Cultural competency involves seeing the world through the lens of other people, across race, gender and age barriers, among others. Shuangyu Li outlines the five questions to ask when embedding it How ...

How effective am I at working across cultural differences? Do others see me as culturally competent? One of the key frameworks of the Navigating Difference workshop, the Developmental Model of ...

Vernita Mayfield agreed to answer a few questions about her book, Cultural Competence Now: 56 Exercises to Help Educators Understand and Challenge Bias, Racism, and Privilege. Vernita Mayfield, a ...

Evidence-based cultural competence models should at a minimum facilitate understanding a patient’s worldview, including his or her linguistic and cultural matching preferences; cultural values that ...

Recent articles have purported that COVID-19 is negatively impacting Black and Latina/o American communities to a greater extent than White communities. One reason cited for this disparity is the ...

3. Cultural competence must be practiced, not just discussed Districts cannot expect to cultivate a welcoming school environment if the facilitators and leaders are not actively engaging in cultural ...

A study of Spanish-speaking patients with diabetes found that physicians’ self-rated Spanish fluency and cultural competence were strongly linked to better patient-reported interpersonal care. Higher ...

Be present, attentive and compassionate in patient interactions. Practice respectful engagement and clear communication, checking for understanding. Be reflective and expand beyond cultural competence ...

The ability to function effectively in intercultural settings has been termed “cultural intelligence” – and it is often celebrated as a kind of modern superpower. But our latest research reveals a ...