Common Cultural Competency Tools

A number of cultural competency tools or models have been developed specifically to assist healthcare providers to learn about their own culture(s) and about the culture of other individuals or groups. The following tools and models are briefly introduced in this section.

• Kleinman's 8 questions
• Berg Cultural/Spiritual Assessment Tool
• Berlin & Fowkes' LEARN model
• Levin, Like, & Gottlieb's ETHNIC Framework