Question

select an article and explain why you consider it relevant for understanding cultural competence in global health.

Answer 1

Global health can be influenced by culture of the people. A proper handling of the cultural competency is very necessary to provide an healthy environment free of diseases.

An article from GMS Journal fir Medical Education has done a research on cultural competence in global health

This article gives a brief idea on how medical students different way of thinking and their action in relation to the health and disease.It showed heterogeneity on the basis of definition, teaching strategy, formats and the qualification of the faculties on national and international ground. The importance of definition and central aspects were considered and thus lead to the use of term cultural competence and global health. The care provided in the hospital, medical facilities, healthcare sector are greatly affected on the basis of cultural and linguistic differences. So specific courses for cultural competence has to be included in the curriculum of the undergraduate medical students and making an internationalism education to provide an quality care.