National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals Annual M

描述（由申请人提供）：此R13申请建议支持为期两天的年度会议，以加强合作网络，并最大限度地发挥国家卫生专业人员多元文化教育联盟（联盟）的长期国家影响。该联盟于2004年由NHLBI资助，作为美国医学院的5年竞争性培训奖励计划（K07），通过将跨文化教育纳入卫生专业培训，采用解决差异的方法。我们建议在成功的基础上，召开一次会议，重点讨论医学教育中文化能力教育中一个未被充分讨论的主题：偏见和刻板印象。为了降低成本，增加参与，并最大限度地提高合作，会议将与2012年秋季在北加州举行的（多样性rx）同时举行。这次会议将为文化能力和卫生扫盲课程开发方面的专家提供一个机会，使他们能够与全国少数民族国家卫生办公室协会以及偏见和陈规定型观念研究人员建立联系，并在文化能力和卫生扫盲方面的研究和实践专业人员最近开始的思想交流的基础上进一步发展。具体目标包括：1)建立文化能力和卫生素养课程开发和研究方面的专家网络；2)确定可应用于多种卫生专业文化能力教育和研究的共同能力、途径和评估方法；3)促进文化能力和健康素养结合领域的研究和出版潜力。会议包括：(1)网络活动（n=30）；(2)关于预防临床实践中的偏见和陈规定型观念或改善其对健康结果影响的战略的主持圆桌会议（n=30-100）；(3)技能建设

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R13 application proposes to support a 2-day annual meeting to enhance the collaborative network, and maximize the long-term national impact of the National Consortium for Multicultural Education for Health Professionals (Consortium). Funded in 2004 by the NHLBI as a 5-year competitive training award program (K07) for U.S. medical schools, the Consortium uses the approach of addressing disparities by integrating cross-cultural education into health professional training. We propose to build on our success by implementing a meeting focused on an under-addressed topic in cultural competency education in medical education: Bias and stereotyping. To reduce costs, increase participation, and maximize collaboration, the meeting will be scheduled to coincide with the (DiversityRX) to be held Fall 2012 in Northern California. This meeting will provide an opportunity for experts in cultural competency and health literacy curriculum development to network with the National Association of State Offices of Minority Health, and bias and stereotyping researchers, and further build upon the exchange of ideas which began recently among research and practice professionals in cultural competency and health literacy. Specific aims include: 1) create a network of experts in cultural competency and health literacy curriculum development and research, 2) identify common competencies, approaches and assessment methods that can be applied to education and research in cultural competency for multiple health professions; and 3) advance research and publication potential of the combined fields of cultural competency and health literacy. The meeting comprises a: (1) networking event (n=30), 2) moderated roundtable (n=30-100) on strategies that may prevent bias and stereotyping in clinical practice or ameliorate its effects on health outcomes, (3) Skills-Building Workshop on preparing submissions to MedEdPortal with the Association of American Medical Colleges (n=20), and 4) working session (n=30) to develop a bias and stereotyping module for a draft Cultural Competency and Health Literacy Primer incorporating evidence-based strategies to assess and change provider behavior, and identify related research questions. National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Increasing recognition of well-documented disparities in health status, access and service delivery have fueled calls to better prepare future health professionals to address these challenges. There is a paucity of research that links successful outcomes of health professions education to patient-centered outcomes. These meetings will help identify strategies in assessing and linking patient-centered outcomes to education.