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NHLBI: Teaching Multi-cultural Practice

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State University New York at Buffalo

Medical Training in Diversity: Disparity Across Cultures

 

Kim Griswold, MDKim Griswold, MD

Assistant Professor
Principal Investigator
State University New York at Buffalo

 

 

 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Experiential Learning: Utilizing different venues for our refugee program clinics; we have added a focus on Victims of Human Trafficking; and are involved with a Komen grant delivering Breast Health education to Arab women.
  • Funded summer assistantship for 2 medical students in health disparities.
  • Continuing linkage to primary health care for in-coming refugees, with the help of medical students and residents

Refugee Health Website

 

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 NEWS AND EVENTS
 
  • 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

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