An Online Training Module on the Cultural Formulation Interview: The Case of New York State
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Professional organizations and government guidelines recommend cultural competence training for providers, but the lack of a standardized cultural assessment has hindered research. Studies with the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) suggest that active learning during training improves perceptions of the CFI's usefulness as a cultural competence tool. This column reports demographic characteristics and evaluation scores among 423 providers who completed an online CFI training module developed through the New York State Office of Mental Health. Both the module, which uses the principle of active learning, and the CFI were associated with strong favorability ratings.
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The New York State Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence developed an online training module on how to use the CFI and reported its use by 423 service providers in the state, mostly social workers and other nonmedical counselors.
“The New York State Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence developed an online training module (https://nyculturalcompetence.org/cfionlinemodule/ ) on how to use the CFI and reported its use by 423 service providers in the state, mostly social workers and other nonmedical counselors (27).”
From Update on the Cultural Formulation Interview (2020) · cites this paper as [27]
The Description of the Module says the Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence developed the CFI module with the Center for Practice Innovations. Participant Characteristics reports that 423 providers completed it, mostly social workers and other providers including counselors. The paper does not establish that all 423 providers were in New York State; the module was also available beyond the state. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Aggarwal, N. K., Lam, P., Jiménez-Solomon, O., Desilva, R., Margolies, P. J., Cleary, K., Cain, B., Dixon, L., & Lewis-Fernández, R.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Dr. Aggarwal, Mr. Lam, Mr. Jiménez-Solomon, Dr. Desilva, Dr. Margolies, Ms. Cleary, and Ms. Cain are with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York. Dr. Aggarwal, Dr. Desilva, and Dr. Margolies are also with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. Dr. Dixon and Dr. Lewis-Fernández are with the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York. Dr. Lewis-Fernández is editor of this column.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2018-11-01
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1135-1137
- ISSN
- 0022-1597 (ISSN-L)
- 1075-2730
- 1557-9700
- PMC
- PMC6347550
- OpenAlex
- W2884558524
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 4.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Psychiatric Services (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- American Psychiatric Publishing
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- National Institute of Mental Health (K23MH102334, MH102334)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
- Keywords
- Cultural Formulation Interview, cultural competence training, online training modules, active learning, cultural assessment, DSM-5, New York State Office of Mental Health, mental health professionals
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Health Personnel, Humans, Interview, Psychological, New York, State Government, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Cultural Competency
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