Some people find it helpful to work with a doctor who looks similar to them or has similar life experiences. When that’s not possible, it’s valuable to work with a culturally aware healthcare professional. This may also be called culturally competent or culturally sensitive.
In this video, learn what it means to be a culturally aware doctor and how to find one, according to Karla Robinson, MD, Medical Editor at GoodRx Health, and Robert Robinson, III, MD, Internist in Charlotte, NC.
Karla Robinson, MD is a medical editor for GoodRx and is a licensed, board-certified family physician. She received her medical degree from Rush Medical College and completed her training at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.
Robert C. Robinson, III, MD is a board-certified, licensed internal medicine physician with almost two decades of experience and a focus in hospitalist medicine.
References
American Hospital Association. (n.d.). Becoming a culturally competent health care organization.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Cultural competence in health and human services.
Georgetown University. (n.d.). Cultural competence in health care: is it important for people with chronic conditions?
Nair, L., et al. (2019). Cultural competence and ethnic diversity in healthcare. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Global Open.
Tucker C, et al. (2011). Patient-centered culturally sensitive health care: model testing and refinement. Health Psychology.
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