
Post Instructions

Respond to
at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Further the dialogue by providing
more information and clarification. For example, evaluate your peers’ ideas.
What strategies would work in your workplace? What drawbacks do you see or what
caution will you need to take?