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American College of Clinical Pharmacy White Paper: Cultural Competency in Health Care and Its Implications for Pharmacy Part 3A: Emphasis on Pharmacy Education, Curriculums, and Future Directions
Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
  • Mary Beth O'Connell
  • Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner
  • Therese Poirier
  • Lamis R. Karaoui
  • Margarita Echeverri
  • Aleda M.H. Chen, Cedarville University
  • Shin-Yu Lee
  • Deepti Vyas
  • Christine K. O’Neil
  • Anita N. Jackson
Document Type
White Paper
Publication Date
12-1-2013
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/phar.1353
PubMed ID
24122816
Abstract

Culture influences patients' beliefs and behaviors toward health and illness. As the U.S. population becomes more diverse, a critical need exists for pharmacy education to incorporate patient-centered culturally sensitive health care knowledge and skills into the curriculum. Nursing was the first profession to incorporate this type of learning and training into its curriculums, followed by medicine. Pharmacy has also made great progress to revise curriculums, but inconsistency exists in depth, breadth, and methods across pharmacy colleges. This article addresses important aspects of pharmacy education such as curriculum development, incorporation of educational innovations and techniques into the teaching of patient-centered culturally sensitive health care across the curriculum from didactic to experiential learning, assessment tools, and global education. A preliminary model curriculum with objectives and examples of teaching methods is proposed. Future directions in pharmacy education, teaching and learning scholarship, postgraduate education, licensure, and continuing education are also presented.

Keywords
  • Assessment,
  • cultural competency,
  • cultural sensitivity,
  • curriculum,
  • pharmacy education,
  • cultural,
  • educational measurement,
  • health knowledge,
  • attitudes,
  • practice,
  • humans,
  • patient-centered care,
  • schools,
  • pharmacy,
  • teaching,
  • United States
Comments

This is the accepted version of the following article: (Pharmacotherapy 2013;33(12):e347–e367) doi: 10.1002/phar.1353, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.1353/abstract

Citation Information
Mary Beth O'Connell, Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, Therese Poirier, Lamis R. Karaoui, et al.. "American College of Clinical Pharmacy White Paper: Cultural Competency in Health Care and Its Implications for Pharmacy Part 3A: Emphasis on Pharmacy Education, Curriculums, and Future Directions" Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy Vol. 33 Iss. 12 (2013) p. e347 - e367 ISSN: 1875-9114
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aledamhchen/119/