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Resource Room

The Resource Room provides busy clinicians with resources relating to family medicine, community health and cultural competency.  Some of the print resources may be available via interlibrary loan through the Midwestern University Library.  To inquire about interlibrary loan you may contact the University Library on the Downers Grove campus at (630) 515-6200.

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Select one of the following... Campus-Community Partnerships/Service Learning Communication and Working with Interpreters Community Health Data Resources Community-Oriented Primary Care Cultural Competence Effective Precepting in Community Practices Health Care Leadership and Continuing Medical Education Health Disparities Health Care for Underserved Populations Health Care for Ethnic Groups Health Care for Ethnic Groups - African-American Health Care for Ethnic Groups - Latino Health Care for Ethnic Groups - Asian Health Care for Ethnic Groups - Middle Eastern Health Care for Ethnic Groups - Native American Health Care for Special Populations Health Care for Special Populations - Low Income & Elderly Health Care for Special Populations - Urban Communities

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Resource List

Addressing the Health Needs of the Underserved, Faculty Development (web)

Advancing the Healthy People 2010 Objectives Through Community-Based Education: A Curriculum Planning Guide (print)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (web)

Aging and Quality of Life (web)

American Indian Health (web)

American Medical News (web)

Asian American Health (web)

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (web)

Black Health Care (web)

Bureau of Primary Health Care (web)

Can't Make the Grade: NMHA State Mental Health Assessment Project (web)

Center for Cross Cultural Health (web)

Center for the Health Professions (web)

The Commonwealth Fund (web)

Communicating Effectively Through an Interpreter (video)

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (web)

Community-Oriented Primary Care: from Principle to Practice (print)

Community-Oriented Primary Care: Health Care for the 21st Century (print)

Community Tool Box - University of Kansas (web)

Costin Institute for Osteopathic Medical Educators (web)

Cross Cultural Health Care Program (web)

Cultural Competency (web)

Cultural Competency Curriculum Modules (web)

Cultural Diversity in Health Care (web)

Culturally Competent Care Toolkit (CD)

Culture and the Clinical Encounter: An Intercultural Sensitizer for Health Professions (print)

CulturedMed (web)

Discover with Diversity Rx (web)

EthnoMed - Ethnic Medicine information from Harborview Medical Center (web)

Factline: Tracking Health in Underserved Communities (web)

Geriatric Resources on the Web (web)

The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) (web)

Health Care for All (web)

Health Leadership Program at Duke University (web)

Illinois Department of Human Services (web)

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (web)

Mama Might be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America (print)

Maryland Family Health Administration (web)

National Alliance for Hispanic Health (web)

National Center for Cultural Competence (web)

Native Health Databases (web)

Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy (web)

Network of Multicultural Aging (web)

Office-based Teacher (web)

Office of Community-Based Education and Research (web)

Office of Minority Health Resource Center (web)

Patient Education Materials (Spanish) (web)

Precepting Medical Students in the Office (print)

The Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services (print)

Provider's Guide (web)

A Provider's Handbook on Culturally Competent Care: African American (print)

A Provider's Handbook on Culturally Competent Care: Asian and Pacific Islander (print)

A Provider's Handbook on Culturally Competent Care: Latino (print)

Public Health Grand Rounds (web)

Scalpel and the Silver Bear, The (print)

Speaking of Health:  Assessing Health Communication Strategies for Diverse Populations (print)

Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, The (print)

Strengthening Medicare: A Framework to Modernize and Improve Medicare (web)

Toolkit for Faculty, Students and Community Leadership Committed to Achieving the Nation's Health Objectives Through Community-Campus Partnerships (print)

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities of Healthcare (print)

Volunteers in Health Care (web)

Worlds Apart: A Four Part Series on Cultural Healthcare (video)