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Symposium Endorsements
Well Thought Out Symposium On An Important Topic
"It was an honor to address the 2012 INMED Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium, and I am happy to endorse it. This is a well-thought-out conference on an important topic that attracts a group of exceptionally engaged participants. It is impossible to provide good health care today without cross-cultural skills, and INMED's conference struck me as both motivating and useful. Thanks to INMED not only for this conference but for all you do. With best wishes." Anne Fadiman Author, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Yale University Francis Writer in Residence |
Anyone Delivering Healthcare In A Multicultural Environment Would Benefit
"INMED'S Cross-Cultural Healthcare Symposium has changed the way I view my practice. As an African American female working in a multicultural urban setting, I no longer assume I understand the multiculturalism of my community. Thanks to the training I have received at this Symposium I feel more prepared to meet the demands of my patients, not only as a clinician, but as one who offers spiritual care as well. My personal medical mission is in the heart of an urban community. Anyone delivering healthcare in an urban, multicultural environment in the United States would benefit greatly by participating the INMED Cross-Cultural Healthcare Symposium." Lori Blankinship Medical Director Village Clinic |
A Very Worthwhile Experience
"I found the INMED Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium to be a very worthwhile experience. I brought a graduate nursing student with me and we both were impressed with the quality of the speakers and the information provided. Before I attended this workshop, I thought I was sensitive to cultural differences; however, I learned that becoming culturally competent is an intentional life-long process. My student and I left the day with new insights into some other cultures and an appreciation of the importance of becoming more competent in meeting the cultural needs of our patients and families. Thank you for providing such a meaningful day." Bonnie L Peterson, PhDc, RN, NEA-BC Assistant Professor School of Nursing Washburn University |
Effective Use Of My Time And Money
"The INMED Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium truly helped open my mind and heart to information that is too often presented in a dry, factual manner. The use of case studies to process information was excellent. Listening to front-line healthcare workers who interact with a variety of cultures sharing what they learned during implementation of services and programs gave me information at a new level of reality and usefulness - one that a general list of facts about various cultures would never provide. The conference was a very effective use of my time and money." Pamela Runyon, MSMFT, LBSW, AE-C, CWC Health Coach Children's Mercy Family Health Partners |
A Wonderful Venue
"I work in some of the world's most underdeveloped regions. The more I travel, the more I realize how much culture plays a part in development and interaction with people the world over. We each live in a cultural isolation of our own. Cultural sensitivity and cross-cultural skills are ones to be learned; people simply don't acquire them by virtue of ventures abroad. INMED's Cross Cultural Symposium is a wonderful venue to acquire the basic skills, refresh this awareness, and to stay current in these skills so that one's time interacting with diverse people will be more effective." Teresa May-Teerink, PT Adjunct Professor, Graduate and Professional Studies Rockhurst University |
Skills For Racially And Ethnically Diverse Populations
"It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of support for the INMED Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium. My charge is to ensure that the healthcare workforce within the states of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska has the training necessary to competently care for our increasingly diverse patient population. This Symposium has consistently been of a caliber that ensures attendees raise their own level of professional awareness and performance in working with racially and ethnically diverse individuals and families. I without reservation support INMED and their commitment to underserved populations and to training the providers who are for them." Lieutenant Commander Tracy Branch Regional Minority Health Consultant Department of Health and Human Services |
Improving Trust Between Patients And Providers
"In our Goppert Trinity Family Care Center we see a diverse patient population with a variety of cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. This can lead to problems in communication, difficulty in understanding medical care decisions, and even lack of trust in the healthcare team by patients and their families. I attended the INMED Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium and I was impressed by the content and presenters, some of whom were minorities themselves. They helped me to see the healthcare system through 'new eyes.' The Symposium is well attended by a multidisciplinary audience. I encourage healthcare professionals to take advantage of this significant learning opportunity." Stephen Salansky, MD Residency Program Director Research Family Medicine Residency |
Extensively Promoted In The Saint Luke's Health System
"We at Saint Luke's healthcare facilities are aware of the growing diversity of the patients whom we serve and how this can create obstacles against the quality of that care that we provide. For this reason, we continue to extensively promote the INMED Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium among all our healthcare professionals. This training event is a logical and valuable learning experience, and we anticipate enrolling an even greater number of our providers in this opportunity to both advance their skills and the health of our clients." Nancy K. Seelen Vice President for Public Affairs Saint Luke's Health System |
"The Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium is a great opportunity for physical therapists, nutritionists, social workers, nurses and physicians. We all must incorporate better cultural awareness in the care we provide our patients. Participating with Dr. Hickman and the other Symposium presenters inspires me to be as thorough as possible when I teach cross-cultural communication skills to our students here at Children's Mercy Hospital. Learning these tools at an early stage of their career paths will enhance their skills to deliver quality care to our culturally diverse populations. The insight I gain at the Symposium I am passing on!" Edna Perez-Koury MD, MPH, MPA Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Division of Emergency Medical Services, Children's Mercy Hospital |
Just What The Doctor Ordered!
