Mechanisms Driving Postgraduate Health and Social Science Students' Cultural Competence: An Integrated Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed a global urgency to address health care provision disparities, which have largely been influenced by systematic racism in federal and state policies. The World Health Organization recommends educational institutions train clinicians in cultural competence (CC); however, the mechanisms and interacting social structures that influence individuals to achieve CC have received little attention. This review investigates how postgraduate health and social science education approaches CC and how it accomplishes (or not) its goals.

Method

The authors used critical realism and Whittemore and Knafl's methods to conduct a systematic integrated review. Seven databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and ERIC) were searche

SUBMITTER: Lie Ken Jie C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9592147 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature