Effective educational delivery methods : A meta-analysis of cultural competence education for health care professionals.

Unfortunately, many health care professionals follow culturally biased treatment practices and many organizations continue to ignore their public trust of providing fair treatment to everyone, regardless of skin color, gender, and economic capabilities.

Despite extensive research of health care disparities and the importance of culturally competent health care professionals, little research has been done evaluating effective educational delivery methods for cultural competence education.

The meta-analysis reveals educational delivery methods utilized by effective cultural competence education for health care professionals in the U.S. and goes one step further by noting the most effective educational delivery methods.