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What is Cultural Diversity?
Cultural diversity is having different cultures respect each other's differences. It could also mean the variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region, or in the world as a whole. It differs from multiculturalism in that multiculturalism is usually associated with the organizational promotion of multiple cultures whereas cultural diversity is a recognition of the diversity in cultures.
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Founder Effect in Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH): A Focus on Early Detection and Treatment to Prevent Premature CHD in FH
Provided by: Primary Issues
Program Overview
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common autosomal dominant genetic disorder associated with premature cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of heterozygous FH is as high as 1 in 67 for some founder populations such as Ashkenazi Jewish, French Canadians, or Lebanese populations. Primary care clinicians play an important ro... |
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Cultural Competence in Healthcare
Provided by: Corexcel
After reading Cultural Competence in Healthcare the participant will be able to:
1. Describe specific characteristics about the composition, cultural aspects, and unique health care issues concerning African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and American Indians/Alaskan Natives.
2. Explain the meaning of language and culture.... |
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Communicating Through Healthcare Interpreters
Provided by: Virtual Lecture Hall
* Understand the legal requirements and clinical importance of working with interpreters.
* Better manage your communications with patients who do not speak English
* Appropriately use interpreters and interpretive services in your practice setting
* Improve your level of cultural competency
Meets Special CME Requirements in: Connecticu... |
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2010 URAC CULTURAL COMPETENCE
Provided by: AAACEUs.com
If the goal of the American medical system is to provide optimal care for all patients, health care providers must understand cultural differences that create conflicts and misunderstandings and that can result in inferior medical care.
Over the next 15 yeas, the African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American ethnic groups will expand at a rate ... |
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Delivering Culturally Competent Care: Managing Type 2 Diabetes in Diverse Populations
Provided by: Virtual Lecture Hall
* Earn 1 to 9 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
* Improve your cross-cultural management skills and understand important terms, such as race, ethnicity, and culture.
* Meet your ethical obligations to provide open, respectful patient communication
* Reduce the risks and problems of miscommunication.
* Recognize patterns of health care disparitie... |
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Cultural Barriers to Quality
Provided by: CMElectures
David B. Nash, MD, MBA, is the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon professor of health policy, and chairman, Department of Health Policy at Jefferson Medical College. Here, he discusses the main cultural barriers to quality in medical practice and how they can be overcome.
This lecture and the post-test is worth 1.5 credit hours.
While physic... |
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