Two Accredited E-Learning
Courses offer a New Arts-Centered
Approach to Cultural Competence
In a novel approach to cultural
competency training, the WMC Health Center for Regional Healthcare Innovation
along with the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and City Lore have
developed two unique arts-centered e-Learning courses for improving healthcare
providers’ ability to offer culturally sensitive care to diverse
populations. Using illustrations from music, sculpture, painting,
poetry, dance, hip-hop, and other art forms, and stories from folklorists of
varying cultural backgrounds, the courses are designed to raise awareness of
the need to employ cultural sensitivity in care delivery, and provide a
practical “how to” set of guides. The two courses are fully
accredited for CE credit for physicians, physicians assistants, nurse
practitioners, and nurses. The courses are designed to meet the learning needs
of the entire healthcare team.
The program, From
Heritage to Health: An Arts Centered Approach to Cultural
Competence,includes two e-Learning Courses. The first course
focuses on the underlying concepts of culturally sensitive
care: cultural humility, knowledge of various cultures, narrative
competency, and structural competency or system “savvy.” Concepts
are presented in a compelling way, with video clips, images, and stories
designed to enliven and inspire.
Click here to watch the trailer for Arts based approach to cultural competency.
