Dr. Randy Page and the BYU Master of Public Health program hosted its first Multicultural Health Summit on November 29, 2007. The summit featured addresses by Owen Quiñonez, MD; 1st Year students, Rachel Beene and Steve Watkins; and 2nd year students, Emily McIntyre and Grant Sunada. MPH faculty and students also discussed cultural competency over lunch as 2nd year students shared lessons learned from their "cultural plunge" assignments.
I was most impressed with the buzz in the room following the summit. The summit seemed to prompt discussion about a topic that is sometimes ignored like a big pink elephant in the middle of the room. I hope that this will lead to deeper and broader discussions and applications in our lives as public health professionals.
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