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AMA supports integration of cultural competence in medical education
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted July 10, 2006
A report from the AMA's Council on Medical Education at the June Annual Meeting found increasing acceptance of the concept of culturally competent care among medical schools and deeper integration of this topic into medical school curricula.
In 2005, 94% of graduating medical students reported that they agreed or strongly agreed that they were prepared to care for individuals from racial and ethnic backgrounds different from their own. But chief among the barriers to good training in this area is the lack of faculty development resources, according to the report. It found that clinical faculty often are expected to be competent to teach cultural competency with little or no preparation.
In addition, delegates voted to:
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/07/10/prbf0710.htm.
