Training on the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview Improves Cultural Competence in General Psychiatry Residents: A Multi-site Study.
OBJECTIVE
The authors assessed whether a 1-h didactic session on the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) improves cultural competence of general psychiatry residents.


METHODS
Psychiatry residents at six residency programs completed demographics and pre-intervention questionnaires, were exposed to a 1-h session on the CFI, and completed a post-intervention questionnaire. Repeated measures ANCOVA compared pre- to post-intervention change. Linear regression assessed whether previous cultural experience predicted post-intervention scores.


RESULTS
Mean scores on the questionnaire significantly changed from pre- to post-intervention (p < 0.001). Previous cultural experience did not predict post-intervention scores.


CONCLUSIONS
Psychiatry residents' cultural competence scores improved with a 1-h session on the CFI but with notable limitations.
Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. smills13@gmail.com.
Stacia
S
Mills
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Kate
K
Wolitzky-Taylor
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Anna Q
AQ
Xiao
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marie Claire
MC
Bourque
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA.
Sandra M Peynado
SM
Rojas
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA.
Debanjana
D
Bhattacharya
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Annabelle K
AK
Simpson
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Aleea
A
Maye
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Pachida
P
Lo
Virginia Tech, Carilion, Roanoke, VA, USA.
Aaron
A
Clark
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Russell
R
Lim
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Francis G
FG
Lu
D000328:Adult; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000193:education*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
Cultural Formulation Interview; Resident teaching