"I wholeheartedly support the Institute for International Medicine's Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium. From my years on staff with the Peace Corps in Asia to my years on the Board of Directors for Samuel Rodgers Health Center, I understand the critical nature of effective cross-cultural relations. I also know INMED well. They have the experience, skills and motivation to provide superb cross-cultural competency training, as proven by INMED's written literature and their Symposium that I was privileged to attend in 2009. We are especially fortunate to have a strong, credible resource like INMED. The Cross-Cultural Competency in Health Care Symposium is just what the doctor ordered!" Michael B. Wood Former Peace Corps Area Director, Eastern Asia |
New Tools To Accommodate People's Cultural Value
"I feel much more confident in responding to the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse populations after attending INMED's Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium. I especially appreciated the live role-playing we did to help us practice interacting in a culturally sensitive way. The symposium also allowed me to connect with other individuals and organizations dedicated to offering culturally appropriate services. As healthcare professionals, we have the responsibility to accommodate people's cultural values, beliefs, and behaviors. The INMED Cross-Cultural Symposium definitely provided me with the tools to do so." Hayley Stolzle, MPH Kansas University Medical Center |
Unlike Any Cross-Cultural Training In Nursing School
"I so enjoyed the Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium! It was a very enlightening experience, and unlike any cross-cultural training I have received in nursing school. I was fascinated by the different societal perspectives on health and healthcare. The Symposium caused me to realize how much I take for granted in caring for people who are quite different from myself. In the future I will remember to ask them to help me understand why they believe and act as they do, and I will be a better nurse because of this skill I acquired at the Symposium!" Abigail Bergen Nursing Student University of Missouri-Kansas City |
Expert Professionals In The Field Of Cultural Competency
"This is an outstanding and timely Symposium to instruct and assist healthcare professionals in providing quality care to all patients in our multicultural society. Time is limited and precious to all of us, however 'taking the time' to perform a cultural assessment, and to know and utilize appropriate resources for these patients is the ethical, legal, compassionate, and cost-effective way to ensure positive healthcare outcomes. This paradigm of care was artfully expressed by the INMED speakers - all expert professionals in the field of cultural competency. They effectively challenged the participants to practice healthcare through 'the lens of culture.'" Regina Fields, RN, MSN, CNS Assistant Professor of Nursing, Rockhurst University Assistant Professor of Nursing, Research College of Nursing |
Learned That My Way Is Not The Only Way
"The Cross-Cultural Symposium helped me realize the enormous importance of culture to health. I have so much to learn about the people I want to serve. This event reinforced in my mind how essential it is to be a student of the culture within which I am working. It is very tempting for us as western-schooled medical providers to think our way of doing things is the only way, or at least the best way. This approach really doesn't work well. We must always be humble students of the culture we are trying to impact if we aim to truly make a difference." Charlotte White, BSN, MN, ARNP, CNS Clinical Nurse Practitioner Wichita, Kansas |
Taking To My Classrooms And Clinics Invaluable Lessons
"Cultural and behavioral issues play a great role in dental care and individual dental health behavior. Yet these issues are not often directly addressed in our formal dental education programs. The Cross-Cultural Competency in Healthcare Symposium was a wonderful opportunity for me to learn from other healthcare professionals what they are doing to implement culturally competent care with their clients - in spite of limited time and resources. I will take back to my classrooms and clinics invaluable lessons. This event was also great networking opportunity for healthcare professionals who share a similar heart for service." Lorie Holt, RDH, MS Associate Professor and Director Division of Dental Hygiene University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry |
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