How should ethnic diversity be represented in medical curricula? A plea for systematic training in cultural competence []

dc.creator	Seeleman, Conny
dc.creator	Knipper, Michael
dc.creator	Essink-Bot, Marie-Luise
dc.date	2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:14:18Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:14:18Z
dc.identifier	10.3205/zma000663
dc.identifier	1860-7446
dc.identifier	1860-3572
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d1b5bc368908410e926d3c50d0e78921
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/16737
dc.description	[english] Ethnic diversity has become a common reality in European societies, including those of Germany and the Netherlands. Given that ethnic minority groups and immigrants are known to be especially vulnerable to inequalities in health, access to services and quality of care, the need for cultural competency training in medical education is widely acknowledged. This paper presents four key issues in providing medical students and physicians with the knowledge, attitudes and skills to adapt medical care to ethnically diverse populations. It then describes two educational programmes delivered by the University of Amsterdam (UvA Academic Medical Centre, the Netherlands) and Giessen University Medical School (Germany), respectively, to illustrate that translating theoretical educational objectives into educational practice can lead to different teaching programmes depending on specific local conditions. In the conclusions, emphasis is placed on the need for systematic approaches that do not limit their focus to patients and groups of specific ethnic or migration backgrounds. Issues of culture, communication and research in relation to ethnically diverse populations are magnifications of general problems in medicine and healthcare. Explicit attention to ethnic diversity thus offers a view through a ‘magnifying glass’ of subjects of much broader importance and can be a means for improving health care in general.
dc.publisher	German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
dc.relation	http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2010-27/zma000663.shtml
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1860-7446
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1860-3572
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung, Vol 27, Iss 2, p Doc26 (2010)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.title	How should ethnic diversity be represented in medical curricula? A plea for systematic training in cultural competence []
dc.type	article