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NHLBI: Teaching Multi-cultural Practice
 

National Consortium for Multicultural Education

This consortium is a collaborative effort of eighteen US medical schools, funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), working to educate future and current physicians in multicultural practice.

 

We see this website as a resource for others involved in this important work to:

  • Model sample curricula
  • Describe methods of assessment
  • Link to related resources
  • Provide updates on relevant national/regional meetings on this topic

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NEWS AND EVENTS
 
  • Stopping Discrimination Before it Starts: The Impact of Civil Rights Laws on Healthcare Disparities
  • Joint Commission and HHS News
    • Video urges health care organizations to break language access barriers
  • Curricular Products from the National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals
  • California SB 853: Health Care Language Assistance Act
  • IOM Recommends More Detailed Categories for Race, Ethnicity and English-Language Proficiency Data
  • NCQA Multicultural Health Care: A Quality Improvement Guide
  • Conferences:
    • Diversity Rx 2010
      • October 18-21, 2010, Baltimore
      • Proposals accepted after January 1, 2010
    • AAMC annual meeting 2010
      • November 5-10, Washington, DC
    • APHA annual meeting 2010
      • November 6-10, Denver

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