Integrating cultural competency into the undergraduate medical curriculum

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 704-710

  Rapp, David E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

*culture; *professional competence; Cultural diversity; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *organisation administration; United States

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748527813     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02515.x     Document Type: Review

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