Cultural competency training for third-year clerkship students: Effects of an interactive workshop on student attitudes

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1772-1778

  Carter, Michele M ^a   Lewis, Evelyn L ^b   Sbrocco, Tracy ^b   Tanenbaum, Richard ^b   Oswald, Jennifer C ^a   Sykora, William ^b   Williams, Pamela ^b   Hill, Lauren D ^b,c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c USU Center for Health Disparities Research and Education

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Health disparities; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; CURRICULUM; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MARYLAND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33845358560     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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