Cultural Competency for PGY 1 Residents:
Understanding your patient in the context of their lives and family.
Understanding your patient’s belief system regarding health and well being.
ICEE: Impact, Concerns, Expectations, Explanatory Model of Disease.
What is the Impact of the patient’s illness on their lives and work?
What is it about their illness that Concerns them?
What are the patient’s Expectations of their interaction with you and the rest of the health care team?
What is the patient’s explanation for their symptoms?