Cook Ross, Inc. Announces Web Seminars on Cultural Competency and Healthcare
SILVER SPRING, MD (March 24, 2006) - Cook Ross, one of the country's leading
http:\\www.cookross.com [diversity training and consulting] companies, is
offering monthly web seminars on cultural competency in healthcare. A free
seminar, "Making the Case for Cultural Competency," is held the first
Wednesday of each month, with the next event April 5. A paid seminar, "The
Clinical Case for Cultural Competency," with 0.1 CEUs, certified by the
International Accreditation for Continuing Education Training, will be
offered the fourth Wednesday of each month, beginning March 29. The seminars
will be held from 2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Culturally appropriate health services are essential ingredients in
overcoming http:\\www.cookross.com [health disparities] due to cultural,
racial or ethnic differences. The seminars provide a framework to help
healthcare practitioners deliver culturally sensitive care to patients of
different cultures. Topics include the introduction to cultural, historical,
and demographic factors that impact health status and response to illness
and treatment.
The audience is intended for healthcare professionals, including physicians,
advanced practice nurses, nurses, administrators and staff who provide care
to culturally diverse patients.
Faculty members include Howard Ross, President, and Tara Nelson, RN,
Vice-President, Research & Development, both of Cook Ross, Inc.
The cost of the paid seminar is $35. For more information or to register,
please visit http://www.cookross.com/events.asp.
About Cook Ross
Cook Ross is one of the country's leading organizational change and
diversity consultancies, based in Silver Spring, Md. For nearly 20 years,
the company has provided cultural competency solutions through its training,
consulting products and services.
Cook Ross has developed The Diversity ToolKit
(http://www.thediversitytoolkit.com) for diversity and cultural competency
training
in all business settings. It also has created an on-line cultural competency
tool for healthcare, CultureVision(www.crculturevision.com). In helping
organizations develop cultural competence, the company empowers employees
with a set of new skills, enabling them to more effectively relate to
customers and each other.
This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.
http:\\www.cookross.com [diversity training and consulting] companies, is
offering monthly web seminars on cultural competency in healthcare. A free
seminar, "Making the Case for Cultural Competency," is held the first
Wednesday of each month, with the next event April 5. A paid seminar, "The
Clinical Case for Cultural Competency," with 0.1 CEUs, certified by the
International Accreditation for Continuing Education Training, will be
offered the fourth Wednesday of each month, beginning March 29. The seminars
will be held from 2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Culturally appropriate health services are essential ingredients in
overcoming http:\\www.cookross.com [health disparities] due to cultural,
racial or ethnic differences. The seminars provide a framework to help
healthcare practitioners deliver culturally sensitive care to patients of
different cultures. Topics include the introduction to cultural, historical,
and demographic factors that impact health status and response to illness
and treatment.
The audience is intended for healthcare professionals, including physicians,
advanced practice nurses, nurses, administrators and staff who provide care
to culturally diverse patients.
Faculty members include Howard Ross, President, and Tara Nelson, RN,
Vice-President, Research & Development, both of Cook Ross, Inc.
The cost of the paid seminar is $35. For more information or to register,
please visit http://www.cookross.com/events.asp.
About Cook Ross
Cook Ross is one of the country's leading organizational change and
diversity consultancies, based in Silver Spring, Md. For nearly 20 years,
the company has provided cultural competency solutions through its training,
consulting products and services.
Cook Ross has developed The Diversity ToolKit
(http://www.thediversitytoolkit.com) for diversity and cultural competency
training
in all business settings. It also has created an on-line cultural competency
tool for healthcare, CultureVision(www.crculturevision.com). In helping
organizations develop cultural competence, the company empowers employees
with a set of new skills, enabling them to more effectively relate to
customers and each other.
This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.
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