University of Pennsylvania
Cultural Competence-Health Disparities Training Program
Gail Morrison, MD, FACP
Vice Dean for Education
Director of the Office of Academic Programs
Principal Investigator
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Horace DeLisser, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Co-Principal Investigator
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- The major accomplishments of the Cultural Competency Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania include the publication of a book on cultural competency and the development of online instructional videos. Achieving Cultural Competency: A Case-Based Approach to Training Health Professionals, was published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2009 and presents 25 cases on a broad range of topics and issues related to cultural competency. The book also awards up to 25 AMA category 1 credits (1 credit/case) and physicians can obtain 6 credits per year for 3 years, awarded online by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME). Two of the cases from the book, George Dennis, a 35 year-old African-American man with AIDS, and Nadia Rosenberg, a 53 year old Russian Immigrant with drug-resistant tuberculosis, were developed into instructional online videos. Information about the book, the online videos and the CME credits can be obtained at www.med.upenn.edu/culture.
