Pre-Clerkship Library Resources

Click on a country to learn about its culture. Approaches profiles through a lens of with cultural humility and appreciation.

Brings together cultural humility and health literacy to help providers and patients develop shared understanding of each other's values, beliefs, needs, and priorities.
Be sure to check out the Fundamental Practices and Tools sections.

Search by clinical topic or culture. Provides information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other topics related to the health care of immigrants to the US.

Article with links to statistics

A diverse range of real stories from patients about their experiences with a particular topic or condition

Dedicated to researching, understanding, and improving immigration and integration trends and creating policies to address needs. Search the Research and Initiatives tab for topics, regions, programs and data.

A variety of information and resources from the CDC, aimed largely at health providers working with immigrant and refugee populations. It includes patient handouts on common diseases (Covid, flu, varicella, etc.) in a variety of languages.

Resources for health care professionals to learn about culturally and linguistically appropriate services, or CLAS. The Resources tab is particularly helpful. Sponsored by the Office of Minority Health.

To share with patients who speak languages other than English. Search by health topic or language. From Medline Plus.

Free, reliable translated health resources in over 100 languages.

Trusted information on a wide variety of medical tests, sorted by alphabetical order and available in Spanish.

Inclusive language from the CDC. *Note, many disabled people want the term "disabled people/person/community" used instead of what is written in the CDC.
This is also the case with pronouns. We no longer say "preferred pronouns," as a persons pronouns are not simply "preferred," they are inherent.

As health communicators, we have an opportunity to build trust with LGBTQ+ audiences by choosing inclusive language that reflects diverse identities and experiences. While there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to writing about LGBTQ+ people, this resource has some ideas to help you get started. Use the playbook to learn how to create respectful, inclusive materials and words appropriate for LGBTQ+ audiences.