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 Competency

• 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 able 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.