Subject Guides: Patient Education: Cultural Competency

Diversity and Inclusion

AAMC's Diversity and Inclusion Resources
Includes LGBT vignettes, recorded webinars, and other diversity resources.
Care of the Transgender Patient
Article in the Annals of Internal Medicine
CDC's Disabilities and Health: Materials and Multimedia
Fact sheets, infographics, videos and more.
Gender identity & pronoun use: A guide for pediatric health care professionals
From Boston Children’s Hospital, a LGBT Healthcare Equality Leader.
I’ve Been Misgendered So Many Times: Comparing the Experiences of Chronic Misgendering among Transgender Graduate Students in the Social and Natural Sciences
From Sociological Inquiry
Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care
Self-directed CME course for physicians and other health practitioners.
Sex and Gender Health Collaborative
From the American Medical Women's Association, "fostering a sex and gender approach to health education and practice"
Skin Variations
Resources on the medical library's Dermatology guide
Why Your Doctor Should Ask About Your Sexual Orientation
Article from the Huffington Post.

PRIDE in Healthcare
Presentation 10-30-19 by Dr Appelbaum on LGBTQ+ terminology, health, and specific health concerns (Slides with speaker notes: Click on small box on top left)

EthnoMed
Features cultural profiles, patient education in various languages, and cross-cultural health resources, including refugee screening.
Office of Minority Health
Addresses disease prevention, health promotion, risk reduction, healthier lifestyle choices, use of health care services and barriers to health care for racial and ethnic minorities.
National Center for Cultural Competency
Tools and resources to support health and mental health care providers and systems, supports leaders to promote and sustain cultural and linguistic competency,
HSRA's Culture, Language, and Health Literacy Resources
Resources to assist health care providers recognize and address the unique culture, language and health literacy of diverse consumers and communities.
Think Cultural Health
Culturally and linguistically appropriate services and resources.
Health and Society: Diversity and Inclusion
Maguire Medical Library's guide that includes resources on implicit bias, diverse cultures, and race and racism.
DiversityRx
Introduction to the concepts, principles, and practices of culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) in health care settings.