The inaugural international conference on nursing at SRM College emphasized cultural competency as crucial in patient-centred ...

ReCAP: Economic Evaluation Alongside a Clinical Trial of Telephone Versus In-Person Genetic Counseling for BRCA1/2 Mutations in Geographically Underserved Areas Surgical providers reported treating ...

How effective am I at working across cultural differences? Do others see me as culturally competent? One of the key frameworks of the Navigating Difference workshop, the Developmental Model of ...

Evidence-based cultural competence models should at a minimum facilitate understanding a patient’s worldview, including his or her linguistic and cultural matching preferences; cultural values that ...

Recent articles have purported that COVID-19 is negatively impacting Black and Latina/o American communities to a greater extent than White communities. One reason cited for this disparity is the ...

What is cultural competency, and how does it fit in with healthcare? A recent survey among physicians in the United States shows that cultural competency is a key issue both for healthcare ...

Vernita Mayfield agreed to answer a few questions about her book, Cultural Competence Now: 56 Exercises to Help Educators Understand and Challenge Bias, Racism, and Privilege. Vernita Mayfield, a ...

The intersection of patient satisfaction and quality of care is central to healthcare today, and a provider’s level of cultural competence can significantly impact his/her performance in both areas.

Competency models are used to define which characteristics and performance requirements are needed to meet a certain expectation. A competency is essentially being adept and capable at a certain skill ...