Toward Cultural Competency in Health Care: A Scoping Review of the Diversity and Inclusion Education Literature.

Purpose: To explore best practices for increasing cultural competency and reducing health disparities, the authors conducted a scoping review of the existing literature.

Method: The review was guided by 2 questions: (1) Are health care professionals and medical students learning about implicit bias, health disparities, advocacy, and the needs of diverse patient populations? (2) What educational strategies are being used to increase student and educator cultural competency? In August 2016 and July 2018, the authors searched 10 databases (including Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, and Scopus) and MedEdPORTAL, respectively, using keywords related to multiple health professions and cultural competency or diversity and inclusion education and training. Publications from 2005 to August 2016 were included.