University of Alabama at Birmingham
Improving Cultural Competency: An Online-Based Curriculum
Carlos Estrada, MD
Associate Professor
Principal Investigator
University of Alabama at Birmingham
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Cultural Competence Online for Medical Practice (C-COMP)
- Culturally Sensitive care for African Americans and Hispanics in the treatment of: Diabetes Hypertension. April 2007. UAB Division of Continuing Medical Education, CME newsletter, Alabama and Mississippi Practice-Based Networks. Link and another link.
- CARE project - Dr. Estrada is a faculty moderator for CARE, a web site of the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Continuing Medical Education. It is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer, Inc.
http://www.care.cme.uab.edu/
The Communicating Awareness (of NSAIDs) Risk Effectively (CARE) program is an interactive, multi-modal educational program providing primary care physicians with the resources and tools they need to share the risks and benefits of NSAIDs with patients from diverse backgrounds. The ultimate goals of the CARE program are to:
- Improve patient health outcomes by reducing NSAID-related adverse events
- Reduce documented disparities in patient-physician communication of NSAID risk and benefits.
These goals are achieved through physician professional development that focuses on:
- Building awareness of the risk spectrum for traditional and cycloexygenase-specific NSAIDs
- Increasing awareness that patients often take over-the-counter and prescription NSAID simultaneously without disclosure
- Fostering development of effective, culturally-appropriate skills for communication of NSAID-related risks and benefit at the point of care
Faculty include:
Carlos Estrada, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
Monica Crawford, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology
Janice Weatherspoon, MD, Fellow, Division of Nephrology
