Dynamics of Healthcare Finals Key Terms

Acculturation/Cultural Assimilation

Occurs when an individual shifts their identity from the minority group to the dominant group and adopts the values, attitudes, and behaviors of the dominant culture.

Cultural Diversity

Is the characterization of a wide range of distinctions including race, national origin, religion, language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, socioeconomic status, occupational status, and geographic location.

Culture

Is a shared system of beliefs, values, and behavioral expectations that provide structure for daily living.

Dominant Group

Is the group within a society that tends to control the society’s values.

Ethnicity

Involves a sense of identification with a group based on a common heritage.

Ethnocentrism

Is the belief or assumption that a particular social or cultural group is superior in some way.

Folk Medicine

Is a form of prevention and treatment that uses old-fashioned remedies and household medicines handed down through generations within a particular culture.

Hereditary

Is when something is inherited genetically, which includes particular diseases and conditions.

Immigrate

Is when people settle in a new country and may find their values different from those of the dominant culture.

Minority Group

Usually has some physical or cultural characteristics that identify the people within it as different from the dominant group, such as race, religion, beliefs, or customs/practices.

Race

Is normally based on specific physical characteristics, such as skin pigmentation, body stature, facial features, and hair texture.

Subculture

Is a group of people who are members of a larger cultural group, but whose attitudes and behaviors reflect different beliefs and values from those of the larger culture.

National Origin

Refers to the country of citizenship, and may include multiple ethnicities.

Autocratic/Directive Leadership

Is when the leader assumes complete control over the decisions and activities of the group.

Conflict

Is a disagreement between team members that often occurs when a variety of personalities are brought together on a team, however they are not always a bad thing because they reflect the passion members feel for their vocation.

Democratic Leadership

Is a style of leadership that promotes a sense of equality between the leader and other participants by sharing decisions and activities among all group members.

Group Dynamics

Is how individual group members relate to one another and contribute to the team.

Healthcare Team

Consists of healthcare professionals who often have a variety of health-related backgrounds, education, and experiences. The two main types include individuals from the same profession and those that include individuals from more than one discipline.

Laissez-Faire/Nondirective Leadership

Is also known as nondirective leadership, and is when the leader hands power over to the group members - this encourages independent activity by the group members.

Leadership

Is the ability to influence others while working towards the same goal - successful leaders motivate those around them to work toward the same objective.

Multidisciplinary Team

Is a cooperative group that includes professionals with different qualifications, skills, and areas of expertise.

Teamwork

Involves cooperating with other team members to accomplish the task at hand. Effective teamwork depends on open and honest communication, sufficient resources, and mutual support.

Acronym

Is a word that is created from the first letter of each word in a phrase or item on a list

Acrostic

Is a phrase or sentence created from the first letter of each item on a list.

Critical Thinking

Is defined as a systematic way to form and shape one’s thinking - functions purposefully and exactingly, thought that is disciplined, comprehensive, and well-reasoned.

Intuitive Problem Solving

Is to identify a solution to a problem based on its similarity to other problems.

Perception Phase

Is to give meaning to the information.

Reception Phase

Is when you take in information without yet knowing what it means.

Scientific Problem Solving

Is a systematic problem solving process that involves:
Problem identification
Data collection
Hypothesis formulation
Plan of action
Hypothesis testing
Interpretation of results
Evaluation

Selection Phase

Is when your brain recognizes the information as important or unimportant.

Trial and Error Problem Solving

Involves testing any number of solutions until one is found that solves a particular problem.

Working Memory

Describes how the brain stores and retrieves information from short-term and long-term memory.

Fair-Mindedness

Is being open to all viewpoints and evaluating them equally.