title: Cultural competence in the master's curriculum--a course exemplar.
abstract: This article focuses on the teaching-learning strategies for integration of cultural competence in the first clinical core course in Primary Care of the Middle Aged and Older Adult, a required course for graduate students enrolled in the Adult Health Nurse Practitioner Program, Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program, and the Family Health Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Multiple teaching-learning strategies for the first clinical course consisted of preliminary online self-assessment, clinical case scenarios, critique of multicultural clinical vignettes, and cultural assessment of the clinical agency. In the outcomes of these teaching-learning strategies, it was shown, through the use of reflective diaries of nurse practitioner students and course evaluations, that the multiple strategic approaches were effective for cultural competence integration within each of the nurse practitioner programs.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096, USA. cross@nursing.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: Ann Marie Walsh
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: Valerie T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Cotter
authors.forename: Rosalyn J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D022143:Family Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration; D013850:Thinking; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014743:Videotape Recording; D014956:Writing