Empowering students with cultural competence knowledge: Randomized controlled trial of a cultural competence curriculum for third-year medical students

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1241-1246

  Genao, Inginia ^a   Bussey Jones, Jada ^b   St George, Diane Marie ^c   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Culture; Education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 75149112671     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31135-4     Document Type: Article

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