August 2000 • Volume 6 • Number 8
AAFP tackles cultural competency issue
In an effort to help members function in an increasingly diverse cultural environment, the Academy has begun work on production of a cultural competency clinical practice teaching module, "Quality Care for a Diverse Population." This project is in response to information gleaned from focus groups sponsored by the Academy and should be completed by early 2001.
This module features a video with nine vignettes, each exploring ethnic and sociocultural issues commonly encountered in a medical environment.
The project is a collaborative effort coordinated by an advisory group including Kim Bullock, M.D., (see story above) and Robert Like, M.D., director of the Department of Family Medicine Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The project's senior advisor
is Jeannette South-Paul, M.D., chair of family medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md.Multiple studies demonstrate that clinicians sometimes provide a different level of care for patients from other cultures, said South-Paul. "This project will provide training in the delivery of high-quality care to all patients."
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