Total CME Credit Hours: 1 including 1 Cultural Competency Training Training Requirement (Already included in Category I)
Women, people of color, religious minorities, individuals with various physical and mental abilities, members of the LGBTQ communities, individuals with weight status challenges, socioeconomically depressed, elders, ethnic and racial minorities, among others, receive inferior health care. Furthermore, segments of the population receive lower quality healthcare than others, even when health insurance and ability to pay are the same.
The Institute of Medicine reports that, in part, the reason patients receive inferior care is due to provider bias. Research has found that professionals demonstrate explicit and implicit bias and stereotyping when caring for patients, and that an awareness and conscious effort to address their behavior can make a difference in the patient’s clinical outcome.
This webinar was originally presented on January 20, 2026, and sponsored by NCMIC.
| Cultural Awareness. Competency and Critical Consciousness Handout (Dr. Ventimiglia) (1.38 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Dr. Ventimiglia's lectures focus on doctor-patient communication and its impact on the patient's clinical outcome. The presentations build upon the practitioner's foundational communication knowledge and skills (e.g., health data collection and information dissemination) to advanced communication techniques that improve their empathic listening, promote collaborative decision making, and encourage the use of guiding communication style.
A graduate of New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) and Fellow of the American College of Chiropractors, Dr. Ventimiglia served as dean of NYCC Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education. In addition, he has served as the chairperson of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges, subcommittee on Postgraduate Education.
Dr. Ventimiglia coauthored "The Wellness Consultation: A Communication Model for Improved Patient Outcomes." That was presented at the NYCC Research Symposium in 2018. He was the principal investigator/conference director for the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine R-13 Conference Grant on "Conference on Chiropractic and Allopathic Integration."
Although retired from a private practice after 40 years, he remains active in the profession as a member of the NCMIC Speakers Bureau, the American Public Health Association's Chiropractic Health Care section, and the Federation of International Chiropractic Sports.
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