UNSOM Students: Cultural Competence in Medicine

UNSOM Diversity Statement

UNSOM recognizes that diversity promotes excellence in education, research and health care. Our school is an inclusive and engaged community and recognizes the added value that students, faculty and staff from different backgrounds bring to the educational experience. We strive to develop culturally competent graduates to care for the residents of Nevada and the nation.

Cultural Considerations in Health Care 2013 - TBD

CCHC Schedule 2012

Cultural Considerations in healthcare is an interdisciplinary event that provides educational experiences in cultural awareness and its application to health services, research and policy. Last year's program had a great turnout and included nine separate programs organized and attended by students and faculty from nearly all of our disciplines.

This year, the High Sierra Area Health Education Center (AHEC) will be the lead sponsor of CCHC and programming will be created by each unit of the Division of Health Sciences. Our educational objective is to increase awareness and knowledge of cultural health concerns among population groups specific to Nevada.

Thanks to the DHS faculty our students have the opportunity to attend at least 1 event.

See attached schedule of events from CCHC 2012

Resources

National Center for Cultural Competence

Cultural Competence Health Practitioner Assessment

 

Cultural Competence and Limited English Proficiency FAQs

Nevada contacts/organizations/and news

Aspiringdocs.org  An AAMC Campaign to Increase Diversity in Medicine

 

Special issue: Cultural Competence     

        

African-American Health

Arab Americans

Asian American & Pacific Islander Populations

Cultural Broker Guide

Healthcare for the Homeless

Latino/ Hispanic Health

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Health

Promoting health/well-being of American Indians & Alaska Natives

 Recommended Reading

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman ISBN‐13: 978‐0374525644

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing by Lori Alvord & Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt ISBN-13: 978-0553378009

 

A Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity by Milton J. Bennett, M.D.

 

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