Pre-DepartureExperiential Learning and Cultural Competence: What Do Participants in Short-Term Experiences in Global Health Learn About Culture?

Purpose: Short-term experiences in global health (STEGHs) have become a popular form of experiential learning in health professions education and provide an ideal setting to introduce the role of culture in health. Critics of the concept of cultural competence fear that learners will treat culture a...

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Main Authors: Peter S. Cahn, Sara L. Smoller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Health Professions Education
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452301119300914