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A Strategy for Improving Health Disparities Education in Medicine

Authors: Paula T. Ross, MA, Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, MPH, Jada Bussey-Jones, MD, Arleen F. Brown, MD, PhD, Dionne Blackman, MD, Alicia Fernández, MD, Leonor Fernández, MD, Susan B. Glick, MD, Carol R. Horowitz, MD, MPH, Elizabeth A. Jacobs, MD, MPP, Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH, LuAnn Wilkerson, EdD, Monica L. Lypson, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Special Issue 2/2010

Abstract

Introduction

A health disparities curriculum that uses evidence-based knowledge rooted in pedagogic theory is needed to educate health care providers to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse U.S. population.

Description

The Health Disparities Education: Beyond Cultural Competency Precourse, along with its accompanying Train the Trainer Guide: Health Disparities Education (2008), developed by the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Disparities Task Force (DTF), is a comprehensive tool to facilitate developing, implementing and evaluating health disparities education. The curriculum includes five modules highlighting several fundamental concepts in health disparities, suggestions for teaching about health disparities in a wide range of settings and strategies for curriculum evaluation. The modules are Disparities Foundations, Teaching Disparities in the Clinical Setting, Disparities Beyond the Clinical Setting, Teaching about Disparities Through Community Involvement, and Curriculum Evaluation.

Evaluation

All five modules were delivered as a precourse at the 31st Annual SGIM Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA and received the “Best Precourse Award”. This award is given to the most highly rated precourse based on participant evaluations. The modules have also been adapted into a web-based guide that has been downloaded at least 59 times.

Conclusion

Ultimately, the modules are designed to develop a professional commitment to eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care quality, promote an understanding of the role of health care providers in reducing health care disparities through comprehensive education and training, and provide a framework with which providers can address the causes of disparities in various educational settings.

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Title: A Strategy for Improving Health Disparities Education in Medicine
Authors: Paula T. Ross, MA
Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, MPH
Jada Bussey-Jones, MD
Arleen F. Brown, MD, PhD
Dionne Blackman, MD
Alicia Fernández, MD
Leonor Fernández, MD
Susan B. Glick, MD
Carol R. Horowitz, MD, MPH
Elizabeth A. Jacobs, MD, MPP
Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH
LuAnn Wilkerson, EdD
Monica L. Lypson, MD
Publication date: 01-05-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue Special Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1283-3

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