CDH Speaker Series Series
The CDH Speaker Series focuses on research, education/training and community partnership building topics that emphasize minority health, health disparities and/or issues related to the cultural competence of health and social service providers. Speakers include national, regional, and local experts.

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Intercultural Communication Seminar Series
This lecture series provides a foundation in the principles of culture, identity, and communication. Content will focus on identifying and developing communication skills for more effective interactions across all settings and cultures.

The series format includes a lecture open to everyone, followed by a discussion section designed especially for students who wish to explore communication techniques in more detail.

The series is presented by Gail Coover, PhD, CDH's Associate Faculty Associate for Intercultural Communication and Healthcare.

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Intercultural Communication in Health Care Course
Gail Coover, CDH's Faculty Associate for Intercultural Communication, is collaborating with Susan Skochalek, MD, MPH, Dean for Academic Affairs, to develop a course on Intercultural Communication in Health Care.

The course will provide a forum for participants to encounter differences linked to power, culture, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and professional roles within the context of healthcare. The course will also facilitate development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes in support of a personal life learning approach to intercultural communication.

An experiential learning approach will facilitate exploring feelings, thoughts, and attitudes as skill development takes place. The course structure and content draw from research in communication, social influence, and evidence based programming in prevention science in order to support respectful and effective skill development.

The course will be piloted through the Interprofessional Health Committee as an elective in Spring, 2007. For further information about the course and/or its content, please contact Gail Coover at gcoover@wisc.edu or 265-5730.

Study Abroad Training Module
In collaboration with the Center for Global Health, the CDH is developing a training module for students who are interested in study abroad field experiences. This training module will focus on the identification and development of personal strategies for effective and appropriate cross-cultural communication.