How to integrate cultural competence in medical curricula: learning from a new medical programme

Cultural competence has been acknowledged as an important skill for
providing good quality care to all people regardless of their cultural
background and for contributing towards reducing health disparities.
Though there are models for training in cultural competence,
integrating it in medical curricula has proven to be challenging. This
paper presents an example of a course of action and a case of
successfully integrating cultural competence in a new international
medical programme. The paper also explores suggestions for further
development