This new textbook provides a culturally sensitive framework to address the major elements in the LCME Standard 7.6 and to address related requirements for including multicultural issues in the curriculums of medical schools around the world.
Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Establishing, Enhancing, and Maintaining Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility in Medical Education
Chapter 2: Minimum Categories of Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Practice of Medicine in the United States
Chapter 3: Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Racism in Clinical Contexts
Chapter 4: The Term Minority Should Not Be Used in Clinical Contexts
Chapter 5: The Role of Acculturation, the Nuclear Family, and the Extended Family in the Practice of Medicine
Chapter 6: Explanation of Physical and Mental Illnesses in a Cultural Context
Chapter 7: The Role of the Culturagram in Medical Education: Emphasis on Documented and Undocumented Migrant Families
Chapter 8: The Impact of Health Disparities on Racial and Ethnic Groups
Chapter 9: Special Topics in Multicultural-Medical Practice Relationships
Chapter 10: Cultural Competence, Cultural Humility, Team-Based Learning, and Problem-Based Learning: Emphasis on a Synergetic Approach in Medical Education
Index
Training in multicultural issues is an area of increasing focus in medical education internationally. In the United States specifically, the inclusion of the topic in training programs is among the key criteria established by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for approval of schools of medicine, where Standard 7.6 deals with Structural Competence, Cultural Competence, and Health Inequities. This new textbook provides a culturally sensitive framework to address the major elements l“Å
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