Two birds with one stone: Addressing interprofessional education aims and objectives in health profession curricula through interdisciplinary cultural competency training

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There is alignment between IPE and CC training aims and objectives in many health profession curricula CC training may be a vehicle for introducing IPE in early undergraduate years Interdisciplinary CC training has the potential to break down barriers between health profession cultures

Table 1.  Some key aims and objectives of CC training and IPE

Some aims and objectives of CC training	Some IPE aims and objectives
• Foster cultural sensibility (awareness of our own perspectives and how they influence our interactions with others; Dogra & Karim 2005)	• Foster sensitivity to alternative health professional values (Baker & Shaw 2007)
• Avoid miscommunication (Dogra & Karim 2005)	• Change attitudes (Baker & Shaw 2007; Forte & Fowler 2009)
• Consider and acknowledge cultural value systems (Carter et al 2006)	• Reduce prejudices (Baker & Shaw 2007)
• Consider alternative world views (Dogra & Karim 2005)	• Challenge pre-existing (professional) socialisation (Baker & Shaw 2007)
• Understand ‘culturally-rooted health beliefs’ (Carter et al 2006)	• Challenge underlying beliefs, values and assumptions (Baker & Shaw 2007)
• Understand (patient) expectations (Dogra & Karim 2005)	• Challenge stereotypes (Baker & Shaw 2007; Forte & Fowler 2009)
• Improve healthcare outcomes (Dogra & Karim 2005)	• Improve patient experience (Forte & Fowler 2009)
	• Foster attitudes and skills conducive to teamwork (Baker & Shaw 2007; Barnsteiner et al. 2007; Forte & Fowler 2009)
	• Improve health outcomes for patients (Baker & Shaw 2007; Barnsteiner et al. 2007)

Figure 1. Undergraduate CC training delivered through an interdisciplinary approach to jointly foster both CC and interprofessional CC* *Pecukonis et al. (2008).

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