Cultural Competency Matters
May 23, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
By “practicing” with medical simulation and by interacting with culturally diverse standardized patients, students and residents can develop cultural competency skills.
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May 23, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
By “practicing” with medical simulation and by interacting with culturally diverse standardized patients, students and residents can develop cultural competency skills.
February 19, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The American Indian Physicians and Association of American Medical Colleges will host a Cross Cultural Medicine Workshop, March 1-3 in Washington, D.C.
January 4, 2012 | Journal Article
Health care systems can engender trust and improve American Muslim patients' health care experience by understanding their religious values.
February 1, 2011 | Story
Cultural competence and patient-centered care will lead to higher quality care, improve outcomes and narrow health disparities, Aasim Padela writes.
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The Center for Minority Health has developed sustainable public health interventions for the African-American community in Pittsburgh. Barbershops and beauty salons began providing vital health services and information.
February 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School co-sponsored the Third Annual Conference on Culturally Competent Care.
July 14, 2009 | Story
"This program was pivotal in my career. It gave me unconditional support to do the work I wanted to do and made me really feel my work was valued and important," said Saha.
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examined how three local family support programs implemented state standards for cultural sensitivity. The authors used data from a large-scale evaluation that produced an ethnographic study of each program.
April 9, 2006 | Program Results Report
Project staff organized the "Fourth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations," held September 28 through October 1, 2004 in Washington.
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The medical cultural competence movement was founded to address physician ignorance about the effects of culture and culture-specific beliefs on health and health care. The authors explore what they consider a fundamental disconnect between two elem ...