Breaking Barriers: Strategies to Improve Cross-Cultural Patient-Doctor Communication Among Undergraduate Medical Interns

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10.2991/978-2-38476-460-0_34How to use a DOI?

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Cross-cultural; doctor-patient communication; undergraduate medical interns; medical education

Abstract

Guided by intercultural communication competence theory, this study conducted an in-depth analysis of the challenges undergraduate medical interns encounter in cross-cultural physician-patient communication and their underlying causes. Through systematic causal analysis across three dimensions: medical education systems, clinical training environments, and sociocultural perceptions, the researchers propose a progressive improvement framework: At the educational level, implementing cultural competency training. At the clinical level, creating multicultural clinical environments, optimizing time allocation, and reforming clinical mentoring models. At the societal support level, conducting cultural sensitivity workshops and reconstructing professional identity perception. This research provides theoretical and practical insights for reforming medical humanities education and enhancing healthcare service quality in multicultural contexts.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qiuheng Huang
AU  - Jun-Zhao Gu
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/08/31
TI  - Breaking Barriers: Strategies to Improve Cross-Cultural Patient-Doctor Communication Among Undergraduate Medical Interns
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 6th International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 288
EP  - 296
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-460-0_34
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-460-0_34
ID  - Huang2025
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