TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural Competency in Surgery
T2 - A Review and then Practical Advice for the Surgical Educator
AU - Martins, Russell Seth
AU - Zope, Madhushree
AU - McElroy, Katherine
AU - Martin, Colin A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.
PY - 2024/11
Y1 - 2024/11
N2 - Purpose of Review: Cultural competency is an integral aspect involved in improving health care systems and training institutions. We review strategies for cultural competency to be evaluated and cultivated within a Department of surgery, particularly amongst surgical trainees. Recent Findings: The Cultural Competency Assessment may be used tool to measure self-reported provider competency in appropriately tailoring patient care. Patient-reported tools, such as the Iowa Cultural Understanding Assessment—Client Form or the Clinicians’ Cultural Sensitivity Survey, may be adapted to gain an understanding of patients’ perspectives. Summary: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) teams must appreciate the extent to which cultural climate and competency may affect a Department. Assessment must cover education, clinical care, research, employee recruitment and retention, mentoring and professional development, and the physical and social workplace environment. Efforts must include all stakeholders’ perspectives, compare existing cultural competency to other institutions’ and explore the impact of cultural climate and competency on a department’s operational outcomes.
AB - Purpose of Review: Cultural competency is an integral aspect involved in improving health care systems and training institutions. We review strategies for cultural competency to be evaluated and cultivated within a Department of surgery, particularly amongst surgical trainees. Recent Findings: The Cultural Competency Assessment may be used tool to measure self-reported provider competency in appropriately tailoring patient care. Patient-reported tools, such as the Iowa Cultural Understanding Assessment—Client Form or the Clinicians’ Cultural Sensitivity Survey, may be adapted to gain an understanding of patients’ perspectives. Summary: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) teams must appreciate the extent to which cultural climate and competency may affect a Department. Assessment must cover education, clinical care, research, employee recruitment and retention, mentoring and professional development, and the physical and social workplace environment. Efforts must include all stakeholders’ perspectives, compare existing cultural competency to other institutions’ and explore the impact of cultural climate and competency on a department’s operational outcomes.
KW - Culture
KW - Disparities
KW - Diversity, equity, and inclusion
KW - Surgery education
KW - Surgery residency
KW - Surgery training
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200600001&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s40137-024-00422-y
DO - 10.1007/s40137-024-00422-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85200600001
SN - 2167-4817
VL - 12
SP - 379
EP - 388
JO - Current Surgery Reports
JF - Current Surgery Reports
IS - 11
ER -