1st Edition

Teaching Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility in Medical Education A Practical Guide

By Freddy A. Paniagua Copyright 2025
234 Pages
by CRC Press

234 Pages
by CRC Press

234 Pages
by CRC Press

Training in multicultural issues is an area of increasing focus in medical education internationally. In the United States specifically, the inclusion of the topic in training programs is among the key criteria established by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for approval of schools of medicine, where Standard 7.6 deals with "Structural Competence, Cultural Competence, and Health... Read more

Chapter Overview

Chapter 1: Establishing, Enhancing, and Maintaining Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility in Medical Education

Chapter 2: Minimum Categories of Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Practice of Medicine in the United States

Chapter 3: Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Racism in Clinical Contexts

Chapter 4: The Term “Minority” Should Not Be Used in Clinical Contexts

Chapter 5: The Role of Acculturation, the Nuclear Family, and the Extended Family in the Practice of Medicine

Chapter 6: Explanation of Physical and Mental Illnesses in a Cultural Context

Chapter 7: The Role of the Culturagram in Medical Education: Emphasis on Documented and Undocumented Migrant Families

Chapter 8: The Impact of Health Disparities on Racial and Ethnic Groups

Chapter 9: Special Topics in Multicultural-Medical Practice Relationships

Chapter 10: Cultural Competence, Cultural Humility, Team-Based Learning, and Problem-Based Learning: Emphasis on a Synergetic Approach in Medical Education

Index

Biography

Freddy A. Paniagua PhD is Honorary Professor, Department of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana; a retired tenured Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; and currently Adjunct Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston, USA.