A new course at the University of Minnesota is teaching undergraduate medical students cultural competence skills. The course focuses on teaching differences in cultural practices that medical ...

What does cultural competence mean? Working in healthcare, you’ve probably heard this term thrown around a lot. In the last few years in particular, cultural competence in nursing has been a hot topic ...

Given the globalization of the modern business environment, leaders within organizations need to be adept at managing employees of varying cultural backgrounds and at communicating with clients all ...

The late 1990s marked the beginning of a movement within the human services professions that stressed the importance of cultural competency. Psychology and social work were the pioneers; these fields ...

Description: The book contains a series of case studies of model reservation, rural and urban American Indian and Alaska Native programs providing cultural competency training for clinical staff. The ...

The Guidance provides recommendations for policymakers on developing long-term strategies, strengthening coordination, and ...

A new certificate program at Sacramento State will train those in law enforcement, social services, and other professionals to work across cultures so they can better serve the region’s vulnerable ...

Dialogue is not enough, but we need to learn how to do it better. Companies that make diversity and inclusion priorities benefit themselves and their employees. Ron Harris is vice president of ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The CCSD reactivation task force charged with reopening schools said that we face dual crises at the moment, both the pandemic and the call for social justice. Neither ...

The hot new term in higher education is “cultural competence,” says Norman Levitt, a mathematics professor at Rutgers University at New Brunswick. But, he warns, the phrase is little more than a ...