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Held At Curry Auditorium Research Medical Center-Brookside Campus 6675 Holmes, Kansas City, Missouri |
| OVERVIEW |
American patients are increasingly global in their make up. Some 50 million are culturally diverse and operate under concepts of health and medicine that are unfamiliar to most healthcare professionals. Nevertheless, we must effectively communicate with these individuals and families. The Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium equipped healthcare professionals to successfully care for some of the most distinct and underserved immigrants and minorities in America. 128 attended this first-ever INMED event, including 26 nurses, 5 nurse practitioners, 15 physicians, 3 dentists, 39 health profession students, and 40 others.
| OBJECTIVES |
At the completion of this symposium participants will be able to:
- Perform a cultural assessment during an H&P
- Effectively communicate with culturally and linguistically distinct patients
- Appropriately respond to the distinct needs of culturally and linguistically diverse patients
- Provide clinical care with cultural sensitivity
- Promote health literacy to culturally and linguistically diverse patient groups
| ANONYMOUS CONFERENCE FEEDBACK |
"I loved the symposium!"
"I very much enjoyed this symposium and feel that I learned much of use to my future practice of medicine."
"Excellent conference!"
"INMED provides outstanding conferences with up-to-date information with a very comfortable learning environment."
"I enjoyed this symposium. I thought all the speakers were good!"
| SCHEDULE |
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Sign In and Registration | |
| 8:00 - 8:50 | Health Through the Lens of Culture - Symposium Panel | |
| 9:00 - 9:50 | Health Beliefs and Traditional Health Practices - Nicholas Comninellis, MD | |
| 10:00 - 10:50 | Health Disparities In Relation To Cultural Identity - David Porras, MD, FMG | |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | Defining Culture and Cultural Competency - Martha B. Baird PhD, RN | |
| 11:50 - 1:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 - 2:20 | Integrating a Cultural Assessment in a History and Physical - Timothy Hickman, MD, MPH, EdD | |
| 2:30 - 3:20 | Promoting Health Literacy - Timothy Hickman, MD, MPH, EdD | |
| 3:30 - 4:20 | Communicating Thru an Interpreter - Miriam Enamorado, MHL | |
| 4:30 - 5:20 | Overcoming Cultural Challenges in the Clinical Setting - David Porras, MD |
| SPEAKERS |
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Martha Baird, PhD, RN, ARNP, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She has transnational clinical experiences in the Dominican Republic, China, and Uganda. Dr. Baird is a certified transcultural nurse, a member of the Transcultural Nursing Society and a reviewer for the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. |  |
David Porras, MD, is the International Patient Program Coordinator for Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics. Born and raised in Costa Rica, Dr. Porras is fluent in three languages. His career has included clinical medicine, academic and administrative positions. |
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Timothy Hickman, MD, MPH, EdD, is an Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Cultural Competency Master, for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Hickman complete an internship with the National MultiCultural Institute in Washington, D.C. |  |
Miriam Enamorado, MHL, is a bilingual English-Spanish healthcare administrator with training in Leadership Management, Strategic Planning, Mediation & Conflict Management and Legal & Ethical Issues in Healthcare. Miriram is also a certified English-Spanish Healthcare Interpreter. |
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Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH, is president of INMED, and is board certified in both public health and family medicine. Nicholas trained in tropical medicine at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and served four years in Shanghai, China, and Angola, Africa. | ||
| HOSTS |
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University of Missouri School of Medicine | |
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Institute for International Medicine | |
| PARTNERS |
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St. Luke's Health System | |
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University of Kansas School of Medicine | |
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Research Medical Center | |
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The REACH Healthcare Foundation | |
| CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT |
To be eligible for CME or CEU credit, you must attend the whole symposium. If you wish to gain CME credit, you must sign in by 8:15 AM on the day of the symposium. Partial credit will not be given, and the certificates will be given out at the conclusion of the symposium.
Physicians: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Missouri State Medical Association through the joint sponsorship of Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and Institute for International Medicine (INMED). The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics is accredited by the MSMA to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics is approved as a provider of continuing medical education by the Missouri State Medical Association which is accredited by the ACCME, to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of the participation in the activity.
Nurses: Research Medical Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Missouri Nurses' Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The participant will receive 8.0 contact hours. Approval to present this program does not imply ANCC Commission on Accreditation, or MONA approval or endorsement of any commercial products. Contact hour certificates will be distributed at the conclusion of the program. Registrants are required to attend the entire program in order to receive contact hours.
Dentists: Continuing Education Credit is available for dentists.
Physical Therapists: Continuing Education Credit is available for physical therapists.
Missouri Paramedics & Missouri EMT's: Continuing Education Credit is available.