Cultural Competency Lecture Series
The staff in the Center for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs believe that developing and enhancing cultural competency is a life-long commitment and an on-going process to better understand ourselves and others in order to communicate and work effectively across cultures. As we are all cultural beings who possess multiple identities, including but not limited to race and ethnicity, sex and gender, sexual orientation, ability/disability, religious affiliation, and socioeconomic status, understanding how our own identities and others' intersect is critical to developing cultural competency. The Cultural Competency Lecture Series provides opportunities to learn about various aspects of diversity and develop tools that are applicable to working within a complex and multicultural health care system.
Cultural competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. (National Center for Cultural Competence). Cultural competence in health care is being sensitive to issues related to culture, race, gender, sexual orientation, social class and economic situation.
For more information on cultural competency, check out:
- The U.S. Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA) website
- Cultural Competency Resources
Upcoming Lecture
For more information about the Cultural Competency Lecture Series or upcoming speakers, please contact the Center for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (CeDMA) at 503-494-5657.
Recent Lectures
Hermaphroditism, Intersex, DSD
Lecture Flier
Hermaphroditism, Intersex, DSD (Real Media File)
May 19, 2010
Providing Mental Health Care to Asian Immigrants and Refugees in Oregon
Lecture Flier
Providing Mental Health Care to Asian Immigrants and Refugees in Oregon (Real Media File)
April 21, 2010
Delivering Culturally Appropriate Health Care to the Jewish Community
Lecture Flier
Delivering Culturally Appropriate Health Care to the Jewish Community (Real Media File)
February 17, 2010
Spanish Medical Interpreters at OHSU
Lecture Flier
Spanish Medical Interpreters at OHSU (Real Media File)
November 18, 2009
LGBT Diversity and Health (Real Media file)
Desire Tshala-Katumbay, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, OHSU School of Medicine
Staff Scientist, OHSU Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology
Competent Care for African Refugees and Immigrants (Real Media file)
Medical Interpretation Services (Real Media file)
The Culture of Disability (Real Media file)
Latino Culture: Implications for Research, Education, and Health Care (Real Media file)
Competent Care for LGBTI Patients (Real Media file)
Trans Resources
May 16, 2007
Folk Medicine in Latino Communities (Real Media file)
