Educating Medical Students for Work in Culturally Diverse Societies

Abstract

Our study suggests that there is limited information available on an increasingly important subject in medical education. Further research is needed to identify effective components of educational programs on cultural diversity and valid methods of student assessment and program evaluation.

Cultural diversity training for UK healthcare professionals: a comprehensive nationwide cross-sectional survey

“…8 In order for medical education to meet the goal of improving healthcare for the whole population, training needs to incorporate the principle of individualising care, including recognising the specific health needs, values and communication issues of ethnic minorities. [9][10][11][12][13] Although UK healthcare professional training bodies in medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and pharmacy have all issued general guidelines that encourage equality and diversity appreciation in educational curricula, 14 there are currently no requirements for teaching centres to provide formal cultural diversity training. In this study the nationwide frequency, characteristics and motivations for formal cultural diversity teaching for the main types of UK healthcare professionals are documented.…”

The challenges of integrating cultural competence into undergraduate medical curricula across Europe: experience from the C2ME “Culturally competent in medical education” project

“…Despite the considerable diversity with regards to the emphases and approaches to cultural competence training in Europe, the following issues appear to be common across C2ME institutions, and echo findings from several North American studies (Dogra et al, 2010;Flores, Gee, & Kastner, 2000;Loudon, Anderson, Gill, & Greenfield, 1999;Mihalic et al, 2007):…”

Incorporando a Competência Cultural para Atenção à Saúde Materna em População Quilombola na Educação das Profissões da Saúde

“…Há cerca de dez a 15 anos, súmu-las dos currículos da educação médica nos Estados Unidos da América (EUA), Canadá, Reino Unido (UK) e na Holanda mostraram que o treinamento da diversidade cultural foi pouco abordado e que a preparação dos alunos para as questões culturais era inadequada [10][11][12] . Desde então, a diversidade cultural na educação médica tem sido identificada como um ponto de interesse não só na Holanda, como em muitos outros países ocidentais 7,10,11,13 . Nos Países Baixos, há uma década, os programas de formação para alunos de graduação foram inspecionados, e os documentos curriculares para pós-graduados foram revistos 14 .…”