Simulation as a strategy for the development of cultural competences in students from the health area

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simulation, cultural competence, students from the health area.

Abstract

The current, multicultural and dynamic global context requires specific competences in health professionals, which must be deployed in order to build a culturally relevant therapeutic link. The objective of this article was to present the advantages of simulation as a teaching-learning strategy concerning cultural competences in students from the health area, through different experiences carried out in Europe and North America. The advantages and disadvantages of the strategy were systematized, and the necessary considerations were proposed that should be incorporated into the teaching-learning experiences of cultural competences implemented in new educational settings and spaces. The authors recognize the potentialities of simulation, which must be taken into account to achieve the development of cultural competences in higher education students from the health area. The implementation and adaptation of simulation processes in cultural competences are concluded to require extensive literature reviews, together with having interdisciplinary teams and having professors trained in that particular teaching and learning strategy, which allow such processes to be executed successfully.

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Lizet Veliz-Rojas, Universidad Católica del Norte

Académica. Departamento de Clínicas. Facultad de Medicina

Lidice Zuleta González, Universidad de La Serena

Académica. Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias

Andrés Bianchetti Saavedra, Universidad Católica del Norte

Académico. Departamento de Salud Pública. Facultad de Medicina

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2021-11-30

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Veliz-Rojas L, Zuleta González L, Bianchetti Saavedra A. Simulation as a strategy for the development of cultural competences in students from the health area. Educación Médica Superior [Internet]. 2021 Nov. 30 [cited 2025 Apr. 27];35(4). Available from: https://ems.sld.cu/index.php/ems/article/view/2428

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