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Reports

Teaching Cultural Competence in Health Care: A Review of Current Concepts, Policies, and Practices
The purpose of this report is to synthesize findings regarding the concepts, policies, and teaching practices with respect to culturally competent health care. The information prescribed provides family physicians with a context and rationale for cultural competence; information specifically relating to the three main culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) themes—culturally competent care, language access services, and organizational supports—and information related to pedagogical issues of curricula and training.

Cultural Competence Education for Medical Students
A report from the AAMC to accompany the Tools for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT)

Articles and Reports

Acosta, D., & Ackerman-Barger, K. (2017). Breaking the silence: Time to talk about race and racism. Academic Medicine, 92, 285-288.
Campinha-Bacote, J. (2002), The process of cultural competence in the delivery of healthcare services: A model of care. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 13, 181-184.
Goode, TD, Dunne, MC, Bronheim, SM. The evidence base for cultural and linguistic competency in health care.
Gregg J., & Saha S. (2006). Losing culture on the way to competence: the use and misuse of culture in medical education. Academic Medicine, 81, 542-547. doi: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000225218.15207.30.
Jackson, L. (2019, March 25). Duke's nursing school failed them: They say their race played a role. Chronicle of Higher Education.
Jacques, P.F. (2004). Cultural competency curriculum: Components for inclusion in physician assistant education. Perspective on Physician Assistant Education, 15(2), 102-105.
Law, B. (2013, November 13). Not All Bias is Obvious—Even Our Own. ASHA Leader.
Patel, V. (2017, July 30). Teaching the art of the difficult classroom conversation. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Romanello, M. L., & Holtgrefe, K. (2009). Teaching for cultural competence in non-diverse environments. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice, 7(4).
Ramos, D. (2012, May 5). Are you diverse? For mixed-race Americans brushing aside the issue is harder than it seems. Boston Globe, p A9.
Smedley, B., Stith, A., and Nelson, A., Editors (2002, March 20). Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. The National Academies Press.
Symington, S., Cooper, K., and Wallace, L. (2006). A description of cultural competency education in physician assistant programs. Journal of Physician Assistant Education, 17, 18-22.
Thompson, C. J. (2013). Improving the Educational Experience for International Clinical Nurse Specialist Students, Part III: Using Culturally Sensitive Teaching Strategies. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 27, 44-51.
Yoder, Marian & EdD, RN. (2001). The Bridging Approach: Effective Strategies for Teaching Ethnically Diverse Nursing Students. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 12, 319-325.
Watts, R., Cuellar, N., &O'Sullivan, A. (2008). Developing a Blueprint for a Cultural Competence Education at Penn, Journal of Professional Nursing, 24, 136-42.