Ever since I was young, I have
always felt the urge to help other people which inspired me to pursue a career
in health care. My desire to learn and interact with people from diverse social
and cultural communities has also motivated me to join a career in providing
health care to members of the community. Thus, I decided to pursue a career in
medicine so I could have a tangible set of skills that would make me a valuable
member of any community I found myself serving. As a health care provider, I
believe that health is also a social achievement. One of my duties as a
healthcare provider entails supporting the social goals that are related to
improving the quality of life and health status of the individuals from the
community (Bhatt & Bathija, 2018). The desired social goal is achieved by
establishing strong ties with the members of the community and ensuring that
they are involved. I also care about the setting because I believe that
healthcare providers are tasked with accepting greater responsibilities and
actively participating in them to ensure a healthy community.
My past experiences have also
contributed to my enhanced knowledge and skills which have become useful when
dealing with people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds. I have
learned how to establish successful communication channels with the members of
the community to promote health. I have also gained an understanding of the
need for recognizing and respecting the religious and ethnic cultural
identities of patients from diverse communities. For instance, I have developed
the ability to deliver empathic care when addressing the disparities that often
face people of racially and culturally diverse backgrounds. As a result, I am
confident that my experiences will make a significant contribution to improving
the healthcare outcomes of the patient population that I will be serving
I have also gained the skills of
employing modern technological advancements to understand and communicate with
different languages. I believe that the skills which be useful during the
program when dealing with people from different cultural and social
backgrounds. As the primary liaison between a patient and the medical
community, I have learned to adopt a culture of demonstrating cultural
competency when delivering care to members of a given community (Dehaven et
al., 2020). I consider myself to be a perfect fit for the given position
because I have adopted a culture of respecting and understanding the cultural
diversity in the patient population. I have learned to interact with the
members of a given community by considering their language, behaviors,
communication styles, attitudes, and beliefs. For instance, I have always
preferred to know each patient personally so that I am better equipped to
advocate for them and contribute to improved health care outcomes. I also
believe that it is important to provide a space for each of my patients to feel
known and cared for by providing them with an effective environment for
administering quality care services
My cultural competence practices
also entail integrating culturally sensitive attitudes, knowledge, and skills
into the problem-solving framework when delivering consultation, assessment,
and intervention. Given the chance to be included in the program, I am confident
that my experiences will change the healthcare outcomes of the patient
population that I will be serving. I also fully believe that a good healthcare
provider should be a champion of lifelong learning who is always seeking to
learn new things in an effort to deliver care. As a result, I thrive on the
challenge of understanding new concepts that contribute to providing quality
care to vulnerable community members
References
Bhatt, J., & Bathija, P. (2018). Ensuring access to
quality health care in vulnerable communities. Academic Medicine, 93(9),
1271–1275. https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000002254
Dehaven, M., Gimpel, N., & Carmichael, H. K.
(2020). Working with Communities: Meeting the Health Needs of Those
Living in Vulnerable Communities When Primary Health Care and Universal Health
Coverage Are Not Available. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.159493336.63441482
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