Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse
The Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse provides free health promotion materials for Massachusetts residents and health and social service providers in the Commonwealth.
EthnoMed - University of Washington
Cultural Competency Resources and Patient Education Materials for: Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Tigrean, Vietnamese and others.
Association of American Medical Colleges - Cultural Competence Training
In 2000, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) introduced two standards about cultural competence that inspired medical schools to introduce cultural competence education into the undergraduate curriculum. Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT) is a self-administered assessment tool that can be used by medical schools to examine all components of the entire medical school curriculum and to identify gaps and redundancies in their curricula.
Georgetown University School of Medicine Complementary and Alternative Medicine
In 2000, the Georgetown University School of Medicine awarded a circle grant for an alternative medicine curriculum. Now, cultural competence is an integral part of the first and second year medical education experience. The goals of this reform are to enhance physicians' understanding of complementary and alternative medicine through didactic learning and interactive demonstration - and to improve their communication with patients.
University of Maryland School of Medicine Integrative Medicine Program
The University of Maryland School of Medicine has incorporated a special academic program into the curriculum known as the Integrative Medicine Program. Through this program, medical students are given the opportunity to learn about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in a number of different ways. The courses range from 2nd year electives to 4th year fellowship programs.
University of Washington School of Medicine Electives
The University of Washington School of Medicine has undergone many changes over the last 30 years. One of these changes is the inclusion of several culturally competent credit-based electives in the medical school curriculum. Harborview, the teaching hospital for UWSM, has produced innovative resources such as EthnoMed and CultureClues.
New Jersey Medical School Cultural Competency Initiatives
Cultural Competency Initiatives conducted by UMDNJ, its schools, and institutions in order to provide culturally competent training for faculty and students. Resources are organized by Education and Training, Research studies, Outreach efforts, and other services.
Medical University of South Carolina - Summary of Integrated Spirituality and Medicine Curriculum
MUSC offers an elective on Spirituality in Health Care, as well as seminars in Longitudinal Patient Care and Clinical Ethics, and three clinical clerkships which integrate an awareness of the importance of a patient's beliefs, values, religious and spiritual practices into the care of patients.
Boston University School of Medicine Socio-Medical Science Elective
An elective open to 4th-year medical students on Cultural Competence and Community Based Complementary/Alternative Medicine, its purpose is to gain an understanding of key issues in practicing culturally competent medicine and its relationship with cross-cultural approaches to complementary/alternative therapies. Structured activities include literature seminars, discussions of teaching cases, meetings with traditional healers, and visits to local healing sites.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Program for Complementary & Integrative Medicine
In collaboration with Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the Program weaves CAM care topics into graduate and undergraduate health sciences curricula. Health sciences students learn about the impact of diverse cultures, faiths, and beliefs on clinical care and the scientific interconnections of mind, body, and spirit. The educational programs include lectures, seminars, and courses for 1st and 2nd year medical students.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Clinical CAM clerkship
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has a clinical clerkship available to 3rd and 4th year medical students and graduate students in the schools of public health and nursing. The elective focuses on the philosophy and practice of healing in complementary medicine.
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Medical College offers a 6-credit clinical course on Integrative Medicine through the Emergency Medicine department. Students accompany integrative medicine physicians and complementary therapy providers during patient care.
University of Michigan School of Medicine
The University of Michigan School of Medicine offers a weeklong seminar to both first and second year medical students on complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine. Through readings, field visit experiences, and lecture/small group discussion, students will explore the diversity of medical practices, key issues facing researchers and practitioners, and principles of information gathering by undertaking preliminary overviews of research evidence.
Harvard Medical School Cultural Competent Care Education Committee
The mission of the CCCEC is to foster the development of faculty and curriculum that prepare students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to practice culturally competent medicine. The CCCEC's work is directed toward achieving the following outcomes: 1) Students will graduate with experience, skills and knowledge in cross-cultural health care; 2) Faculty will improve their capacity to provide and teach culturally competent care; and 3) HMS will develop effective cross-cultural training models that can be adapted nationally and applied globally to promote better patient care for culturally diverse populations.
Health Resources and Services Administration, US Dept. of Health and Human Services
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services is working with the Centers of Excellence (COE) program to foster the teaching of cultural and linguistic competency content in the educational curricula among HRSA grant recipients. This curriculum guide, "Transforming the Face of Health Professions Through Cultural & Linguistic Competence Education: The Role of the HRSA Centers of Excellence," is one result of the efforts of HRSA and the COEs.
University of California San Francisco Cultural Competency for CME
The University of California San Francisco School of Medicine offers resources for education and training in cultural competency in accord with the California Assembly Bill 1195 that went into effect July 1, 2006.
Center for Spirituality and Health, University of Minnesota - Holistic Health & Healing Institute
This professional development program is designed to prepare nurses, nursing faculty and other healthcare providers to teach and provide integrative/holistic health and healing to patients and families in a variety of clinical and community settings. Through didactic, online, and experiential learning, participants will acquire the knowledge and skills to care for patients and provide leadership in environments that promote optimal healing.
UUniversity of Minnesota - Center for Spirituality and Healing - Education Programs
From our Graduate Minor in Complementary Therapies and Healing Practices, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate program and health coaching track, study-abroad, continuing education programs and online learning, the Center provides healthcare professionals, students and the greater community access to the latest approaches in complementary and alternative healthcare education.
Collaborating with the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center's schools and colleges, the Center helps weave complementary and alternative care topics into graduate and undergraduate health sciences curricula. Health sciences students learn how different cultures, faiths and integrative therapies can impact clinical care and health and well-being.
Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Columbia: CME Courses and Lecture Series
Based at Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Rosenthal Center is one of the first comprehensive programs at a major medical center to examine alternative therapies with academic focus and scientific rigor. CME courses include: Botanical Medicine in Modern Clinical Practice, Integrative Pain Medicine, and Nutrition and Health.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences -
Spirituality and Health Care Graduate Certificate Program
This certificate program was developed by The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health and funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The program provides healthcare professionals with the theoretical, ethical, empirical, and practical tools necessary to integrate spirituality into their clinical practices, foster leadership in spirituality and health, and impact the healthcare environment to create more compassionate systems of care.
University of California San Francisco Cultural Competency for CME
The University of California San Francisco School of Medicine offers resources for education and training in cultural competency in accord with the California Assembly Bill 1195 that went into effect July 1, 2006.
UCLA Office of CME - Cultural Competency
The Office of CME currently organizes approximately 60 courses each year which are chaired by UCLA faculty members and taught by a combination of UCLA faculty as well as national and international experts in different fields. Goals of the Cultural Competency CME include: applying linguistic skills to communicate effectively with the target population, utilizing cultural information to establish therapeutic relationships, eliciting and incorporating pertinent cultural data in diagnosis and treatment, and understanding and applying cultural and ethnic data to the process of clinical care.
University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine
The mission of the University of Arizona's Program in Integrative Medicine is to lead the transformation of healthcare by creating, educating, and actively supporting a community of professionals who embody the philosophy and practice of Integrative Medicine.
Harvard Medical School Osher Institute and Culinary Institute of America: Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives
The Osher Institute is partnering with the Culinary Institute of America to present a series of unprecedented new continuing medical education conferences starting in April 2007 which will teach medical professionals how to advise their patients in proper eating and healthy cooking. Participants will both taste and cook meals made under the guidance of CIA faculty, while being updated on timely nutrition research.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care - The Institute for Linguistic and Cultural Skills
Launched in January 2004, The Institute for Linguistic and Cultural Skills (ILCS) was created to achieve a Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation objective to reduce health disparities. ILCS provides specific services to health care and community-based organizations and the linguistically and culturally diverse communities they serve.
Think Cultural Health: Online Continuing Education Programs
This site, sponsored by the Office of Minority Health (OMH), offers the latest resources and tools to promote cultural competency in health care. Healthcare providers may access free online courses accredited for continuing education credit as well as supplementary tools to help promote respectful, understandable, and effective care to increasingly diverse patients.
Center for Spirituality and Health, University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota supports this free online healthcare professional series on complementary therapies and healing practices. They include: Overview of Complementary Therapies, Clinical Aromatherapy, Spirituality in Healthcare, Craniosacral Therapy, Culture, Faith Traditions, and Health, Healing Touch, Overview of Mind-Body Therapies, Osteopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Botanical Medicines, and Chiropractic practices.
National Center for Cultural Competence Curricula Enhancement Module Series, Georgetown University
The series was developed by the National Center for Cultural Competence through a cooperative agreement with the Division of Research, Training and Education (DRTE), Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The goal of the series is to increase the capacity of DRTE-funded programs to incorporate principles and practices of cultural and linguistic competence into all aspects of their leadership training.
The curricula enhancement series centers on four key content areas:
. Cultural awareness
. Cultural self-assessment
. Process of inquiry - communicating in a multicultural environment
. Public health in a multicultural environment
Stanford Geriatric Education Center for Ethnogeriatric Education
Supported by HRSA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, these modules provide general as well as racial and ethnic specific Ethnogeriatric information. Specific populations covered include: African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander, Chinese, Hispanic/Latino, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian.
Massachusetts General Hospital Disparities Solutions Center
The Disparities Solutions Center is committed to disseminating the latest information on disparities interventions, findings from important disparities research and health policy updates regarding disparities reduction efforts.
Harvard Medical School Center of Excellence in Women's Health
The Harvard Medical School's Center of Excellence in Women's Health was established in 1998 around a common mission to improve the health status of diverse women across the life span. The goal of this site is to train faculty to teach about providing culturally competent care for minority and underserved women.
Islamic Medical Association of North America - Education
The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine offers a Medical Humanities course, Islam and Medicine, which deals with the behavioral and cultural aspects and beliefs of Muslim patients in the clinical ambulatory setting, as well as in the management of hospitalized and critically ill patients. Full course materials for the mini-module will be available soon online through the IMANA website. Physicians and health care professionals are welcome to utilize and modify the materials presented here for teaching similar courses at their universities, hospitals, and other health care facilities.
CulturedMed
At the SUNYIT Peter J. Cayan Library is a web site promoting culturally competent healthcare for refugees and immigrants. The bibliographies and links to relevant online resources found on the web site contain items that discuss health beliefs or ethnographic information about various ethnic groups. The focus is the diverse health beliefs of various cultures, and the cross-cultural interactions between health care providers and patients. All entries are in English.
Health Ministries Association - Continuing Education
The Health Ministries Association Continuing Education program offers various academic programs in Health Ministries. The courses are available online in PDF format, and have registration forms and tests for evaluation and submission. While the courses are free, a fee must be provided for certification.
WGBH Forum Network
The WGBH Forum Network features live and archived online video and audio lectures, which can be searched by particular topic or category.
Health Ministries Association, Inc. - Continuing Education
The Health Ministries Association Continuing Education program offers various academic programs in Health Ministries. The courses are available online in PDF format, and have registration forms and tests for evaluation and submission. A fee must be provided for certification.
US Department of Health and Human Services: Cultural Competency CME
A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care website equips health care professionals with awareness, knowledge, and skills to better treat the increasingly diverse U.S. population they serve. CME, CNE, and CEU credits are available.
