Mission Statement
The National Consortium for Multicultural Education seeks to develop curricula that enhances the ability of physicians and other health care professionals to address disparities in the occurrence, management, and outcomes of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematological, and sleep disorders among various population groups in the U.S. in a culturally sensitive manner. Our ultimate goal is to disseminate a comprehensive cultural competence curriculum to medical schools throughout the U.S., thereby providing support and leadership to medical educators nationwide.
Members of the Collaborative are leaders in cultural competence education, and will partner with other key organizations such as the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), to develop, implement, evaluate and disseminate 4-6 cross-institutional cultural competence education projects per year over the next eight years. Each initiative will augment the individual institutional efforts of the members and culminate in the dissemination of innovative, effective curricula in cultural competence. The evaluation of these curricula will incorporate robust evaluation methods in order to measure the impact of our educational efforts across health care disparities.
