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2012 INMED Cross-Cultural Healthcare Symposium
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Kansas University Edwards Campus
Kansas City, KS
| OVERVIEW |
In 2009 over 12 million recent immigrants were residing in the United States. The Greater Kansas City area is home to many of these immigrant communities, including peoples from Bhutan, Somalia, Mongolia, Iraq, and Burma. As cultural diversity increases in our communities the challenge of providing culturally competent healthcare increases as well.
The 2012 Cross-Cultural Healthcare Symposium seeks to equip and mobilize regional healthcare students, professionals and community leaders to effectively bridge cultural barriers in providing healthcare services to culturally diverse populations found in the Greater Kansas City area. 300 participants were on hand, including 65 nurses, 24 social workers, 103 students, 11 physicians, and 97 others.
| OBJECTIVES |
At the completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
- Use language ethically and effectively to communicate across cultures
- Identify obstacles to healthcare commonly faced by newly arrived immigrants
- Access locally available resources to aid in provision of immigrant healthcare
Provide Patient-Centered Care
Work in Interdisciplinary Teams
Apply Quality Improvement
| SCHEDULE |
| 8:30 - 8:35 | Welcome | |
| 8:35 - 9:25 | Plenary Session 1 Ethical Use Of Language Across Cultures - John Cowden | |
| 9:30 - 9:55 | Know Your Local Resources #1 Cultural Competency Initiative INMED Cross-Cultural Health Leadership Institute Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics | |
| 10:00 - 10:25 | Know Your Local Resources #2 Cultural Competency Initiative INMED Cross-Cultural Health Leadership Institute Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Plenary Session 2 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Anne Fadiman | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Question from the audience for Anne Fadiman | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Adjournment and book signing by Anne Fadiman Order your advanced copy of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down now along with your Symposium registration. |
| KNOW YOUR LOCAL RESOURCES |
These sessions will highlight the following services:
The Cultural Competency Initiative was launched in 2009 to increase understanding and practice of cultural competency in health and human service organizations, with a long-term goal of reducing health disparities. The initiative focuses on policies, practices and internal structures that influence cultural competence within organizations. A major component of the initiative is technical assistance to help program managers, organization executives and trustees address policies and practices that affect culturally competent provision of services and ultimately influence health outcomes.
The INMED Cross-Cultural Health Leadership Institute is a 12 month program that develops a cadre of front-line healthcare professional leaders who demonstrate proficiency in competent cross-cultural care, and help transform their organizations into more coherent, integrated, and culturally-sensitive environments.
The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Office of Equity and Diversity (OED) was established alongside the Equity and Diversity Council in 2009, to focus on implementing strategy, supporting hospital leadership and staff in their efforts to provide equitable care, and attending to regulatory and accreditation standards. The OED has adopted a framework, based on the National Quality Forum's "A Comprehensive Framework and Preferred Practices for Measuring and Reporting Cultural Competency".
| FEATURED SPEAKERS |
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Anne Fadiman, is an author, essayist, editor, and teacher. Her first book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, chronicles the trials of an epileptic Hmong child and her family living in Merced, California. Fadiman's sensitive, incisive treatment of the unbreachable gulf between the Hmong and American medical systems won her a National Book Critics' Circle Award. The Washington Post called the book "an intriguing, spirit-lifting, extraordinary exploration." In 2009 it was chosen by the Young Adult Library Association as one of its recommended titles for all students (the list, which includes a number of adult titles, is revised every 5 years and used by educators and librarians across the country). Spirit is frequently chosen by colleges, libraries, and communities for First Year Experience and All Read programs. The book continues to be taught at universities both as literary journalism and as a casebook for cross-cultural sensitivity in general; it is also widely read by medical practitioners who wish to offer more effective care to patients from other cultures. "Ms. Fadiman tells her story with a novelist's grace, playing the role of cultural broker, comprehending those who do not comprehend each other and perceiving what might have been done or said to make the outcome different." - The New York Times |
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John Cowden, MD, is a general academic pediatrician and Medical Director of the Office of Equity and Diversity at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Cowden's research includes provider-patient communication, provider bias, disparities in injury care and prevention, and access to health care for minorities, specifically those who do not speak English. In his bilingual clinical practice, he serves Spanish-speaking families from throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area. |  |
Gabriela Flores, has over fifteen years experience working in the field of human services, specifically with refugee and immigrant populations in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Ms. Flores currently serves as the Director for the Office of Equity and Diversity at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics. |
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Carla Gibson, Carla Gibson is the Program Officer for the REACH Foundation. Ms. Gibson is committed to improving the overall health of the poor and underserved through her work at Charles Drew Health Center, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Swope Health Services and the Kansas City Free Health Clinic. |  |
Joe LeMaster, MD, MPH (London), is an Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Dr. LeMaster and his wife Judy lived in Nepal from 1990-2000, serving at Okhaldhunga Hospital. He is currently engaged in research and clinical practice on refugee healthcare issues in the greater Kansas City area. |
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Adriana Pecina, is a Program Officer of the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (HCF). Ms. Pecina currently serves as commissioner of the Kansas City Health Commission, chair of the Kansas City Public Schools Foundation Formation committee, member of KCUR Public Radio Station Advisory Board and UMKC's Hispanic Advisory Board. |  |
Theresa Reyes-Cummings, MPA, is the Director of Program Development for the Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund, where she provides grant writing and program development assistance, conducts research and training for the development of mental health programs, cultural competency and services in Jackson County, Missouri. |
| HOSTS |
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Institute for International Medicine |
| SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS |
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Jack Hill Continuing Medical Education Foundation | |
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REACH Healthcare Foundation | |
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Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics | |
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Accreditation Council for International Healthcare Education | |
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Healthcare Foundation of Greater KC | |
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Alpha Omega | |
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Einstein Bros Bagels | |
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Krispy Kreme | |
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Panera Bread | |
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Price Chopper | |
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The Roasterie | |
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Sam's Club | |
| CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT |
To be eligible for CME or CEU credit, you must attend the whole symposium. If you wish to gain CME credit, you must sign in by 8:30 AM on the day of the symposium. Partial credit will not be given, and the certificates will be emailed to qualifying participants after the symposium.
Physicians: Institute for International Medicine is accredited by the Missouri State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Institute for International Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of the participation in the activity.
Nurses: Truman Medical Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Missouri Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
3 continuing nursing education hours (contact hours) may be awarded if participants attend all continuing education sessions of this program.
The Social Work & Community Services Department of Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics is an approved provider of continuing education by the State of Kansas-Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board" Social Workers will receive 3.25 CEU's.
Planning Committee
| Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH | INMED | Nothing to Disclose | ||
| Donna Gum, BSN, RN-BC | Truman Medical Center | Nothing to Disclose | ||
| Micah Flint, MPA | INMED | Nothing to Disclose |
Speaker Disclosures
| Anne Fadiman | Author | Nothing to Disclose | ||
| John Cowden, MD | CMH | Nothing to Disclose | ||
| Gabriela Flores | CMH | Nothing to Disclose | ||
| Carla Gibson | Reach Healthcare Foundation | Nothing to Disclose | ||
| Joe LeMaster, MD, MPH | KU | Nothing to Disclose | ||
| Adriana Pecina | Health Care Foundation of GKC | Nothing to Disclose | ||
| Theresa Reyes-Cummings | Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund | Nothing to Disclose | ||
| Judy Wright | Shumaker Family Foundation | Nothing to Disclose |