Cultural Competence in Medical Education: Aligning the Formal, Informal and Hidden Curricula

Autor/inn/en	Paul, David; Ewen, Shaun C.; Jones, Rhys
Titel	Cultural Competence in Medical Education: Aligning the Formal, Informal and Hidden Curricula
Quelle	In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 19 (2014) 5, S.751-758 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1382-4996
DOI	10.1007/s10459-014-9497-5
Schlagwörter	Medical Education; Cultural Pluralism; Taxonomy; Hidden Curriculum; Informal Education; College Curriculum + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medizinische Ausbildung; Kulturpluralismus; Taxonomie; Heimlicher Lehrplan; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung
Abstract	The concept of cultural competence has become reified by inclusion as an accreditation standard in the US and Canada, in New Zealand it is demanded through an Act of Parliament, and it pervades discussion in Australian medical education discourse. However, there is evidence that medical graduates feel poorly prepared to deliver cross-cultural care (Weissman et al. in "J Am Med Assoc" 294(9):1058-1067, 2005) and many commentators have questioned the effectiveness of cultural competence curricula. In this paper we apply Hafferty's taxonomy of curricula, the formal, informal and hidden curriculum (Hafferty in "Acad Med" 73(4):403-407, 1998), to cultural competence. Using an example across each of these curricular domains, we highlight the need for curricular congruence to support cultural competence development among learners. We argue that much of the focus on cultural competence has been in the realm of formal curricula, with existing informal and hidden curricula which may be at odds with the formal curriculum. The focus of the formal, informal and hidden curriculum, we contend, should be to address disparities in health care outcomes. In conclusion, we suggest that without congruence between formal, informal and hidden curricula, approaches to addressing disparity in health care outcomes in medical education may continue to represent reform without change. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10