Cross Cultural Communication

This educational module contains information regarding issues related to cross cultural communication including cultural competence, eliciting health and healing beliefs, cultural humility, implicit or unconscious bias and working with health care interpreters.

This module is being made available to you to support compliance of
CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 1195 - Cultural and Linguistic Competency.

Release and Expiration Dates:
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Review Date: June 25, 2020
Expiration Date: July 13, 2026

 

Target Audience

This course is designed for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, or other health care providers.

Learning Objectives

Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the term "Cultural Competence"
  • List some of the established health disparities known to exist for patients of various cultures
  • Describe how the ladder of inference affects our thinking process as we start with a fact and come to a decision or action
  • Give examples of techniques to enhance the use of a health care interpreter

Attendance at this Mayo Clinic course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 ABS - Accredited CME
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
07/14/2017
Course expires: 
07/13/2026

ACCREDITATION


In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.




Credit Type(s):

AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this enduring material for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABS
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Disclosure Summary
As a provider accredited by Joint Accreditation Interprofessional Continuing Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Mayo Clinic School of CPD) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course Director(s), Planning Committee Members, Faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity.  Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place.  Faculty also will disclose any off label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation.  Disclosure of these relevant financial relationships will be published in activity materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.

Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed…

Relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
None

No relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
Daniel Cabrera, M.D. 
Darryl Chutka, M.D. 

References to off-label and/or investigational  usage(s) of pharmaceuticals or instruments in their presentation:
None

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here. 

Available Credit

  • 0.50 ABS - Accredited CME
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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