Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT)

With increasing diversity in the U.S. population and strong evidence of disparities in health care, it is critically important that health care professionals are specifically educated on how their own and their patients' demographic (e.g., gender, income, race and ethnicity, etc.) and cultural (e.g., language, religion, etc.) factors influence health, health care delivery and health behaviors. In 2000, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) introduced two standards about cultural competence that inspired medical schools to introduce cultural competence education into the undergraduate curriculum. TACCT will help in that effort.

TACCT is a self-administered assessment tool that can be used by medical schools to examine all components of the entire medical school curriculum. TACCT enables schools to identify gaps and redundancies in their curricula, which will enable schools to make the best use of opportunities and resources. The TACCT can be used for both traditional and problem-based curricula.

An AAMC project—called "Medical Education and Cultural Competence: A Strategy to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care" and made possible by The Commonwealth Fund—developed TACCT to assess cultural-competence training in medical schools.

TACCT Components

Using TACCT (PDF)
Guidelines for preparing and completing the TACCT instrument
 

Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT)
An important instrument for measuring cultural competence in the undergraduate medical school curriculum
Domains and Specific Components: PDF | Excel
 

Cultural Competence Education for Medical Students: Assessing and Revising Curriculum (PDF)
Provides background and context for this initiative
 

Bibliographies: Alphabetical (PDF) | Categorical (PDF)
 

TAACT Resource Guide (PDF)
A comprehensive guide to techniques and materials to assist with TACCT implementation

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