Pittsburgh will spend $50,000 to provide cultural competency training under a proposal Mayor Bill Peduto’s office introduced Monday. The city and Peduto’s Office of Equity plan to partner with ...

The intersection of patient satisfaction and quality of care is central to healthcare today, and a provider’s level of cultural competence can significantly impact his/her performance in both areas.

A 2022 Hue report found that around 80% of HR professionals believe that their industry does a good job of implementing diversity-related initiatives. Yet, the study also reported that nearly 85% of ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Marginalized groups across the city are coming together to demand special training for doctors and other medical professionals in Illinois. As CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reported ...

When I renewed my physician assistant license on the Oregon Medical Board (OMB) website last year, its questionnaire asked if I had participated in any “cultural-competence” training. Given that I had ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Klarque Denman, one of the doulas working with Black Mamas ATX or BMATX said assumptions and stereotypes are some of the major contributions to the standard of care shown to Black ...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WKBW) — Dozens of recruits in the Law Enforcement Training Academy at SUNY Erie learned about cultural competency on Friday. As diversity grows in the local community, this ...

When a doctor doesn't look an Asian-American patient in the eye, that might be seen as a sign of respect. But making eye contact is encouraged with black patients, according to the American Academy of ...

As of mid-May 2026, Illinois EMS providers are racing against tight deadlines for MTU 7 training schedules and updated protocols that directly impact licensure. The Illinois Department of Public ...

The Nevada Public Health Training Center was recently approved as a provider of the state mandated cultural competency training for healthcare facilities in Nevada. In 2019, Senate Bill 364 and Senate ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Landon Nelson knows which teachers approve of their LGBTQ students' sexual orientation and which ones don't. The 15-year-old Annandale High School sophomore says he feels comfortable ...