An anthropological approach to teach and evaluate cultural competence in medical students – the application of mini-ethnography in medical history taking

Purpose: To use mini-ethnographies narrating patient illness to improve the cultural competence of the medical students. Methods: Between September 2013 and June 2015, all sixth-year medical students doing their internship at a medical center in eastern Taiwan were trained to write mini-ethnographie...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jyh-Gang Hsieh, Mutsu Hsu, Ying-Wei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-09-01
Series:Medical Education Online
Subjects:
Online Access:http://med-ed-online.net/index.php/meo/article/view/32561/48851