BACKGROUND International migration is a global phenomenon challenging healthcare professionals to provide culturally competent care. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of leaders on the cultural competence of healthcare professionals. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 2010 to 2012 to obtain data for a social network analysis in 19 inpatie...

The article presents and substantiates the humanitarian component of proactive education model in context global transformations given influence modern threats challenges (technological, biogenic, socio-cultural, etc.). In framework Russia’s contemporary policy, authors present key elements under survey (professional competences, ideological values, spiritual-patriotic humanitarian-ecological c...

AIMS To determine the cultural competence of diabetes services delivered to minority ethnic groups in a multicultural UK city with a diabetes prevalence of 4.3%. METHODS A semi-structured survey comprising 35 questions was carried out across all 66 general practices in Coventry between November 2011 and January 2012. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The cultural competence of ...

The project “Georeferencing of Architectural Heritage” is part of a larger Regional Program of Development that provides the carrying out of the management aim “Achievement and optimization of the Informative System of Lombardia for the Risk Chart of Cultural Heritage”. The project aims to build, as pointed out in laws, the co-ordination of activities and specific competences that are necessary...

Notes A recent book examining some of the social and cultural aspects of patient safety, aspects that can influence individuals and organisations. The book contains: Introduction: A Socio-cultural Perspective on Patient Safety (Emma Rowley and Justin Waring) Part 1 Patients and Publics 1 ‘All News is Bad News’: Patient Safety in the News Media (Cecily Palmer and Toby Murcott) 2 Broadening the P...

Value networks underpinned by global and localised virtual teams are believed to have high potential for SMEs. Yet, the successful migration to value-added alliances is blended in the right combination of organizational, legal, economic, socio-cultural, and technical factors, and requires further research into innovative business models. These models should leverage existing SME competences and...

This paper describes two innovative and linked approaches to teaching and student learning in the environmental and development geography of the Mekong region, a region remote from students’ normal experiential options. The first approach is field-based learning through Field Schools carried out in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. The second approach is a structured roleplaying web-based simulation ...

The notion of digital literacy is rapidly gaining coherence and visibility as a major focus in UK universities and more widely in Europe for a cluster of non-subject-specific attitudes, skills and competences appropriate to digital societies. This paper argues that there is an obvious mobile component or addition to these and that this would a tactical improvement to the digital literacy agenda...