Culinary cultural immersion: A qualitative analysis of resident knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral changes following a brief Somali cultural immersion experience.

Background: Teaching cultural humility is required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and can improve patient satisfaction and health care outcomes. Because one-third of the 150,000 Somali immigrants and refugees in the United States live in Minnesota, we aimed to determine whether a brief cultural immersion experience, where small groups of residents share a meal with Somali interpreters at a Somali restaurant, would affect resident knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors when caring for Somali patients in a Minnesota emergency department.

Methods: From October 2017 to September 2018, emergency medicine residents were invited to dinners held outside of regular clinical/academic hours.

Access to disease treatment among patients presenting to the emergency department with asthma or hypertension.

Background: Asthma and hypertension are common among Emergency Department (ED) patients. Primary care providers are integral in managing these conditions, yet these patients are often in the ED.

Objective: To determine access to care among ED patients with asthma or hypertension and the association with sociodemographic factors and disease acuity.