Drs. Luann Wilkerson, Paula Henderson and Art Gomez developed and tested a standardized patient based OSCE named Sam Washington to test cultural competence embedded in a 3rd year final CPX activity. Results were presented at an oral presentation at Pittsburgh for the SGIM National Meeting in 2008.
Drs. Sebastian Uijtdehaage, Paula Henderson, and Art Gomez developed an evaluative tool using script concordance to test cultural competence. This was presented at the International Ottawa Conference on Medical Education held in Australia 2008.
Dr. Arleen Brown and Medical Student Ajay Dharia developed an ethnopharmacology teaching module embedded in a third year ambulatory internal medicine clerkship which includes a case based didactic presentation, audience participation, a skit and pre and post test exercises. Models for environmental along with genetic factors in chronic disease management are also discussed. Contributions toward the course examination are anticipated as will a curriculum effectiveness assessments.
There have been several regional and national paper and poster presentations to date:
Gomez AG, Henderson P, Chirra A, Guiton G, Wilkerson L. Patient-centered care: An experiential cultural competency curriculum for medical students. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20 (Supplement 1):35, 2005
Cifuentes-Henderson P, Gomez A, Doyle LH, Wilkerson L. Faculty fellowship in cultural competency education. Western Group on Educational Affairs annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 2005.
Guiton G, Wilkerson L, & Elliott D. Assessing the use of a patient-centered approach to cultural sensitivity during a Clinical Performance Examination. Paper presented at the Western Group on Educational Affairs annual meeting, April 2005.
Gomez Ag, Henderson P, Chirra A, Guiton G, Wilkerson L. Patient-centered care: An experiential cultural competency curriculum for medical students. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20 (Supplement 1):35, 2005.
Gomez AG, Henderson P, Wilkerson L. Using the arts to teach during a third year clerkship. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21 (Supplement 1), 2006.
Fung C & Henderson P. Conducting a patient-centered interview
with a translator: Exploring the effect of a new module. Paper
presented at the Western Group on Educational Affairs Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 2007.
Gomez AG, Cifuentes-Henderson P, Fung C, Wilkerson L.
That's Grey's, not Gray's Anatomy: Using the arts to teach during a
third year clerkship. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22 (Supplement 1), 2007.
Uijtdehaage S, Henderson P, Wilkerson L. An instrument for assessing knowledge of cross-cultural care. Poster presented at the 13th Ottawa International Conference on Clinical Competence, Melbourne, Australia, March 2008.
Wilkerson L, Fung C, May W, Elliott D. Assessing patient-centered care among medical students: One approach to cultural competency. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh 2008.
Art Gomez, MD 
Arleen Brown, MD, PhD 
Regina Richter, MA
