Question

1. Conduct an interview with the healthcare professional selected in your Interview Assignment.

• What is your healthcare profession? How long have you worked in this field? In what kind of facility do you practice?

• How racially, ethnically, religiously, or sexually diverse is the community your facility serves?

• How racially, ethnically, religiously, or sexually diverse is the staff at your facility?

• What changes– increases or decreases in specific populations -- have you observed in the workplace with patients and staff over time?

• If there has been an increase in diversity, what changes, if any, has your facility made to accommodate this diversity, such as diversity training, providing interpretation services, etc.?

• Describe an experience you have participated in, observed, or heard about in which cultural or other differences have caused problems for patients and/or staff.

• What factors came into play (such as stereotyping, prejudice, assumptions, etc.) and what was the outcome?

• In your view, how well was this situation handled?

• If faced with a similar scenario, what, if anything, would you change about how it was handled? If you would not change anything, what advice would you give to another healthcare professional else facing the same kind of situation?

• Have your personal attitudes towards diversity changed over time? If so, how have they changed? If not, why?

Answer 1

N . Surya Prakash Rao

Pediatrician

Its a long and beautiful journey of 49 years uptill now and counting

I mostly worked in government general hospitals and teaching hospitals and have a teaching experience of 47 years

Our facility serves a diverse group of community consists of daily wage labourers to business people

Our facility staff are comprised of diverse group of individuals consists of many caste and economical groups

I have seen many changes in trends of patients and staff in my experience

Patients awareness has increased a lot and technology also

Staff have changed a lot in skill and feelings like racism , inequality etc have decreased a lot

I have heard of problem of untouchable patients and many so. Which has changed drastically due to an increase in education of people

Many stereotypes are there caste system, racism, economically backward groups, reservations were seen

The situation was well handled, I don't provide an assurance that our community has completely over come such things but it's almost negligible now a days

My personal attitude has not changed from the starting of medical practice I have sworn the Hippocratic oath and serve under it until today I treat all my patients equally wether rich or poor , whatever caste they may be everyone is equal

I believe that all people are made from same blood and flesh so why these differences between them .