On January 25, 2025, the Department of Language Disciplines with students of the International Medical Faculty of S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University held a training session on intercultural understanding

Training objectives:

Raising the level of awareness of participants about cultural differences.

Developing effective communication skills in an intercultural environment.

Forming a tolerant attitude towards representatives of other cultures.

The discussion of the reports was attended by teachers, students of groups GM 21-098, GM21-099, GM21-100, GM21-101.

Main topics and content:

Introduction to intercultural understanding

Cultural differences and their impact on communication

Intercultural communication skills

During the training, students analyzed situations of intercultural interaction, completed group tasks and role-playing games aimed at finding solutions to conflict situations.

Feedback was provided in the form of discussion and questions and answers.

As a result of the training, students received basic knowledge of cultural differences and their impact on interaction, skills of effective intercultural communication were developed, students learned to recognize and avoid typical mistakes in communication with representatives of other cultures.