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National Health Organization Partners with Johns Hopkins to Host
Cultural Competency Course for Seattle, Los Angeles, and Princeton
Health Care Providers
IAMMM Announces Course to Improve Patient Care
(November 29, 2007) WASHINGTON, DC - The Institute for the Advancement of
Multicultural & Minority Medicine (IAMMM), a national health organization based in
Washington, DC, recently announced its partnership with Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, to deliver a series of Cultural Competency Courses for health care providers in
Seattle, Los Angeles, and Princeton.
Supported by an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline, Cultural Competency as a Strategy
for Addressing Health Disparities (6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits) will be held in Seattle,
WA on January 23, 2008, at the Edgewater Hotel, 2411 Alaskan Way, Pier 67; in Los Angeles,
CA on January 25, 2008 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 South Grand Avenue; and, in
Princeton, NJ on February 1, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Princeton, 102 Carnegie Center. All
courses will be held from 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The primary purpose of Cultural Competency as a Strategy to Address Health Disparities is to detail
the history of health care disparities, share strategies for improving quality care for ethnically
diverse patients, and share best practices for advancing cultural competence in health care.
Washington, along with other states across the country, have adopted legislation that requires
health care providers - physicians, nurses, surgeons, and other providers - to participate in
culturally-centered education that better helps them meet patient needs.
The course will be led by Dr. Dennis P. Andrulis, Associate Dean for Research, School of Public
Health and Director of the Center for Health Equality at Drexel University in Philadelphia; and,
Dr. Thomas A. LaVeist, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions,
and William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy at the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Andrulis and Dr. LaVeist are both widely-noted
contributors to health publications on health disparities.
"There's no question that our country's demographics continue to change. Our healthcare
providers must adapt in order to provide the best care possible. This course will help shed light
on a number of cultural issues that can positively or negatively impact a patient?s treatment and
recovery," said Richard Allen Williams, MD, IAMMM Board Chairman and founder of The
Association for Black Cardiologists.
For more information about the course, or to register, call IAMMM at (202) 667-6155, or email
kstribling@iammm.org. To find out more about IAMMM, visit www.iammm.org.
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