<% Dim objConn, Query, Aboutpages, Islampages, Speakerpages, Latestnews, Sideevents, num, repeatnum, indexnum num = 1 Set objConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") objConn.ConnectionString="PROVIDER=SQLOLEDB;DRIVER={SQL Server};" & _ "SERVER=sql1100.mssqlservers.com;DATABASE=ingorg;" & _ "UID=ingorg;PWD=toipo786;" objConn.Open Query = "SELECT * FROM Aboutpages ORDER BY ordnumber" Set Aboutpages = objConn.Execute(Query) Query = "SELECT * FROM Islampages ORDER BY ordnumber" Set Islampages = objConn.Execute(Query) Query = "SELECT * FROM Speakerpages ORDER BY ordnumber" Set Speakerpages = objConn.Execute(Query) Query = "SELECT * FROM Latestnews WHERE sidebar = 'True' AND displayfrom <= '" & Date & "' AND displayuntil >= '" & Date & "' ORDER BY displayfrom DESC" Set Latestnews = objConn.Execute(Query) repeatnum = 6 If Latestnews.EOF Then Set Latestnews = Nothing Query = "SELECT * FROM Latestnews ORDER BY displayfrom DESC" Set Latestnews = objConn.Execute(Query) repeatnum = 2 End If Query = "SELECT * FROM Events WHERE sidebar = 'True' AND enddate >= '" & Date & "' ORDER BY begdate ASC" Set Sideevents = objConn.Execute(Query) objConn.CommandTimeout = 0 %> Diversity Seminar for Healthcare Leaders
                               
DIVERSITY SEMINARS FOR LEADERS

Featured Seminar for Healthcare Leaders

Developing Cultural Competency: Healthcare for the Muslim Patient




“Cultural competence training for healthcare professionals... increases their ability to provide care to diverse populations... It should be an on-going, life-long education.”
- A Manager’s Guide to Cultural Competence Education for Healthcare Professionals, The California Endowment

Introducing a new series of professional development seminars for service organizations committed to diversity.
Designed for hospital executives, administrators, medical department directors, physicians, nurses and other healthcare leaders, this seminar provides valuable information and resources for enhancing cultural competency skills that improve healthcare delivery for Muslim patients.

Description
The seminar addresses implications of Muslim demographics, practices and traditions on healthcare delivery. Topics include Islamic perspectives towards illness and healthcare, family systems, decision making processes, dress codes, privacy and gender issues, dietary guidelines, women’s healthcare including reproductive issues and labor and delivery, Islamic views on death and dying, end of life issues, emergency treatment, life support, terminal illness and palliative care. There will be ample opportunities for questions and comments throughout the seminar, allowing participants to share their current policies and experiences caring for Muslim patients.

Benefits
  • Cultural awareness and development of cultural competency skills as it relates to working with the American Muslim patients and their families
  • Increased understanding of Muslim traditions and practices and their implications on healthcare delivery
  • Increased understanding of Muslim traditions and practices and their implications on healthcare delivery
  • Increased healthcare provider capacity for addressing growing diversity, persistent disparities, and the promotion of health equity
  • More culturally appropriate responses to the needs of Muslim patients based on sensitivity to and respect for their cultural and ethnic backgrounds
  • Fulfillment of requirements for professional development and medical education, including those that comply with CLAS and other healthcare training standards
Audience
Hospital and healthcare executives and administrators; medical directors, physicians, nurses and other healthcare service leaders; deans, department chairs and faculty in medical and nursing schools

Format
Workshop Length: 2 hours
Number of Participants: 20 or more
Available: onsite or webinar
(on-demand video to come)

Fee
$195 per person

LIMITED OFFER
$98 per person from March 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010

Resource Kit*
  • ING Presentation Slide Handouts
  • Guide on Caring for Muslim Patients
  • Answers to FAQs About Muslims
  • The Medical Manual for Religio-Cultural Competence, Tanenbaum Center
  • Cultural Competency For Healthcare Providers, CVAHEC
  • Calendar of Islamic Dates
*NOTE: Webinar participants will have access to selected items in the resource kit by downloading PDF files from a secure website 3-5 days before the seminar date.

For More Information
Email diversityseminars@ing.org, or call 408.296.7312.

Register for Diversity Seminars for Healthcare Leaders
Or contact ING at diversityseminars@ing.org to host one at your healthcare institution.

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