A web-based cultural competency training for medical students: A randomized trial

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 349, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 442-446

  Carpenter, Riley ^a,f   Estrada, Carlos A ^b,c   Medrano, Martha ^d,e   Smith, Ann ^c   Massie, F Stanford ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e Medical Hispanic Center of Excellence   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Educational intervention; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SAMPLE SIZE; ADULT; EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; TEACHING;

ADULT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84929050778     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000351     Document Type: Article

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