Effectively teaching cultural competence in a pre-professional healthcare curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been research documenting the rising numbers of racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. With this rise, there is increasing concern over the health disparities that often affect these populations. Attention has turned to how clinicians can improve health outcomes and how the need exists to educate healthcare professionals on the practice of cultural competence. Here we present one successful approach for teaching cultural competence in the healthcare curriculum with the development of an educational session on cultural competence consisting of case-based, role-play exercises, class group discussions, online discussion boards, and a lecture PowerPoint presentation.

Methods

Cultural competence sessions were delivered in a pre-dental master'

SUBMITTER: Bottenfield KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11106880 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature