The Columbia University Community Pediatrics Program incorporates cultural competency training into its curricula by requiring residents to participate in community service programs.

In “Allocating Scare Resources in a Pandemic,” Martin Strosberg calls attention to the need for preparedness planning including methods for rationing vaccines, antiviral medications, and intensive care unit beds and staff.

Cross-cultural ethics should be regarded by physicians as an area of medical expertise that can help resolve conflicts that arise between the health traditions of international patients and those traditions that are upheld in the United States.

A health economics professor believes more research is needed on quality of life-adjusted years to explore the way we describe health states, the elicitation of patient values, and how to develop methods for obtaining informed general population preferences.

Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams.

Sets the ethical limits of student participation in patient care when the students are part of foreign medical teams.

Analysis of three studies that say medical students and residents are more comfortable communicating and treating patients who differ from them after international electives and cultural sensitivity training.

A medical student, resident and long-time physician volunteer tell medical students how to make the most of international elective experiences.

A medical student, resident and long-time physician volunteer tell medical students how to make the most of international elective experiences.

A medical student, resident and long-time physician volunteer tell medical students how to make the most of international elective experiences.