Please note, to complete this training, there is a requirement to attend 2 modules: on 9th and 11th Dec (2 x 2 hours, between 1pm and 3pm on both days). If you book a place on this training, you commit to attend on both days. 

The background:

The increasing presence of culturally different beneficiaries in European health services constitutes an important challenge for the effective delivery of care. Cultural competence has been proposed as a general approach for improving these services. Staff should be aware of the role of culture in shaping diversity, in the perception and communication of illness and diseases, and in the relationship with the beneficiaries.

The Training Methodology:

This four hours-two sessions  long workshop will introduce the participants to a range of contents related to intercultural competences in mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). The training will encompass 5 modules which will be delivered using multiple methodologies such as PowerPoint presentations, videos, moderated breakout sessions and dialogues with mental health professionals and cultural anthropologists from Syria, Lebanon, Romania, Brazil and Egypt. Each module will provide room for Q&A. Active participation is highly encouraged.

Training Schedule 

The tentative schedule is as follows:

Day 1 (9/12/2020)  

1pm - 3pm 

Introduction (10-15 minutes) 

• Module 1 (40 minutes) – facilitated by Guglielmo Schininá(Head MHPSS and Intercultural Communication at IOM Global, Italy

• MHPSS 
• Migration & mental health  
• A psychosocial approach  
• Culture & subcultures 
• Culture & mental health  

Break (10 minutes) 

• Module 2 (30 minutes) – facilitated by Guglielmo Schininá(Head MHPSS and Intercultural Communication at IOM Global, Italy)

• Cultural identity  
• Metaphors, icons & symbols 
• Stereotypes, prejudice and stigma  

Exercise (25 minutes) – facilitation to be decided  

• Reflections on Irish canon, icons, symbols and stereotypes 

• Final discussion & Q&A (10 minutes) – facilitated by Guglielmo Schininá(Head MHPSS and Intercultural Communication at IOM Global, Italy)

Day 2 (11/12/2020) 

1pm - 3pm

Introduction (10-15 minutes) 

Module 3 (35 minutes) – facilitated by Elena Piccinelli  (Expert in intercultural communication in health, Portugal)

• Conscious & unconscious bias 
• Cultural bias in health care provision 
• How to overcome bias  
• Intercultural competency approaches (culture specific vs. culture diversity management based) 

Break (10 minutes) 

Module 4 (30 minutes) – breakout rooms facilitated by guest speakers with expertise related to Syria, Georgia, Brazil 

• Mental health concepts in the respective cultural context 
• Idioms of distress 
• Explanatory models  

• Discussion/reflection & short presentation on intercultural competence (30 minutes) – facilitated by facilitated by Guglielmo Schininá(Head MHPSS and Intercultural Communication at IOM Global, Italy)
• Final Q&A (10 minutes) – facilitated by facilitated by Guglielmo Schininá(Head MHPSS and Intercultural Communication at IOM Global, Italy)

About IOM: https://www.iom.int/ 

CPD certificates will be emailed after the event. 

Please note the training will be recorded.