New Jersey physicians and podiatrists are required to have
CME-approved training in cultural competence.

It’s the law. [1]

If your license will renew within the next several months, you have options to fulfill your requirement.          

1. Free internet-based continuing education -
   Physicians & Podiatrists: earn up to 9 CME credits
   
   Deadline for completion:  December 31, 2009
   
   The Department of Health and Human Services offers free training at https://cccm.thinkculturalhealth.org/
   
   “A Physician’s Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care” – an online interactive tutorial, meets the requirements set forth by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners
   
   To qualify for continuing education credit:
   1. Register on the site (see link above)
   2. Read the online material
   3. Complete the continuing education activity evaluation
   4. Complete the post-test and score 70% or higher
   
   Course Content:
   1. Fundamentals of Culturally Competent Care
       Module 1.1    Overview of Culturally Competent Care
       Module 1.2    Cultural Competency Development
       Module 1.3    Patient-centered Care and Effective Communication
   
   2. Speaking of Culturally Competent Care
       Module 2.1   Importance of Language Access Services
       Module 2.2   Models to Provide Language Access Services
      Module 2.3    Working Effectively with an Interpreter
   
   3. Structuring Culturally Competent Care
       Module 3.1   The Importance of Environment/Climate
       Module 3.2   Assessing Your Community
       Module 3.3   Building Community Partnerships
   
   Can be done in 3 modules of 3 hours each for 3 credits per module. Certificates/statement of credit sent to participant’s computer.
   
   
2. Online at UMDNJ website
   http://ccoe.umdnj.edu/catalog/culturalcompetency/index.htm
   
   --- Cultural Competency for the Physician ---
   A practical approach to improving patient outcomes (10M01)
   
   Expires March 31, 2010
   
   Module 1 (3 hours, 3 CME credits)
   - Cultural Competency: Why is it important and what does it mean
   - Health and Health Care Disparities
   - Caring for Patients with Limited Health Literacy
   
   Module 2 (3 hours, 3 CME credits)
   - The Physician/Patient Explanatory Model
   - Using an Interpreter in a Clinical Encounter
   - Practicing Culturally Competent Medicine with LCBT Patients
   - Optimizing Pharmaceutical Therapy for Patients from Diverse Ethnic and Racial Backgrounds
   
   --- Cultural Competency in Disasters ---
   (09MCG55b) (3 hours, 3 CME credits)
   
   Expires June 30, 2009
   
   This streaming video presentation addresses the concept of cultural competency as related to the choice and implementation of mental health and public health outreach strategies in a disaster response.
   
   Sponsored by The New Jersey Center for Public Health Preparedness, the New Jersey Preparedness Training Consortium, the UMDNJ Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities, and the UMDNJ Center for Continuing and Outreach Education.
   
   --- Improving Outcomes of Pharmacotherapy in Minority Patients with Psychosis ---
   (Physicians, 1.25 CME credits)
   
   Expires March 31, 2010
   
   Provided by MedscapeCME http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/590170 
   (free website registration required if not already registered)
   
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   For information about related costs and questions regarding registration, contact UMDNJ:
   Call (800) 227-4852 or (973) 972-4267
   8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
   
   If calling after hours, Press “8” and leave a message for a call back.
   Fax registration materials or questions to (973) 972-7128.
   Email questions to ccoereg@umdnj.edu.
   
   

3. Culturally Competent Care
   Conference co-sponsored by NJHA's Research Department
   
   June 29, 2009 
   
   Location: New Jersey Hospital Association, 760 Alexander Road, Princeton, NJ
   
   The target audience includes NJ physicians (state-mandated cultural competency CMEs to be provided) as well as other clinical providers and healthcare administrators.
   
   View the brochure here.
   
   
   

Please note that Princeton Insurance does not endorse any one particular training or education program over another. There are numerous programs and resources available to healthcare providers.  

  [1]New Jersey Cultural Competency – the law:  N.J.A.C. 13:35-6.25.  For specifics, go to http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/bme/press/cultural.htm.