OBJECTIVES The need to address cultural and ethnic diversity issues in medical education as a means to improve the quality of care for all has been widely emphasised. Cultural competence has been suggested as an instrument with which to deal with diversity issues. However, the implementation of culturally competent curricula appears to be difficult. We believe the development of curricula would...

Yabancı dil olarak Türkçenin eğitiminde, etkili öğrenmenin önemli bir yolu da kültür aktarımından geçer. Dilbilgisi ve kelime hazinesi, dilin matematiksel rasyonel yönünü temsil ederken, aktarımı ise edebî, sanatsal soyut yanını eder. Tıpkı kendi kültürüne vâkıf olmanın getirdiği zenginlikte olduğu gibi başka toplumun hâkim olan öğrenci, dilinin de mantık sistemini, yapısal işleyişini, tarihsel...

Several models of service care delivery have emerged to meet the challenges of providing health care to our growing multi-ethnic world. This article will present Campinha-Bacote's model of cultural competence in health care delivery: The Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services. This model views cultural competence as the ongoing process in which the health care pro...