The ETHNICS Mnemonic: Clinical Tool, Didactics, and Small Group Facilitators Guide

The ETHNICS Mnemonic: Clinical Tool, Didactics, and Small Group Facilitators Guide
Florida State University College of Medicine
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Product ID: 18603

Abstract: 

The ETHNICS mnemonic (Explanation, Treatment, Healers, Negotiate, Intervention, Collaboration, and Spirituality) provides a framework for cross-cultural interviewing that physicians and other healthcare professionals can use in providing culturally appropriate geriatric care. A didactic session is included based on the article. In addition, there is a small group facilitators guide that includes two cases, allowing learners to explore their own health beliefs and utilize the ETHNICS mnemonic in role-play.

Also available at: http://med.fsu.edu/geriatrics/ethnogeriatric/default.asp

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Educational objectives: 

The clinical tool provides a cross-cultural interviewing framework for older adult patients. The didactic session and small group facilitators guide enhance understanding of providing culturally appropriate geriatric care and use of the ETHNICS mnemonic.

CLINICAL TOOL
Learners should be able to:
1. Elicit and facilitate cross-cultural issues during healthcare encounters with older adult patients.

DIDACTIC SESSION BASED ON ARTICLE
Learners should be able to:
1. State and describe four rationale for providing culturally appropriate geriatric care.
2. Define the concept of cultural competence and describe three techniques that can reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.
3. State the seven domains of the ETHNICS framework and describe challenges implementing its use.

SMALL GROUP FACILITATORS GUIDE
Learners will be able to:
1. Identify their own cultural values, assumptions and beliefs and recognize how they may impact on future patient care.
2. Conduct a patient interview that elicits health beliefs and incorporates these beliefs into the treatment plan.
3. Describe at least 3 of the 7 domains of the explanatory model ETHNICS framework.

Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

The clinical tool and small group facilitator's guide have been used by 158 freshman medical students. However, they are applicable to graduate medical education, fellows, and interdisciplinary healthcare professionals. The need to define and assess optimal strategies for influencing attitudes and facilitating skills development in providing culturally appropriate care is a critical challenge to academic medicine.

Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 

Presentation: American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting Orlando, FL 2005
Symposium: Getting Started- Teaching Cultural Competency

Kobylarz, FA. The ETHNICS mnemonic in a clinical skills teaching course. Available at http://www.americangeriatrics.org/news/meeting/2005_Final_Program/sched_...

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Date posted: 
Mon, 11/06/2006
Date last updated: 
Mon, 12/07/2009
CME credits available: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
Yes
If yes, where was it peer reviewed?: 
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Geriatrics topic areas: 
Contact person/corresponding author: 
Lisa Granville ([email protected])
Authors: 
Lisa Granville
John Heath
Fred Kobylarz
Robert Like
NLM Citation:
Granville, L, Heath, J, Kobylarz, F and Like, R. The ETHNICS Mnemonic: Clinical Tool, Didactics, and Small Group Facilitators Guide. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2006 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/18603
APA Citation:
Granville, L, Heath, J, Kobylarz, F and Like, R. (2006). The ETHNICS Mnemonic: Clinical Tool, Didactics, and Small Group Facilitators Guide. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved September 29, 2011 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/18603