Two (2) female medical students are working together on a group assignment. They are writing their notes on a laptop and sitting at a desk in a training laboratory. They are both wearing scrubs. The ...

What is cultural competence and how can I assess for it in my nursing staff? At its core, cultural competence is the awareness of one’s own behaviors, beliefs, and biases. According to the State ...

What is cultural competency, and how does it fit in with healthcare? A recent survey among physicians in the United States shows that cultural competency is a key issue both for healthcare ...

“Cultural competence” was coined by anthropologist James Green in 1982, and then disseminated to the fields of medicine (see Tervalon & Murray-Garcia, 1998), social work, psychology, psychotherapy, ...

You have heard about the concept on the news and have no doubt seen it in print, prefaced with a hashtag: #CulturalHumility. But what exactly does it mean? Principles of cultural competence are ...