Cultural Competency for Healthcare Providers – 3 Hours

Description

The Cultural Competency for Healthcare Providers course provides a thorough understanding of culturally competent care, enhancing your ability to deliver appropriate treatment to patients from diverse backgrounds. You will learn the importance of providing appropriate care to individuals from diverse cultures and how to effectively engage patients from different cultural backgrounds to ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment. By the end of the course, you will be prepared to apply evidence-based concepts of cultural competence in your patient care practices.

Upon completion of the Cultural Competency for Healthcare Providers course, participants will be able to:  

• Define cultural competence and explain its importance in healthcare, education, and social services.
• Recognize the impact of cultural competence and respect on improved patient outcomes.
• Describe concepts such as cultural awareness, cultural intelligence, and cultural humility, and their roles in fostering cultural competence.
• Identify the advantages of providing culturally competent care.
• Identify barriers to providing culturally competent care.
• List ways employers can aid in culturally competent care.
• Identify key cultural characteristics among various ethnic, racial, and social groups.
• Cultivate an attitude of respect and openness towards cultural diversity, understanding the value of cultural differences.
• Commit to ongoing education and self-improvement in cultural competence for professional and personal development.

Contact Hours: 3 Hours (Course Content Updated – July 2025)

Course Fee: $20 / Participant 

Author: Abbie Schmitt, MSN-Ed, RN

Target Audience: All Healthcare Professionals 

Note: This course DOES NOT offer AMA Category 1 CME

Instructional Methods: An online, text-based self-study course with a post-test. This format is ideal for those who prefer independent learning at their own pace, without audio or video. Participants engage with written materials, creating a focused, distraction-free learning environment. The course also includes an assessment to evaluate understanding and retention. A minimum score of 70% is required to pass and receive a certificate of completion.

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Approvals: Biologix Solutions is a nationally approved provider of online continuing education (CE) for Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Massage Therapy, Speech-language Pathology and Audiology, Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health, and other healthcare professionals. Please visit https://blxtraining.com/accreditations/ for the complete list of approvals.

Nevada: The Nevada Nurse Practice Act requires all renewing RNs and LPNs to complete 30 hours of nursing-related continuing education per renewal cycle and a 2-hour cultural competency course every renewal cycle.

Oregon Cultural Competency Continuing Education (CE Requirements): The two-hour training session is mandatory for all healthcare professionals, including physicians, physician assistants, acupuncturists, advanced practice nurses, podiatrists, chiropractors, naturopaths, and psychologists.

Connecticut: APRNs shall earn at least fifty (50) contact hours of continuing education within twenty-four (24) months. Continuing education shall be in an area of the APRN’s practice; reflect the professional needs of the licensee in order to meet the health care needs of the public; include at least five (5) contact hours of training or education in pharmacotherapeutics; and include at least one contact hour of training or education in each of the following topics: (A) diseases, including, but not limited to, acquired immune deficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus, (B) risk management, (C) sexual assault, (D) domestic violence, (E) cultural competency, and (F) substance abuse, including, but not limited to, prescribing controlled substances and pain management; and (G) on and after January 1, 2016, include not less than two contact hours of training or education during the first renewal period in which continuing education is required and not less than once every six years thereafter on the topic of mental health conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans, including determining whether a patient is a veteran or family member of a veteran, screening for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder, risk of suicide, depression and grief, and suicide prevention training.