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. 2022 Feb 1;32(2):283-285.
doi: 10.1007/s40670-022-01513-0. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Providing Care with Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Humility: the Framework for an Additional Entrustable Professional Activity

Irfan A Khan  1 , Nicholas B Conway  1 , Maryam Ali  1 , Christina Rios  1   2 , Cheryl L Holder  1 , Vivian T Obeso  1
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Providing Care with Cultural, Racial, and Ethnic Humility: the Framework for an Additional Entrustable Professional Activity

Irfan A Khan et al. Med Sci Educ. .

Abstract

Healthcare inequities are rampant in the USA. There is a lack of standardization for training medical students in providing care with cultural, racial, and ethnic humility. This innovation is the framework of an entrustable professional activity that can be utilized to address this vital issue.

Keywords: Entrustable professional activity; Health inequities; Physician competencies; Social accountability; Undergraduate medical education.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing InterestsThe authors declare no competing interests.

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