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0000-0001-6024-3176
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University of Prince Edward Island
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Publisher: Sciedu Press
Date: 12-04-2018
DOI: 10.5430/JNEP.V8N9P12
Abstract: Healthcare providers can be enticed to work in the Middle East due to fascinations with the culture, wealth, and opportunities for personal and professional development. Working in multicultural healthcare environments requires addressing complexities with cultural hierarchies, religion, class systems, and gender. It also requires understanding of the region’s history, as well as knowledge about cultural and social norms. The authors use qualitative accounts, from lived experiences to illuminate their transition to work in Qatar. Upon reflection of their experiences, the authors recommend using a Critical Cultural Competence model as a guide for healthcare providers undergoing transition and longer-term adaptation for promoting cultural safety for healthcare providers and their patients. Some authors of this article have previously published “Recommendations for healthcare providers preparing to work in the Middle East: A C inha-Bacote cultural competence model approach” (Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 2017). However, after reflecting upon their experiences as nurse educators living in the Middle East, the authors concluded that Almutairi, Dahinten, and Rodney’s (2015) Critical Cultural Competence Model is more suitable for health care providers transitioning to Qatar. This model addresses necessary elements needed to transition to a new culture, but also includes personal narratives and experiences, which maybe helpful to transitioning to work in another culture. Almutairi et al.’s model (2015) reconceptualises and enriches the concept of transitioning to Middle Eastern multicultural contexts. The aim of this paper is to provide recommendations using Almutairi et al.’s Cultural Competence Model to assist healthcare providers in transitioning to work in Qatar. Another aim is to provide guidance for healthcare professional development in multicultural contexts. Discussion as to how the model may foster a more relevant approach will ensue. Experiential knowledge and narratives are threaded throughout the paper to provide a lived account of the use of this Critical Cultural Competence model by healthcare workers, who have transitioned to the Middle East.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-05-2018
DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2018.1471052
Abstract: The World Health Organization has ranked the Middle East (ME) as the second most prevalent region globally for type 2 diabetes. Currently, treatment options initiated by physicians focus mainly on pharmaceuticals however, lifestyle factors also have a tremendous impact on a patient's wellness or illness. A potential solution to this issue is to use an interprofessional team approach when caring for this patient population. The purpose of this systematic review is to look at the present literature involving the use of an interprofessional team approach to the care and maintenance of people with type 2 diabetes in the ME. A PRISMA flow diagram demonstrates the authors' literature search and screening process. The systematic review includes nine studies with mixed-methodologies performed in the Middle Eastern region in an outpatient or primary care setting, and demonstrates the use of interprofessional collaboration when providing care for type 2 diabetic patients. A meta-analysis was not included due to the heterogeneity of the studies however, data analysis is discussed and results are demonstrated through an extraction tool developed by the authors based on The Cochrane Collaboration's data collection form. The aim of this review is to construct meaning surrounding the use and effectiveness of this collaborative approach with the adult and geriatric Middle Eastern diabetic patient population. Recommendations include continued support from multiple healthcare professions, involving nurses, pharmacists, dietitians, and physicians to promote holistic and patient-centred-care leading to fewer type 2 diabetes complications and hospital admissions.
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