Developing Cultural Competency Standards at UMDNJ

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Developing Cultural Competency Standards at UMDNJ

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Bildner Family Foundation ProjectDeveloping
Cultural Competency Standards at UMDNJ

• Project Goal
• To establish cultural competency standards for
  faculty, staff and students at UMDNJ and to
  incorporate these standards into the institution
  through training and development mechanisms and
  curriculum enhancements.

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Bildner Family Foundation ProjectDeveloping
Cultural Competency Standards at UMDNJ

• Overview of Original Project
• Year 1
• Conduct focus groups to obtain information to
  develop cultural competency standards for UMDNJ
  (3 campuses, 7 groups 4 meetings)
• Year 2
• Develop the standards
• Training and Curriculum development
• Year 3
• Hold a Conference to share results.

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Bildner Family Foundation ProjectDeveloping
Cultural Competency Standards at UMDNJ

• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Revised project
• In-depth interviews with senior management
• Focus groups
• Include key constituency groups faculty,
  curriculum, master educators, management,
  non-management, health care, students, community
  members.
• University-wide groups
• Meet only once
• Narrowed assignment ( obtain information to
  develop standards and implementation strategies)

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Bildner Family Foundation ProjectDeveloping
Cultural Competency Standards at UMDNJ

• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Expanded project team
• Focus group expertise
• Other key stakeholders
• Coordinated with other cultural competency work
• Received Institutional Review Board (IRB)
  approval of study
• Announced project at seminars and conferences
• Hired Project Coordinator

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Bildner Family Foundation ProjectDeveloping
Cultural Competency Standards at UMDNJ

• Insights
• Gather Expertise when conceptualizing (focus
  group experts, IRB)
• Consider institutional requirements and processes
• Build in role for key groups early on

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Bildner Family Foundation ProjectDeveloping
Cultural Competency Standards at UMDNJ

• Next Steps
• Obtain presidents endorsement
• Recruit interviewees and focus group members
• Conduct interviews and groups
• Continue coordination with other projects

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Bildner Family Foundation ProjectDeveloping
Cultural Competency Standards at UMDNJ

• Project Team Members
• Celia Abalos, Esq., VP Multicultural Affairs
• Catherine Bolder, AVP
• Diane Brown, Ph.D., Executive Director IEHD, SPH
• Rosa Chaviano Moran, D.M.D., NJDS
• Jesse Crosson, Ph.D., NJMS
• Robin Eubanks, SHRP
• Joann Kairys, RWJMS
• Robert Like, M.D., RWJMS
• Debbie Salas Lopez, M.D., NJMS
• Jonnie Marks, PH.D., Consultant
• Maryann Master, Acting VP HR
• Sara Torres, Ph.D., Dean SN
• William Vega, Ph.D., RWJMS
• Shatese Stewart, Project Coordinator
• Edgar Beckham, AACU Consultant

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Bildner Family Foundation ProjectDeveloping
Cultural Competency Standards at UMDNJ

• For additional information contact
• Catherine M. Bolder or Shatese Stewart
• UMDNJ - AA/EEO Office
• 65 Bergen Street, Suite 1214
• P.O. Box 1709
• Newark, NJ 07107
• 973-972-4855
• stewarsm_at_umdnj.edu