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=Integrating cultural competency into the undergraduate medical curriculum. =

Rapp DE.

Med Educ. 2006 Jul; 40(7): 704-10.

The need for cultural competency training is well-known, but few institutions have achieved both a standardized 4-year curriculum and formal competency assessment. This paper proposes a framework for the integration of cultural competency training and assessment within the medical curriculum. The author reiterates the importance of the above through examples from his own medical training.
 * 1) Early, formalized classroom instruction – should focus on culture basics and cultural themes
 * 2) Continued, clinically based instruction – should focus on clinical skills
 * 3) Formalized assessment – should include knowledge base assessment and skill assessment

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