HealthCare Diversophy Multiplay: An exicting card game that can be divided, customizeded and used for training and discussion with groups of many sizes! Use all the cards or choose only those cards that refer to specific patient populations ! Can be used again and again with different healthcare staff!

     Conference HealthCare Multiplay (for large groups) 
         We can design a one time-only version of Multiplay for large
          groups of any size and make the content fit the theme or
          focus of your meeting. Ask us for pricing 

Developed by Suzanne Salimbene, Ph.D. edited and produced by George Simons, International, this new interactive training game is designed for use in the continuing education of physicians, nurses, non-medical front-line support staff and administrators in healthcare organizations and for integration into the Nursing and Medical school curriculums. It is part of the latest addition to the award winning DIVERSOPHY™ training series.

Objective:

To increase awareness and knowledge of healthcare concerns, practices and beliefs of major US ethnic groups, including African Americans, Asian Indians, Chinese Latinos, Native-Americans, Southeast Asians, and many more minority patient groups. It brings diversity to the level of patient interaction.

Outcomes to Expect:

• Increased clarity about how culture affects healthcare professionals and the quality and effectiveness of the services they offer
• Increased understanding of the medical traditions and practices associated with different ethnic and cultural groups
• Improved strategies for delivering healthcare to patients of a wide variety of backgrounds
• Increased comprehension of the communication styles, motivation, beliefs and behaviors of patients and colleagues from specific ethnic and cultural groups

Ideas for Use

• Needs assessment tool to determine baseline competency on diversity healthcare competence
• Stand-alone introduction to diversity in the healthcare environment
• One of the learning activities within your diversity training
• Follow-up reinforcement to cultural competency training
• Exciting approach to executive staff meetings, or employee "brown bag" lunches

Number of Players:

• Board Game 4-6 players
• Vinyl Board, Up to 16 players playing in teams
• Conference(1-time use) Unlimited number of teams of 4-6 players each)

Average Playing Time

• 75-90- minutes. Each card set allows for 5-6 hours of play with the same group without repetition

How to Play

Four to six players roll dice and move around a colorful, laminated board (or 4-6 teams move around vinyl board) trying to avoid four traps: Ethnocentricity, Stereotypes, Bias, Assimilation* The game leads participants from Ethnocentricity (the starting spot) to wisdom about others (the DIVERSOPHY™ spot) while they collect the dividends (diversiCOINs) of providing appropriate services for and caring for diverse patients successfully. Participants face four kinds of challenges:

DivisiSMARTS cards develop players' knowledge of documented facts about ethnic groups and their healthcare beliefs, behaviors, and expectations

DiversiCHOICE cards ask them the best way to handle encounters with patients of different cultures and backgrounds along with helping them to understand others' values and behavior styles

DiversiSHARE cards invite players to discuss their own cultural norms and experiences about healthcare and how they would handle challenging intercultural issues and encounters

DiversiRISK cards allow them to experience the challenges and hazards inherent in providing healthcare to diverse patient groups

DiversiGUIDE cards offer practical advice on how to handle sensitive communication issues with patients whose comprehension of English and the US healthcare system is limited

*The Conference Multiplay version excludes these traps and changes player competition from collecting diversiCOINs to scoring diversiPOINTs.

Newly Available: 

What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In? A 3-Part Video Training Course for Nurses of Patients From Other Cultures

Bring Suzanne Salimbene, Ph.D., a nationally recognized expert in cultural and linguistic competency in healthcare, into your classroom or training room for only a fraction of the cost and use her again and again with unlimited nursing groups for one reasonable fee!

With this comprehensive three-video course Dr. Suzanne Salimbene brings her nationally known course, What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In?™ right into your classroom. 

Packaged in an attractive loose-leaf binder, the course includes

       1. Learning objectives

        2. Reproducible teaching and learning notes

        3. Questions for classroom discussion for each video. 

        4. This information maximizes the learning experience. 

        5. Two valuable listsof tips from Dr. Salimbene's latest book,
            What Language Does Your Patient Hurt In? A
            Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Patient
            Care:

             10 Practical Tips for Improving the
             Patient/Caregiver Relationship Across Cultures
             10 Tips for Communicating Directly with Limited
             English-Speaking Patients. 

Each of the three videos is designed to provide the content for an exciting one-and-a-half to two hour teaching and discussion session.