Intercultural intervention in the health and social care sectors: How to train students

Authors

  • Sylvie Tétreault HES-SO, HETSL Lausanne
  • Dominique Mercure Université Laurentienne
  • Carine Bétrisey HES-SO, HETSL Lausanne
  • Yvan Leanza Université Laval
  • Alida Gulfi HES-SO HETS-FR Fribourg
  • Camille Brisset Université de Bordeaux
  • Nicolas Kühne HES-SO, HETSL Lausanne

Keywords:

Diversity, intercultural intervention, training, occupational therapy, social work

Abstract

Preparing health and social care students to practice in a context of diversity is an educational challenge. Guidelines for the adoption of theoretical models and the teaching of pedagogical content remain unclear. Using the “world café” method, this study aims to validate recommendations facilitating the acquisition of intercultural competences and enriching them with various partners. The 41 participants indicated the need to improve initial training and to include specific courses on intercultural intervention using a variety of teaching methods. Several suggest consolidating internship supervisors’ prior learnings regarding this approach. Considering the increase of individuals from different cultural backgrounds, it is important to adjust training programs.

Author Biographies

Sylvie Tétreault, HES-SO, HETSL Lausanne

is currently a retired professor. Following training in occupational therapy (1981), she worked in the rehabilitation field with a particular interest in the family of the person living with a disability. She was a professor at the Université Laval (1985-2014) and at the Haute École Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (2014-2019). She has published more than one hundred articles and scientific conferences worldwide. Her research interests focus on the person living with a disability, their family, and the different strategies to support them in their respective development. sylvie.tetreault.5@ulaval.ca

Dominique Mercure, Université Laurentienne

is an associate professor at the École de service social of the Université Laurentienne (Ontario) where she teaches courses on theory-practice intervention and integration. Interested in the links between practice, training, and research, her doctorate in educational psychology focuses on the learning difficulties related to international internships. Her research aims to better understand knowledge mobilization in different field contexts,  such as community health in Northern India and isolated regions in Canada’s High Artic. Lately, she is interested in the professional spill overs transposed to the return of mobility and is collaborating with diverse European training institutions with the aim to develop a support system  tailored to the specific needs of international internships. dmercure@laurentienne.ca

Carine Bétrisey, HES-SO, HETSL Lausanne

has been a research coordinator at the Haute école de travail social et de la santé de Lausanne (Switzerland) in connection with work on intercul- tural intervention. During her research activities in Switzerland and Canada, including her doctoral thesis completed at the Université Laval (Québec), she was interested in the families of children living with a disability, and particularly those from immigrant backgrounds. The themes of her research focus on stereotypes and prejudices, as well as discrimination and stigmatization in all forms. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Université de Sherbrooke where she is interested in agism towards the elderly and means to counter it. carine.betrisey@usherbrooke.ca 

Yvan Leanza, Université Laval

directs the Psychologie et Cultures laboratory (www.labo-psycholo- gie-cultures.ca). After several migratory movements between Switzerland and Canada, he is currently a full professor at the École de psychology of the Université Laval (Québec) where he teaches psychology and intercultural intervention. His research focuses on intervention in the context of diversity and is organized around two main themes: the relationship with th Other and working with interpreters (an extreme form of intercultural intervention). He is one of the founders and director of the scholarly journal: Alterstice – Revue internationale de la recherche interculturelle (www.alterstice.org). He is a regular member or collaborator of many research groups: Institut universitaire SHERPA (sherpa-recherche.com); CELAT (www.celat.ulaval.ca), and EDIQ (www.ediq.ulaval.ca).  yvan.leanza@psy.ulaval.ca 

Alida Gulfi, HES-SO HETS-FR Fribourg

is a full professor at the Haute école de travail social de Fribourg. Her research themes focus on intercultural approach and intervention. Her recent work focused on interprofessional collaboration, the transition between training and entry into the workplace for social work graduates as well as the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on professionals and the public in the social-health field. She possesses qualitative and quantitative research competencies. alida.gulfi@hefr.ch 

Camille Brisset, Université de Bordeaux

is a lecturer in developmental and cross-cultural psychology at the Université de Bordeaux (France). Her research themes are anchored in the Bronfenbrenner (1979) ecological model. She is interested in human development in context throughout the lifespan from two complmentary angles: the perspective of individuals through their psychosocial and socio-relational adaptation during periods of developmental and/or cultural transition; and that of those working in the field, in health and social care institutions, who are mandated to accompany these transitions. camille.brisset@u-bordeaux.fr 

Nicolas Kühne, HES-SO, HETSL Lausanne

is a full professor at the Haute école de travail social et de la santé de Lausanne (Switzerland). His research themes focus on occupational therapy, older people, human occupations, and mental health. He has participated in a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being and quality of life of the elderly in health and social care centres and of their caregivers. He is director of the Revue Francophone de Recherche en Ergothérapie (RFRE). He co-directs the Occupations Humaines et Santé (OHS) network of the HETSL. nicolas.kuhne@hetsl.ch 

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Tétreault, S., Mercure, D., Bétrisey, C., Leanza, Y., Gulfi, A., Brisset, C., & Kühne, N. (2022). Intercultural intervention in the health and social care sectors: How to train students. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 57(3), 199–227. Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/9784

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