Culture+and+Behavior

=**Culture and Behavior**=


 * 1. Define the terms: culture, ethnicity, and race; define terms relative to misperception of groups.**


 * 2. Explain the effects of culture on risk, morbidity and mortality in the U.S. population.**


 * 3. Compare world views of people from different cultural groups regarding time, tradition, family, as these relate to the practice of medicine.**


 * 4. Differentiate between assimilation and separatism.**


 * 5. Summarize the effects of culture on the provider-patient relationship, the medical encounter, psychiatic symptom reporting and on sick role behavior.**


 * 6. Discuss the use of interpreters in the clinical encounter.**


 * 7. Predict common emotional problems in refugees and those that hvae immigrated to the U.S. List typical questions in an immigration history.**


 * 8. Describe the phases of acculturation. Explain the major stressors in the acculturation process.**


 * 9. Describe the culture bound syndromes of amok, ataque de nervios, susto, rootwork, koro, and piblokto.**


 * 10. Demonstrate ways to improve cross cultural communication in a clinical setting, using the LEARN model.**