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Why is it important to be a person of cultural competence?

In case you didn\u2019t hear about it, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Aniston recently got themselves caught up in issues concerning matters of antisemitism. This is for the \u2018fake friends\u2019 post of Foxx, which received quite a huge amount of backlash.

Calling it antisemitic, people threw accusations for they claim Foxx pertained to people of the Jewish background. This very circumstance is the reason why we\u2019re going to discuss cultural competence and its significance.

Both as a physician and as an individual, I believe that being culturally competent is of utmost importance for not only do we become more open and understanding; but it also prevents having a clash.

Tune in as we talk about this on this week\u2019s podcast.

Why you need to check this episode:

• Understand what cultural competency means, and how people have different levels of knowledge about it, even within the same communities;
• Recognize the importance of being a culturally competent individual; and
• Discover words and phrases that people commonly use today that have significant racial undertones

\u201cAs a physician, one of the things that we\u2019re taught all the time is making sure you recognize what is your patients\u2019 beliefs, what is your patients\u2019 values, because you can\u2019t have a great doctor-patient relationship if you don\u2019t acknowledge that [and] recognize the importance of it.\u201d\u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

Notable Quotes:

\u201cI don\u2019t see how you could be a great physician and not be culturally competent.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cThat clash of the doctor-patient relationship is there, and usually, it\u2019s because the cultural values aren\u2019t being addressed, met, and more importantly\u2014respected.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cIf both people were just a little bit more culturally competent, they would\u2019ve recognized.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

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