Curriculum for Culturally Responsive Health Care

This is a creative, comprehensive and user-friendly manual comprising a curriculum for residencies and medical schools looking to implement new, or enhance existing, curricula in culturally responsive care. It meticulously describes teaching strategies that will prove engaging to learners and faculty alike, challenging them to grow in their attitudes, awareness, desire, knowledge and skills to effectively practice culturally responsive medicine. It demonstrates commitment to teaching culturally responsive medicine towards the elimination of health disparities, be they related to gender, race/ethnicity, income, sexual orientation, religious background or world view.The manual includes a step-by-step guide for each year of the curriculum, with detailed session descriptions, and sections on teaching techniques, evaluation tools, cultural competence exercises, together with information on further resources. The curriculum provides a solid foundation upon which educational programs can build as they evolve to meet the needs of patients and their communities toward preventing and treating illness, and improving access to excellence in medical care.

Jeffrey Ring, Julie Nyquist, Suzanne Mitchell

How to Use This Curriculum. Overview of the Curriculum. Curricular Units and Objectives. Theoretical Basis for Selection of Objectives and Activities. Curriculum for Culturally Responsive. Medical Care: The Step-By-Step Guide for Cultural Competence Training. Sessions A-C - Orientation Sessions. Sessions 1-10 - Year 1 of the Curriculum. Sessions 11-20 - Year 2 of the Curriculum. Sessions 21-20 - Year 3 of the Curriculum. Teaching Techniques. Attention Grabbers. Skill Builders. Catalysts. Intensifiers. Trackers. Cultural Competence Exercises. Evaluation Tools. Tools for Tracking or Assessing Learners. Tools for Tracking or Evaluating the. Program. Evaluation References. Resources and References.