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Cultural Humility Versus Cultural Competence: A Critical Distinction in Defining Physician Training Outcomes in Multicultural Education

1998

Tervalon, M., & Murray-Garcia, J.

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

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In this article, the authors argue that the notion of competence in physician clinical training may not be appropriate for ensuring that medical students can effectively and respectfully deliver health care to increasingly diverse populations in the United States. They posit cultural humility as a more suitable goal in medical education because of its commitment to self-evaluation and self-critique, redressing power imbalances, and developing muturally beneficial and respectful partnerships with the communities they serve.

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Cultural Humility Versus Cultural Competence: A Critical Distinction in Defining Physician Training Outcomes in Multicultural Education.

Tervalon, M., & Murray-Garcia, J. (1998). Cultural humility versus cultural competence: A critical distinction in defining physician training outcomes in multicultural education. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved9(2), 117-125

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