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 ...

Cultural competence has become a major issue in nursing practice, given the current and projected US demographics as well as the long-standing health disparities in people of diverse racial, ethnic, ...

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 ...

Culture refers to the ideas, customs, and behaviors of a group of people or a society (1). It influences just about everything you do — the way you speak, the foods you eat, what you consider to be ...

Effective leaders are tasked with developing the talents and skills of their team. A big part of achieving that goal is understanding, respecting and leveraging the cultural differences of your staff.

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 ...

The Nevada Public Health Training Center was recently approved as a provider of the state mandated cultural competency training for healthcare facilities in Nevada. In 2019, Senate Bill 364 and Senate ...