On November 22 and 24, 2022, the “Training for Improvement of Culturally Safe Care Competence” took place in the Health Sciences Building Seminar Room and the Okayama Convention Center Conference Room, respectively. Amidst globalization, nurses and other healthcare professionals are expected to deliver high-quality healthcare services to clients whose culture and values greatly differ from their own.
The training course aimed to provide participants with an opportunity to learn the essence of culturally safe care in a multicultural society and how to offer such care based on Japanese characteristics. This was achieved through lectures and hands-on training.
Dr. Lev Zhuravsky provided an overview of culturally safe care, followed by practical training. Participants engaged in discussions and gave presentations on culturally safe attitudes and care practices, applying the knowledge gained from the lecture and addressing cultural safety issues in their cases.
This training was supported by the JSPS Grant-in-Aid JP17H04470 and the Grant-in-Aid for Formation of International Network for Collaborative Research from the Graduate School of Health Sciences at Okayama University School of Medicine for FY2022.