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Cross-Cultural Health Care Conference: Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Interventions
2/11/2010 - 2/12/2010 / Honolulu
THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS - HAWAII CHAPTER AND THE SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND ACTION - WESTERN REGION INVITES YOU TO LEARN ABOUT CULTURAL ISSUES IMPACTING HEALTH CARE IN MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
This conference has three different tracks:
TRACK 1: INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL COMPETENCY / HUMILITY (Beginner)
This track is designed for those new to cultural competency / humility. It will provide an introduction to cultural competency in the field of medicine. Major topics in cross-cultural health care, such as, medical interpreters, cultural humility, and cultural immersion programs will be presented. Cultural competency in risk management will be presented, focusing in-depth on the importance of developing requisite skills to communicate with a diverse patient population.
TRACK 2: DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT, AND EVALUATION OF CULTURAL COMPETENCY EFFORTS (Advanced)
This track is for those individuals that have some familiarity / working knowledge of cultural competency/humility and would like to develop courses / initiatives / programs at their institutions or agencies. An all-day workshop featuring program evaluation and assessment with community groups will be provided. Assessment and evaluation of cultural competency efforts in various settings and for diverse constituencies will be presented. Two instruments to assess cultural competency (The Tool for Assessing Cultural Competency Training (TACCT) and the Residency Training in Cross Cultural Care Survey) at the medical student and post graduate level will also be presented.
TRACK 3: POLICY ISSUES FACING CULTURAL COMPETENCY / HUMILITY EFFORTS (Expert)
This track considers participants as “leaders” and “experts” in the field of cultural competency/humility. Cultural competency will be discussed in the context of institutional and policy matters. A discussion of federal law (e.g. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services or CLAS standards), requirements of accrediting bodies, and examples of state legislation will be presented.
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