Losing culture on the way to competence: The use and misuse of culture in medical education

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 542-547

  Gregg, Jessica ^a   Saha, Somnath ^b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; STEREOTYPY; TRAINING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; MIGRATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33745506866     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000225218.15207.30     Document Type: Review

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