ReCAP: Assessing Cultural Competence Among Oncology Surgeons [CARE DELIVERY]

This study only surveyed surgical providers, which represents only a snapshot of the cancer care continuum. Future research should include medical oncology providers and others oncology providers to provide a more complete picture of cultural competency across the cancer care continuum. REAL-LIFE IMPLICATIONS: Culturally competent care is an essential but often overlooked component of high-quality health care. In our study sample, most surgical providers who treated racially and ethnically diverse patients perceived that they had a high level of cultural awareness, and their perceived and measured cultural awareness were highly correlated in our analyses. As US demographics become increasingly diverse, these data provide encouraging evidence that surgical providers are generally culturally sensitive and culturally aware, and perhaps more important, that they place a high value on cultural awareness. Our results also demonstrate that exposure to cultural diversity training was the single most important contributor to culturally congruent care, indicating a substantial need to continue existing diversity training interventions. Future work should compare training offered by various hospital systems. Table 1.Characteristics of Study Participants by Cultural Diversity Training CharacteristicDiversity Training (n = 147)No Diversity Training (n = 106)PMean age, years (± SD)50.05 (± 11.44)50.05 (± 9.97).9996Race, No. (%) White118 (81.9)78 (74.3).145&nbs...
Source: Journal of Oncology Practice - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: General public, Access to care, Access to care, Quality of Care CARE DELIVERY Source Type: research