Infusing Cultural Competence Training into the Curriculum: Describing the Development of Culturally Sensitive Training on Dementia Communication

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 503-509

  Davis, Boyd H ^a   Smith, Mary K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b Central Piedmont Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; corpora; cultural competence; dementia communication; e learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURSE CONTENT; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; CURRICULUM; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DEMENTIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; NURSE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL;

EID: 77951209847     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70557-1     Document Type: Article

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