CULTURAL COMPETENCY

Course Description
​Master the specific knowledge and skills that enhances pediatric dental resident’s ability to provide culturally competent care in diverse settings to individuals and communities.
Course Competencies
Describe cultural competency is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency or among professionals and enable that system, agency or those professions to work effectively in cross-cultural situations.
Learn the fundamental concepts and skills of being a culturally competent health provider.
Course Objectives
On successful completion of this course, residents will be prepared to:
  • Articulate the meanings of culture and cultural and linguistic competency, and how they can affect oral health care delivery.
  • Describe disparities in oral health and recognize the barriers to accessing oral health care and services.
  • Explain the importance and benefits of providing culturally and linguistically appropriate oral health care.
  • Explain the meaning of communication and the characteristics of effective communication with your patients.
  • Describe some preparation steps to take to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services in oral health practice.
  • List the essential components of culturally and linguistically appropriate oral health care and services.
  • Identify and describe culturally and linguistically appropriate practice management strategies that can enhance your patient care and services.
  • Identify barriers to effective communication.
  • Describe culturally and linguistically appropriate techniques that enhance your ability to provide effective, culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
About the Instructors
Francisco Ramos-Gomez
DDS, MPH, MS
Elena Ruiz
PhD, RN, FNP-BC
Syllabus
Course Materials
Video Lectures
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Additional Resources