Kripalani Sunil, Bussey-Jones Jada, Katz Marra G, Genao Inginia
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Oct;21(10):1116-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00557.x. Epub 2006 Jul 7.
Cultural competence programs have proliferated in U.S. medical schools in response to increasing national diversity, as well as mandates from accrediting bodies. Although such training programs share common goals of improving physician-patient communication and reducing health disparities, they often differ in their content, emphasis, setting, and duration. Moreover, training in cross-cultural medicine may be absent from students' clinical rotations, when it might be most relevant and memorable. In this article, the authors recommend a number of elements to strengthen cultural competency education in medical schools. This "prescription for cultural competence" is intended to promote an active and integrated approach to multicultural issues throughout medical school training.
随着美国国内多样性的增加以及认证机构的要求，文化能力培训项目在美国医学院中大量涌现。尽管此类培训项目有着改善医患沟通和减少健康差距的共同目标，但它们在内容、重点、环境和时长方面往往存在差异。此外，跨文化医学培训在学生临床轮转期间可能缺失，而这一时期可能是最相关且最易留下深刻印象的。在本文中，作者推荐了若干要素以加强医学院校的文化能力教育。这种“文化能力处方”旨在促进在整个医学院培训过程中对多元文化问题采取积极且综合的方法。
