Helping occupational therapy students and faculty develop cultural competence.
SUMMARY Given the need for health professionals, including occupational therapists, to be able to work with individuals and populations from a variety of cultures, this paper describes a qualitative study in which faculty and students from an occupational therapy program have been immersed in a community-built program serving African American, elderly citizens. Cultural competency and its measurement are addressed and used to assess positive results from the study.
Department of Occupational Therapy, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858 Veldeb@mail.ecu.edu.
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