In the early 2000s, while I was working as a curriculum designer, cultural competency specialist, trainer, and coach to support HIV/AIDS peer educators (most of whom were themselves living with ...

Culturally competent care is healthcare that considers a person’s cultural and faith-based beliefs. It can help ensure that the care being given is compassionate and effective. Culture refers to the ...

Two (2) female medical students are working together on a group assignment. They are writing their notes on a laptop and sitting at a desk in a training laboratory. They are both wearing scrubs. The ...

I once received a sign-out on a patient from the emergency department for a well-appearing young child who was admitted for a urinary tract infection. Normally, a simple urinary tract infection does ...

A presentation during the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting addressed end-of-life care and how it is influenced by patient spirituality. One education session titled “Knowing ...

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is offering a virtual session on Principles of Cultural Humility from 2 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9. Cultural humility (a concept outlined by Tervalon and Murray ...

This approach to communication is explained, along with strategies for practicing the approach when treating patients from these communities. Every ethnic and racial group in the country is affected ...

Building upon the foundational idea that symbols shape our understanding of risk and reward, it is essential to explore how cultural contexts uniquely influence the interpretation of these symbols.

What is Cultural Humility? According to the National Institutes of Health, it is “a lifelong process of self-reflection and self-critique whereby the individual not only learns about another's culture ...

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You have heard about the concept on the news and have no doubt seen it in print, prefaced with a hashtag: #CulturalHumility. But what exactly does it mean? Principles of cultural competence are ...