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By: National Center for Cultural Competence
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Washington, DC
Primary Investigator: Tawara D. Goode, Director, National Center for Cultural Competence
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Project Description
The Cultural and Linguistic Competence Health Practitioner Assessment CME Model proposes to develop and pilot-test a CME approach that uses self-assessment as a learning tool for providers to:
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heighten awareness;
2) influence attitudes toward practice; and
3) motivate the development of knowledge and skills to incorporate cultural and linguistic competence into the diagnosis and treatment of depression.
This web intervention is based on extensive experience with an existing instrument (the Cultural Competence Health Practitioner Assessment) and is targeted to primary care providers including those in family and community medicine, pediatrics and adolescent medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, and gerontology. It is also appropriate for psychiatrists seeking to add to their base of knowledge on cultural and linguistic competence.
Progress Report: July 2007
One of the 5 essential elements of cultural competence is the capacity to conduct self-assessment at both the organizational and individual levels. Based on extensive experience with an existing Web-based instrument, the Cultural Competence Health Practitioner Assessment (CCHPA), the NCCC is developing and pilot testing a CME approach that uses self-assessment as a learning tool for providers to: (1) heighten awareness, (2) influence attitudes toward practice, and (3) motivate the development of knowledge and skills to incorporate cultural and linguistic competence into the diagnosis and treatment of depression. This will be accomplished by modifying an existing online self-assessment/educational tool to be deployed as an online CME activity.
Each clinician taking the CCHPA is provided with a rating on each subscale as being at an awareness, knowledge, or skill level. Based on that rating, participants are provided with a list of resources and learning experiences that would help them move to the next level. These resources have been adapted to the focus on disparities in diagnosis and treatment of depression. In addition to the list of resources and suggested learning experiences, learners will receive recommendations for activities and ongoing experiences that they can structure to meet their personal learning needs. These recommendations include: journal articles, informative Web sites, interactive Web sites, opportunities for self-reflection, group learning, and mentoring and self-directed activities within their practices and communities.
NCCC has completed a daft of all new questions and subscales for CCHPA , which will be finalized by the review team July 8. The Web Design Team is developing a prototype of the CME activity that will be completed for pilot testing in early August 2007. Further, the NCCC has identified a strategy for finding and choosing a set of high-impact resources for each subscale that will include peer-reviewed literature, multimedia resources (DVDs, Web sites, etc) and suggested experiential learning opportunities within community and practice.
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