Enhancing CALD Cultural Competence
Cultural diversity in the New Zealand population is growing leading to increasing cross cultural interactions between clinicians and patients and between employees.
CALD refers to culturally and linguistically diverse groups who are migrants and refugees from Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) backgrounds.
Check out the training for "interpreting remotely in the healthcare setting" for interpreters
Check out the guidelines and training for "working with remote interpreters" for health practitioners.
Remote face-to-face CALD courses are now available
Good news!! We have launched our new online course "Working with CALD clients in Palliative care". Watch the videos to find out what the course offers, what learners say about the course, and how to register and enrol.
We have a brand new face-to-face course “Working with Communicable Diseases with CALD clients”. Check out what the course offers and what learners say about the course!
The "Working with Addiction with CALD Clients" ONLINE COURSE was successfully launched on 30th September 2019. Find out what learners say about the course!!
eCALD educational programme won a major award at the 2018 Diversity Awards NZ
Check out the findings of the newly released “Pre and Post CALD Training Evaluation Study 2018”
Hear what the health workforce have to say about the increasing diversity, the impact it has on cross-cultural interactions and why cultural competence is essential
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Latest updates
Apr 2020
Training for "Interpreting remotely in the healthcare setting" for interpreters
eCALD® has launched a set of guidelines and training for interpreters since 2nd April 2020. The following guidelines and practical skills training provide understanding and knowledge on how to interpret effectively when interacting remotely with health practitioners and clients:
Mar 2020
eCALD Remote face-to-face CALD courses are now available
With the current COVID-19 situation requiring stricter social distancing, we are now providing “remote face-to-face courses” instead of face-to-face courses to reduce close contacts. The remote courses are provided by an educator via zoom. This means you now have a choice of accessing our e-learning courses or remote face-to-face courses...