The Cultural Competence Leadership Fellowship

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HRET and Health Forum, in partnership with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, the National Center for Healthcare Leadership and the American Hospital Association, are launching a new professional development program to help health care leaders to become more culturally competent.

The United States will continue to become more culturally and ethnically diverse. The 2000 United States Census indicates that 20% of Americans are either immigrant or first generation, and the percentage is much higher in major cities. By the year 2050, the U.S. Census predicts that nearly half of the population will be Latino, African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Native American. The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) reports a critical gap in the quality of treatment of patients from racial and ethnic minority groups.

The overarching goal of the Cultural Competence Leadership Fellowship is to help health care providers to narrow the health disparities gap among different cultural and ethnic populations, and to make all interactions between all individuals and the health care system as positive and effective as possible. Cultural Competence Fellows will acquire new skills, tools, and perspectives aimed at meeting challenges associated with multicultural issues.