Partnership for Diversity: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Nurturing Cultural Competence at an Emerging Medical School.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2015
Abstract
Fostering cultural competence in higher education institutions is essential, particularly in training future health care workers to care for diverse populations. The opportunity to explore techniques to address diversity and cultural competence at a new medical school was undertaken by a multidisciplinary team of librarians, faculty, staff, and medical students. From 2011 to 2015, the team sponsored a voluntary programming series to promote cultural competence and raise awareness of health care disparities for the medical school. Thirteen events were hosted with 562 participants across all. This approach to diversity proved effective and could be adapted in any higher education setting.
Volume
34
Issue
4
First Page
451
Last Page
460
ISSN
1540-9597
Published In/Presented At
Swanberg, S. M., Abuelroos, D., Dabaja, E., Jurva, S., Martin, K., McCarron, J., Reed-Hendon, C., Yeow, R. Y., & Harriott, M. M. (2015). Partnership for Diversity: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Nurturing Cultural Competence at an Emerging Medical School. Medical reference services quarterly, 34(4), 451–460. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2015.1082379
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
26496399
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article