With growing concerns about racial and ethnic disparities in health and the need for health care systems to
accommodate increasingly diverse patient populations, cultural competence has become more and more a matter
of national concern and attention. Now, medical professionals are more and more likely to encounter
situations that require the delivery of culturally competent care, access to a vast array of language
services, and supportive health care organizations. Cultural competence is a process and not an endpoint.
Cultural Competency Resources
Cultural competency training
module(www.thinkculturalhealth.org): Medical professionals can register
to start earning up to 9 free CME credits (Physicians and Physician Assistants), 9 contact hours (Nurse
Practitioners), or 9 contact hours (0.9 CEUs) (Pharmacists) while exploring engaging cases and learning
about cultural competency in health care.
Cultural competency quiz: You can examine your own cultural competence by taking a Quality and Culture
Quiz created by Management Sciences for Health. A high score on this quiz does not "certify" or qualify
you as a culturally competent provider! Rather, the purpose of this quiz is to stimulate your thinking
about cultural competence and help you to reflect on your experience, knowledge, and attitudes regarding
culturally diverse populations. The quiz takes about ten minutes - there are 23 multiple choice and
true/false questions. Once you complete the quiz, you can choose to learn more about any of the topics
by exploring in-depth readings and following suggested activities.
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