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New e-Learning Program Trains Physicians and Nurses in Cross-Cultural Health Care - PR Newswire

Critical Measures, LLC, and the Manhattan Cross Cultural Group (MCCG) have released the nation's first interactive e-learning program designed to train physicians, nurses and other health care professionals in cultural competence. Quality Interactions: A Patient-Based Approach to Cross-Cultural Care(C) is a case-based course designed to provide clinical staff with knowledge and skills to communicate more effectively and facilitate quality care for culturally diverse patient populations. Developed by Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH; Alexander R. Green, MD and J. Emilio Carrillo, MD, MPH -- three physicians who founded MCCG and are nationally recognized experts in the field of cross-cultural health care and education -- Quality Interactions provides a foundation to identify and address culturally linked health care disparities.

  posted by Ray at 5/06/2004 12:02:00 PM permanent item link   

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