MultiCultiMed

1. Students of medical universities studying medical disciplines and health sciences (including nursing, midwifery, medical rescue, health psychology, physiotherapy, nutrition and others).
2. Teachers of higher education institutions who provide multicultural education in the field of medicine and health sciences.
3. Various healthcare professionals who have decided to develop their knowledge of multiculturalism on their own as part of their continuing education.

• Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
• University of Novo Mesto, Slovenia
• University of Applied Sciences Ostfalia, Germany
• НorbachevskyTernopil National Medical University, Ministry of Health of Ukraine

1. Improving healthcare: The project aims to increase cultural awareness and intercultural competence of medical students and faculties of medical sciences, which will contribute to better medical care for patients from different cultural backgrounds.
2. Supporting integration: Multicultural education in health care promotes integration between different social groups by fostering a better understanding and acceptance of cultural diversity, both in caring for patients from different cultural backgrounds and in treating colleagues from different cultural groups.
3. Adaptation of education for future doctors, nurses, midwives, nutritionists, etc. to reality: Modern European society is becoming more and more culturally diverse, which requires the adaptation of educational programmes for future healthcare professionals to these changes – the analysis shows a much lower level of multicultural education in Europe compared to Canada, the US or the UK.
4. High demand: Due to globalisation and migration, the demand for healthcare professionals with high intercultural competencies is constantly growing.

Initial actions will include participation in integration meetings aimed at preparing the ground for the start of cooperation between consortium members by creating a strong, supportive, engaged team, discussing practical aspects of cooperation, establishing a common vision for the implementation of the 2nd and 3rd work packages, and ensuring that individual actions are consistent and compatible.

The result will be a comprehensive guide for modern, engaging cultural education based on awareness, compassion, sensitivity and competence. As a result of the activity, the paper version of the manual will be distributed to medical universities in 6 European countries, thus raising awareness of the possibility of using the electronic version of the manual (e-book) and the audiobook.

Development of an educational platform (also available in mobile form) containing sets of exercises for active multicultural education in group and individual forms, divided into 5 parts corresponding to the chapters of the textbook.

Development of a mobile application as a guide for teachers of multicultural education, which allows them to implement modern teaching methods, including tips, topics for discussion and additional questions.

Creating a “Human Library” – interviews with representatives of stigmatised or discriminated groups, including personal experiences with healthcare professionals, as well as expectations and ideas for solutions.

MultiCultiMed study (Two cycles of research will be conducted. The main objective of the first cycle will be to diagnose the situation with cultural competences among medical and healthcare students across Europe. The main objective of the second cycle will be to diagnose the emotional and psychological functioning of a group of people who were forced to change their place of residence due to the ongoing military operations in their country of origin across Europe)

• The MultiCultiMed manual has been compiled
• Recording of the audiobook “MultiCultiMed”
• Creation of an online learning platform/mobile application “MultiCultiMed Let’s learn!“
• Collection of the interview library – The Living Library