Core Publications

Online

Crandall S, Foley K, Marion G, Walker K, Kronner D, Vaden K, Spangler J. Training Guide for Standardized Patient Instructors to Teach Medical Students Culturally Competent Tobacco Cessation Counseling. MedEdPORTAL; 2008. Available from MedEdPORTAL, ID=762

Crandall SJ, Yunis C, Arcury TA. Elective course in culture and diversity. MedEdPORTAL; 2005. Available from MedEdPORTAL, ID = 192.

Lie DA, Lewis E, Ahearn S, Lenahan P, Boker J and Vega C. Interpreter Cases for Cultural Competency Instruction, a case series published in MedEdPORTAL; December 2005. Available from: MedEdPORTAL, ID = 9814.

Lie DA, Vega, CP. Health Disparities Cases developed for point-of-care use by clinicians and educators LINK, MedEdPORTAL, ID = 573.

Virtual Mentor American Medical Association Journal of Ethics. August 2007, Volume 9, Number 8: 521-593. Language, Culture, and Belief in the Medical Encounter HTML Table of Contents Link | PDF download

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Journals

Lie D, Boker J, Bereknyei S, Ahearn S, Fesko C, Lenahan P. Validating Measures of Third Year Medical Students' Use of Interpreters by Standardized Patients and Faculty Observers. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007 Nov:22 (s)2. Available at: Journal of General Internal Medicine

Baquet CR, Carter-Pokras O, Bengen-Seltzer B. Healthcare disparities and models for change. American Journal of Managed Care 2004;10:SP5-SP11
Available at: www.ajmc.com

Carter-Pokras O, Baquet C. What is a "health disparity"? Public Health Reports 2002;117(5):426-34.
Available at: www.publichealthreports.org

Crandall SJ, Yunis C, Arcury TA. Elective Course in Culture and Diversity. MedEdPORTAL; 2005. Available from: http://www.aamc.org/

Dogra N, Carter-Pokras O. Stakeholder views regarding cultural diversity teaching outcomes: a qualitative study. BMC Med Educ 2005 Nov 1;5:37
Available at: www.biomedcentral.com

Lie D, Carter-Pokras O, Cleveland E. Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT) Resource Guide. AAMC.
Available at: www.aamc.org

Shapiro, J, Lie, D, Gutierrez, D and Zhuang, G. That Never Would Have Occurred To Me: Medical Students Views of a Cultural Competence Curriculum. BMC Medical Education. June 2006, 6:31.

Lie, DA, Boker, J, and Cleveland E. Using the Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT) to Measure Faculty and Medical Student Perceptions of Cultural Competence Instruction in the First Three Years of the Curriculum. Acad Med. June 2006; 81(6), 557-564.

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Books & Monographs

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Unequal Treatment: : Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care The report found that found that a consistent body of research demonstrates significant variation in the rates of medical procedures by race, even when insurance status, income, age, and severity of conditions are comparable. This research indicates that U.S. racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to receive even routine medical procedures and experience a lower quality of health services.

American Medical Association (AMA)

Eliminating Health Disparities Describes AMA commissions and activities to eliminate health disparities as well as describe research findings and recommendations

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