Promoting Quality Care for Recently Resettled Populations: Curriculum Development for Internal Medicine Residents

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Medical residents report they lack preparation for caring for an increasingly diverse US population. In response, a variety of curricula have been developed to integrate cultural competency into medical training programs. To date, none of these curricula has specifically addressed members of recently resettled populations. A preliminary assessment was conducted among internal medicine (IM) residents at 1 program (N 5 147). Based on 2 conceptual frameworks and the survey results, a pilot curriculum was developed and integrated into the interns’ ambulatory block education within the general IM track (n 5 9). Overall, respondents reported they thought patient care had improved for recently resettled populations and across their patient panels after exposure to the curriculum. This study demonstrated that an intervention that included didactics and enhanced exposure to a diverse population improved IM interns’ perceptions of care for all patients, including recently settled individuals.

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Relevant Evidence Summaries

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What is the impact of cultural competence training among health and mental health providers?

Evidence about the impact of cultural competence training on client health and mental health outcomes is generally inconclusive. Five systematic reviews, including one review of reviews, all published within the past ten years, concur that existing studies lack adequate methodological rigor to draw conclusions about the impact of cultural competence training and programming. Additionally, existing […]

About this study

AGE: Multiple Age Groups

DIRECTION OF EVIDENCE: Positive impact

FULL TEXT AVAILABILITY: Free

GENDER: All

HOST COUNTRY: United States

HOST COUNTRY INCOME: High Income

INTERVENTION DURATION: 6 months

INTERVENTION: Cultural competence training

OUTCOME AREA: Cultural Competence

REGION OF ORIGIN OF PARTICIPANT(S): Multiple Regions

STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE: Suggestive

TYPE OF STUDY: Suggestive evidence

YEAR PUBLISHED: 2014

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