Religious Competence in Medical School Education

Theme: Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, and System Performance

Institution: Tannenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

Grant Type: President's Grant

Award Amount: $10,000

Grant Awarded: March 2011

Principal Investigator: Joyce S. Dubensky, Esq.

Grant Description

Support the dissemination and integration of Tanenbaum’s “The Medical Manual for Religio-Cultural Competence” into medical school curricula. The purpose of the manual is to walk providers through every step of the unfamiliar territory of religion and health care, helping health care practitioners of all types provide better quality patient-centered care and build strong provider-patient relationships.