Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	10879
Country	United States

Received	2014-04-24 08:57
Peer-Review Started	2014-05-28 11:31
To Make the First Decision	2014-07-09 12:11
Return for Revision	2014-07-17 10:59
Revised	2014-08-12 02:04
Second Decision	2014-10-15 07:38
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-10-15 08:05
Articles in Press	2014-10-15 08:23
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Typeset the Manuscript	2015-01-29 19:25
Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-02-11 17:56

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	Assessing cultural competency skills in gastroenterology fellowship training
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Sophie Balzora, Benjamin Abiri, Xiao-Jing Wang, James McKeever, Michael Poles, Sondra Zabar, Colleen Gillespie and Elizabeth Weinshel
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Sophie Balzora, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center - Ambulatory Care West Side, 355 W. 52nd Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10019, United States. sophie.balzora@nyumc.org
Key Words	Patient care; Physician-patient relations; Gastroenterology; Cultural competency; Education; Patient care; Health literacy; Health care; Graduate; Objective structured clinical examination; Trainees
Core Tip	Cultural competency is an integral skill set vital to a fruitful physician-patient relationship. However, we lack tools necessary to assess and teach such skills, especially at the fellowship level. We designed an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) on specific criteria essential to the delivery of culturally-competent care. Our findings suggest that although the participating trainees’ can adequately provide some aspects of culturally-competent care, their ability to wholly execute such care is subpar. The current fellow?ship program curricula may not adequately prepare its trainees to successfully employ culturally-competent care, and OSCEs provide a means to assess and teach this complex skill set.
Publish Date	2015-02-11 17:56
Citation	Balzora S, Abiri B, Wang XJ, McKeever J, Poles M, Zabar S, Gillespie C, Weinshel E. Assessing cultural competency skills in gastroenterology fellowship training. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(6): 1887-1892
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i6/1887.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i6.1887

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