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Special Events

“Beyond Cultural Competency: What’s Next?”

April 29, 2010 at the Holiday Inn North at the Pyramids, Indianapolis.

9th Annual Indiana Conference on Cultural Competency for Behavioral Healthcare.

The conference will seek to:

·         Identify challenges in implementing strategies toward cultural competency;

·         Create awareness of benefits that accrue from being culturally competent;

·         Improve the quality of service and health outcomes through cultural competence;

·         Enhance leadership involvement in cultural competence through leadership commitment.

 

Keynote speaker will be none-other- than the 16th Surgeon General of the United States,
 David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D, FAAFP, FACPM, FACP 

Presenters: Cultural Competency and Behavioral Health (Panel) - 
Shelvy Keglar, Ph.D., Steven Kimani, M.D., and Kinzua LeSuer, M.S, LMFT

                  Cultural Competency and Religion (Panel) - 
Darla Cohen, M.D., Eydie L. Farrell, M.B.A., and Karen Moustafa Leonard, Ph.D.

                  Cultural Competency and the Bottom-line -  Mary G. Austrom Ph.D.

                  Diverse Perspectives: Faces of the World-   Bernard Baca, Ph.D., LCSW, and Ms. Marilyn Caruthers

                  What has Worked and What’s Next? (Panel) George Rausch, Ed.D., Ms. Monica Medina, Kenneth Durgan, Ed.D, and Debra Simmons-Wilson, MCRP

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