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Contents 1 Cultural Competence Training for Medical Students and Physicians 1.1 Acknowledgements 2 See also 3 External links - Cultural Competence 4 External links - Hypertension Information for Clinicians 5 External links - Online CME

[edit] Cultural Competence Training for Medical Students and Physicians

Cultural competence refers to an ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures. Cultural competence comprises four components: (a) awareness of one's own cultural worldview, (b) attitude towards cultural differences, (c) knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews, and (d) cross-cultural skills. Developing cultural competence results in an ability to understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures. In the medical setting, effective communication between clinicians, patients, families and other health care providers is fundamental.

Health disparities refer to gaps in the quality of health and health care across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. Studies have demonstrated the multiple factors that contribute to health disparities, CCOMP is an attempt to address one of the factors - the patient-doctor interaction.

Cultural Competence Online for Medical Practice (CCOMP) A Clinician's Guide to Reduce Cardiovascular Disparities. Learn effective cross-cultural approaches to care for African-American patients with cardiovascular disease, especially hypertension. Use videos with real patient scenarios and case-based modules to increase your awareness. The CCOMP project is funded completely by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

[edit] Acknowledgements

• Culturally Sensitive Intervention – Birmingham: a research project of Cooper Green Mercy Hospital and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, funded by Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change.
• TRUST project, Alabama Collaboration for Cardiovascular Equality (ACCE), funded by NHLBI.
• Health BELIEF Attitudes Survey.

[edit] See also

• Hypertension
• Cultural competence
• Health disparities

[edit] External links - Cultural Competence

• National Consortium for Multicultural Education funded by the NHLBI
• A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care by the Office of Minority Health
• National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University
• Cross Cultural Health Care Program
• Program For Multicultural Health by the University of Michigan
• Building Cross-Cultural Partnerships in Public Health by the Alabama Department of Public Health (video)

[edit] External links - Hypertension Information for Clinicians

• A guide to lowering high blood pressure from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• The DASH diet from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• High Blood Pressure from the American Heart Association

[edit] External links - Online CME

• University of Alabama at Birmigham CME
• Alabama Practice-Based Network
• Mississippi Practice-Based Network
• A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care by the Office of Minority Health