Exploring the End-of-Life Experiences of Advanced Cancer Patients from India by Maria Wajid, Eslavath Rajkumar, J Romate

“…This study argues for renewed attention on the socio-cultural characteristics of terminally ill patients to enhance individualized care through culturally-competent interventions.…”
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To the Discussion on Academic Philosophy: What, How, and What for by Elena A. Guseva, Marina I. Panfilova

“…The article discusses how to implement common cultural competencies in the course of teaching philosophy. …”
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Flipping data on its head: Differing conceptualisations of data and the implications for actioning Indigenous data sovereignty principles by Stephanie Cunningham-Reimann, Aarti Doshi, Sterling Stutz, Gabriel B. Tjong, Angela Mashford-Pringle

“…OCAP® (Ownership, Control, Access & Possession), OCAS (Ownership, Control, Access & Stewardship), Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit principles in conjunction the 4Rs (respect, relevance, reciprocity & responsibility) and cultural competency including self-examination of the 3Ps (power, privilege, and positionality) of researchers, scholars and policy makers can be challenging, but will amplify the voices and understandings of Indigenous research by implementing Indigenous data sovereignty in Canada.…”
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Aircraft Maintenance Technician Perceptions and Evaluations about the Safety Culture and Responsibility Related Competencies by Tarık Güneş, Uğur Turhan, Birsen Açıkel

“…As a result of individual interviews and focus group discussions with the participants, it was decided to use “safety perception (30.14%)” “aviation culture (29.58%)” “personal protective equipment (PPE) (28.73%)” “risk perception (6.48%)” and “occupational health and safety (5.07%)” to assess safety culture competency. It was decided to use “attendance (40.08%)” “work ethics (25.95%)” “reporting and suggestion (18.99%)” and “health and wellness (14.98%)” to assess responsibility competency. …”
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Patient Experience (PX) Giants: Pioneers and the Path Forward by Geoffrey Silvera, Courtney Haun, Varun Natarajan

“…Additionally, ensuring equitable PX across fragmented systems requires culturally competent and accessible care models. Through cross-disciplinary collaboration and continued advocacy, the next generation of PX scholars and practitioners will advance this vital work, adapting PX to meet the needs of diverse patient populations and evolving healthcare landscapes.…”
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Meeting the Challenge of Diabetes in Ageing and Diverse Populations: A Review of the Literature from the UK by Emma Wilkinson, Muhammad Waqar, Alan Sinclair, Gurch Randhawa

“…Broad themes of cultural competency; comorbidities and stratification; and access emerged as mid-level mechanisms which have individualised, culturally intelligent, and ethical care at their heart and through which inequalities can be addressed. …”
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Curriculum Quality: A Guarantee of Competences and Employability for Iranian Graduates with a Master\'s Degree in Translation by Hamidreza Abdi

“…Results: The results indicated that while the curriculum contributes to language and culture competence and translation competence, it lacks in developing other crucial competences like technology, personal and interpersonal, and service provision competences. …”
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Cannabis and Suicidal Behaviour Among Adolescents: A Pilot Study from Trinidad by Hari D. Maharajh, Monique Konings

“…Suicidal behaviour and cannabis use are major public health problems and require a multidimensional approach with culturally competent preventive interactions. School based prevention programmes are necessary at the levels of parent-teacher partnership and classroom intervention. …”
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Social and structural factors that influence refugee women’s use of mental health care services in Canada: A narrative review by Shreya Mahajan, Samantha B. Meyer

“…Additionally, culture and cultural competency as they are regarded in health care offer insightful explanations for understanding the relationships between patient and physician which ultimately influences use of services. …”

A scoping review of Deaf awareness programs in Health professional education. by Julia Terry, Rhian Meara

“…The importance of communicating with Deaf and hard of hearing patients and attaining Deaf cultural competencies for health professional students should be investigated in future research.…”
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Implementation of the educational process in the course of contact extracurricular work with students by Anna L. Morozova

“…The discipline "Foreign language" has an extensive educational potential due to: expansion of ideas of students about the possibilities of using a foreign language in the professional sphere; formation of General cultural competences of students, improvement of skills and abilities to use the received ideas and knowledge in direct and indirect professionally-oriented foreign language communication; formation of professional competence of students. …”
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Professionally focused vlog in pre-service foreign language teacher education by A. Melnyk

“…They entail: setting explicit  project objectives aligned with authentic outcomes reflective of prospective professional activities; creating quasi-professional tasks (a partial analogue of a professional one) designed to enhance university-level students’ professional motives and interests in teaching languages and cultures, and modelling situations that closely mirror challenges pertinent to professional advancement; maintaining a project log for a 4-5 weeks duration, meticulously managing ordered stages of work during classroom and extracurricular activities, accompanied by a set of exercises and tasks for improving linguistic, speech, educational-strategic and socio-cultural competences; promoting personalised learning to explore topics that align with their professional aspirations; facilitating reflection practices, taking into account the obstacles students encountered and the resolution strategies they surmounted in pursuit of project goals; emphasizing self-regulation, critical appraisal and revision.…”
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Community-based participatory process evaluation based on the Reach, Quality Control, Fidelity, Satisfaction, and Management (RQFSM) model in Nevada: A study protocol by Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma

“…Results: The results of the protocol explain that community-based initiatives offer comprehensive, culturally competent, and high-quality primary healthcare services, while community health centers and other private sector groups can be considered as essential connections. …”
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Development and validation of a multidimensional, culturally and socially inclusive Child Resilience Questionnaire (parent/caregiver report) to measure factors that support resilie... by Deirdre Gartland, Elisha Riggs, Rebecca Giallo, Stephanie Janne Brown, Karen Glover, Kelsey Hegarty, Amanda Mitchell, Jane Yelland, Josef Szwarc, Sue Casey, Donna Weetra, Mardi Stowe, Sharon Mongta, Helen Herman, Selena White, Tanya Koolmatrie, Georgie Paxton

“…The tool also adds to the few culturally competent measures relevant to Aboriginal and refugee background communities.…”
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Improving the experience of health services for trans and gender-diverse young people and their families: an exploratory qualitative study by Melissa Stepney, Samantha Martin, Magdalena Mikulak, Sara Ryan, Jay Stewart, Richard Ma, Adam Barnett

“…Most participants identified challenges related to their and others’ communication, with language around trans and gender-diverse identities, pronouns and titles, and lack of cultural competency. Finally, technical and administrative issues created further barriers to providing good-quality care. …”
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