July 2008

What is the most effective way to translate research findings, such as those summarized in the Institute of Medicine report Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care and other published studies, into practice- and behavior altering information and interventions?

In 2005, the New Jersey Legislature passed a law requiring the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners (NJBME), "in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education, to prescribe requirements, by regulation, for physician training in cultural competency."