Education and Training Initiatives
Cancer Teaching and Curriculum Enhancement in Undergraduate Medicine Project
The Center represents the College in the Cancer Teaching and Curriculum Enhancement in Undergraduate Medicine (CATCHUM) Project. Funded by the National Cancer Institute, CATCHUM is a consortium of all eight Texas medical schools to conduct projects devoted to improving medical student education for cancer prevention, screening, and early detection.
see http://www.catchum.utmb.edu for more information about this project
Cancer Prevention Elective for Preclinical Medical Students
Since 1983, with start-up funds from two grants from the National Cancer Institute, the Center has regularly conducted a 7-week cancer prevention elective for preclinical medical students.
see course details
Pocket Guide Cultural Competence in Cancer Care: A Health Professional’s Passport
The guide was developed by Center faculty and other members of the Intercultural Cancer Council with funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
learn more about the guide and order the current edition
Multicultural Patient Care Website
The Center maintains a Website on multicultural patient care. Funded by a grant from the Aetna Foundation, the Website provides guidelines, case studies, and resources to help students and other health professionals provide culturally competent care for patients of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
see http://www.bcm.edu/mpc/
International Education and Training Activities
The Center's international education and training activities are conducted both on campus in Houston and at institutions in partner countries. A typical example involves collaborative identification of project and training priorities. This is followed by several medical experts traveling to the partner country for 5 – 10 days. The experts come from Baylor College of Medicine as well as other Texas Medical Center and Houston area agencies, institutions, and organizations. Some time later, groups of 2 – 5 targeted professionals from the partner country come to Houston for 1 – 4 week periods of follow – up training and observation in the respective agencies, institutions, and organizations. The educational experience almost always includes some exposure and mentoring in writing grant proposals that will help the partners develop independent sustainability of activities after they return home.
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