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Title: Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT)
MedEdPORTAL ID#:    325
Version:    1
Resource Type:  Other
Description:   A more current version of this resource has been published in MedEdPORTAL as version 2 and is titled: ¿A Revised Curriculum Tool for Assessing Cultural Competency Training (TACCT) in Health Professions Education¿ (Publication ID 3185).

For measuring teaching and learning of cultural competence in the undergraduate medical school curriculum, TACCT materials includes the TACCT surveys, directions for administering, background material, two bibliographies--alpha and categorical, and a new Resource Guide of Web resources for use after administration of the TACCT.
Author Institution:   University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
Primary Author:
Desiree Lie, MD, MBBS
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
101 The City Drive South
Ste 512, Building 200
Orange, CA 92868
USA
714-456-5171

dalie@uci.edu
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  • Additional Resource File Information:
    Website - Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT)
    AAMC Hot Topics:
  • Medicine: Cultural Diversity
  • Content Last Updated:
    07/20/2007
    Specialty/Discipline:
  • Medicine: Family Medicine
  • Medicine: Skills/Doctoring
  • Medicine: Undergraduate Medical Education
  • Oral Health: Skills/Doctoring
  • Educational Objectives:
    Increase cultural competency of medical students.
    Resource Keyword/Symptom:
  • Minority
  • Diversity
  • Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training
  • TACCT
  • Culture (MeSH)
  • Ethnic Groups (MeSH)
  • Race Relations (MeSH)
  • Educational Measurement (MeSH)
  • Cultural Diversity (MeSH)
  • Cultural Competency
  • Minorities
  • Family Medicine
  • Doctoring
  • Skills
  • Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Competencies Addressed:
  • Patient Care
  • Medical Knowledge
  • Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
  • Interpersonal and Communication Skills
  • Professionalism
  • Systems-Based Practice
  • Intended Learner Audience:
  • 1st Year Medical/Dental Students
  • 2nd Year Medical/Dental Students
  • 3rd Year Medical/Dental Students
  • 4th Year Medical/Dental Students
  • Intended Faculty Audience:
  • Basic Science Faculty
  • Clinical Science Faculty
  • Basic Science Course Director
  • Clerkship Director / Clinical Science Course Director
  • Peer Reviewed Elsewhere:
    Yes
    URL of Journal or Collection:
    two expert panels
    Effectiveness and Significance of Publication:
    Cultural competence should be infused throughout the medical school curriculum; the TACCT will help users with the appropriate domains and areas of cultural competence.
    Special Implementation Requirements or Guidelines:
    no special requirements
    Lessons Learned:
    It is best to use the overview survey first, and then the 67-item survey
    Publications, Presentations, and/or Citations For This Publication:
    Betancourt, J.R. (2003). Cross-cultural Medical Education: Conceptual Approaches and Frameworks for Evaluation. Acad Med, 78(6), 560-569. Tervalon, M. (2003). Components of Culture in Health for Medical Students' Education. Acad Med, 78(6), 570-576.

    Kagawa-Singer, M. Kassim-Lakha, S. (2003). A Strategy to Reduce Cross-cultural Miscommunication and Increase the Likelihood of Improving Health Outcomes. Acad Med, 78(6), 577-587.
    Sponsorship (Funding Source):
    Not Applicable
    Citation Formats:
  • NLM:
  • Lie D , Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT). MedEdPORTAL; 2006. Available from: http://services.aamc.org/30/mededportal/servlet/s/segment/mededportal/?subid=325
  • APA:
  • Lie, D., (2006). Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT). MedEdPORTAL: http://services.aamc.org/30/mededportal/servlet/s/segment/mededportal/?subid=325
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