Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT)
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Resource Guide
(PDF, 5 pages)
This comprehensive guide includes valuable curricular and instructional techniques, and materials to assist with the implementation of TACCT.
For more information, call the AAMC Division of Diversity Policy and Programs at 202-862-6115.
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With increasing diversity in the U.S. population and strong evidence of racial and ethnic disparities in health care, it is critically important that health care professionals are specifically educated on issues of culture. 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.
For more information, see Cultural Competence Education for Medical Students (PDF, 19 pages)
TACCT Components
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