Second National
Conference on
Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations:
Strategy and Action for Communities, Providers, and a Changing Health
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Wed., October 11 | Th., October 12 | Fr., October 13 | Sat., October 14 | Poster Presentations | ||||||||
III-A and B: Cultural Competence Curriculum Development (Full Day Workshop)Cultural Competence Curriculum Development Morning Session Part one of this full-day session will explore model curricula on cultural competence in use at different academic health professions training programs around the country. Four expert presentations on curricula¤two at residency programs and two at medical schools¤will be presented and discussed. Each expert presentation will focus on the following aspects of their curriculum:
This will be followed by question/answer and discussion. The goal will be for participants to learn from model cultural competence curricula currently in place or well along in development. Part two of this full-day session will lead participants through the development and/or enhancement of their own cross-cultural health curriculum for students and faculty in health professions training programs. After the morning session is summarized, participants will break up into groups based on their interest in developing cultural competence curricula at either the residency or medical school level. Each group will receive an expert consultation from one of the four presenters on cultural competence curricula development. This will be followed by a discussion on strategies for evaluation of cross-cultural curricula, developing research collaborations, and networking and concluding discussion.. Dr. Melanie Tervalon, MD, MPH is a pediatrician, health care consultant, and 30 year resident of Oakland, California. In January 2000, Dr. Tervalon began participation in the UCSF School of Medicine curriculum redesign as the lead faculty member focused on the integration of culture, community and behavior in medical students' four year course of study. She also co-teaches a seminar in the medical school entitled: Introduction to Culture in Health Care. Dr. Tervalon's work on inclusion and social justice in health care is focused on the development and implementation of cross-cultural curricula for use in physician education; the psychological, social, and cultural barriers affecting health care access and utilization; and strategies for institutionalizing inclusive approaches in health care delivery.
Dr. Joseph R. Betancourt's primary interests include cross-cultural medicine, minority recruitment into the health professions, and minority health/health policy research. Dr.Betancourt's research has focused on: 1) Correlating domains of cross-cultural communication and interpersonal processes of care in minority populations to adherence, utilization and outcomes, 2) Developing a framework for cultural competence as both a health policy initiative and quality measure, 3) Exploring root causes for racial/ethnic disparities in heath. He is currently a Principal Investigator on a grant from the Commonwealth Fund entitled śCultural Competence in Health Care: A Practical Synthesis for Multilevel Policy Implementation”. Dr. Betancourt is a co-author of a paper published in Current Hypertension Reports entitled śHypertension in Multicultural and Minority Populations: Linking Communication to Compliance”, and co-author of a paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine entitled śCross-Cultural Primary Care: A Patient-Based Approach”. He teaches this cross-cultural curriculum to medical students and internal medicine residents at Cornell.
Dr. Ronald D. Garcia, PhD completed graduate training in psychological studies at Stanford University. His clinical training in clinical psychology included internships at San Mateo County General Hospital and the Stanford Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center. Dr. Garcia is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Family and Community Medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine. In this capacity, he serves as the associate director and director of admissions of the Primary Care Associate Program - a Physician Assistant and Family Nurse Practitioner training program offered jointly by Stanford University Medical Center and Foothill College. He has served as the President of Association of Physician Assistant Programs. In addition, Dr. Garcia is the program director of Stanford School of Medicine's Hispanic Center of Excellence which sponsors numerous clinical and didactic curriculum offerings. He is the program director of the Stanford Comprehensive Health Careers Opportunity Program which sponsors recruitment and retention activities for minority and disadvantaged individuals interested in health careers. He participates in the School of Medicine's admission process by reviewing and interviewing medical school applicants. In addition, serves as the chair of an advisory committee to the committee on admissions regarding minority and disadvantaged applicants. Dr. Garcia is the course coordinator for Ethnicity and Medicine which focuses on the role of race and ethnicity in clinical care. He has lectured, published, and offered workshops on cultural competence for many years.
Since 1997 Dr. Alexander R. Green, MD has developed and implemented a cross-cultural medicine curriculum designed to teach concepts and interpersonal skills that help to break down the socio-cultural barriers between doctor and patient. He has presented at several national conferences, and has lectured at several medical schools and residency programs. He worked three years as a National Health Services Corps fellow in Queens, NY. He is part of the Northeast Consortium for Cross-Cultural Medical Education and serves on the Greater New York Hospital Association's Steering Committee on Racial/Ethnic Disparities. He is a principal investigator on grant from HCFA exploring health disparities among Latinos and from the Commonwealth Fund exploring the area of cultural competence in health care. Dr. Green co-authored an article published in May of 1999 in the Annals of Internal Medicine entitled śCross-Cultural Primary Care: A Patient Based Approach,” and an article in Current Hypertension Reports entitled śHypertension in Multicultural and Minority Populations: Linking Communication to Compliance.”
Dr. Jeffrey M. Ring, PhD is a clinical and health psychologist who has been working in the field of culturally responsive medical and mental health care for the past ten years. Along with lecturing and writing, he is also a consultant for the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, and has recently published an article in the January, 2000 volume of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry entitled "The Long and Winding Road: Personal Reflections of an Anti-Racism Trainer." Dr. Ring lives in Burbank, Califonria with his wife, Beth, and his twin infant sons, Adin and Jonah.
Henry Ng is a 4th year medical student at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He is currently the Student Co-Coordinator of the American Medical Student Association's PRIME (Promoting, Reinforcing and Improving Medical Education) Cultural Competency Curriculum Project. Mr. Ng previously served as the American Medical Student Association's (AMSA) Member Initiatives Director, working in the areas of medical student advocacy and cultural competency in medicine. Mr. Ng was named one of the ś200 Best and Brightest Activists” in the August 1999 issue of The Advocate magazine. Mr. Ng is planning to begin a combined residency in internal medicine/pediatrics and plans to continue working in the area of cultural competency in medicine. Mr. Ng completed his Bachelor's of Science in Biochemistry with a specialization in health and humanities at Michigan State University.
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Diversity Rx is sponsored by: |
 The National Conference of State Legislatures |
 Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care |
 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation |
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