General Instructions

In this activity, you will complete the checklist below and reflect on key aspects as it relates to your knowledge, skills, and awareness in interacting with others. You will also discuss ways of enhancing cultural humility and structural competency.

Step 1: Review and Reflect

Review the relevant learning materials for this lesson and complete the self-assessment checklist included below.

Step 2: Respond

Based on the self-assessment results prepare a reflection piece of 300 - 350 words that addresses the following key components:

• Identify any personal strengths and weaknesses you have in interacting or working with others in a diverse environment.
• Discuss how you plan to continue developing and practicing your cultural humility (i.e., how you plan to enhance your dialogue or communication skills, self-reflection skills, and skills to respond and relate to others of different ethnicities, cultures, and socio-economic backgrounds).
• Discuss the importance of developing these skills for your practice and/or professional development to ensure healthcare equity and effectively construct treatment plans that are patient-centered and culturally sensitive.

Step 3: Share 

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work into the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B.: references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: Interact 

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas on other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”